Patient Rights and Responsibilities
This document will explain your patient rights and responsibilities. It is part of your patient registration and is an important part of your health care plan.
YOUR PATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES
You are an important and active member of your care plan. You have certain responsibilities to yourself and to your care team.
In the spirit of shared trust and respect, we ask you to:
In the spirit of shared trust and respect, we ask you to:
- Give true and complete information about your:
- Health status
- Medical history
- Hospitalizations
- Medicines
- Other matters about your health
- Contact information, family members and caregivers and other needed information
- Let us know:
- Any risks about your care
- Changes in your care, illness, or injury
- Safety concerns
- Violation of your patient rights
- If you understand your care plan and what we expect from you
- If you don’t understand your care plan or its information
- If you have or need to ask questions
- Please:
- Follow your care plan and instructions created by your doctor, nurses or other health care team members
- Keep appointments and, if you cannot make your appointments, let us know at least 24 hours before your appointment
- Be responsible for your actions if you refuse care or don’t follow doctor’s orders
- Pay your health care bills in a timely manner
- Follow practice procedures, rules and regulations
- Be thoughtful of the rights of other patients and our staff
- Be respectful of yourself and our staff
- Help staff to assess your pain, to assist you to discuss and get prompt relief, communicate your concerns about pain medicines and develop a pain management plan
- Treat the doctor and our health care staff with respect and consideration
- Accept that bad language or behavior is not tolerated and may be grounds for dismissal
- Accept we may end our relationship if you do not follow your doctor’s orders or care plan