Health Services

To considerate and respectful care. This includes the right to be free from all forms of abuse and harassment.
To know the identity and professional status of those persons providing care.
To impartial access to treatment regardless of race, religion, sex, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, or handicap.
To be fully informed in advance of furnishing or discontinuing care or treatment, and to actively participate in the care planning and treatment.
To know the reason for any transfer within or outside the institution.
To relevant, current, and understandable information concerning diagnosis , treatment and prognosis.
To confidentiality of communications.
To review the records pertaining to your medical care, according to hospital policy.
To reasonable continuity of care and to be informed of other realistic options when hospital care is no longer appropriate.To be informed of hospital policies and practices that relate to patient care, treatment and responsibilities.
To be informed of the hospital's charges for services and available payment methods.
To be fully informed of and to consent or refuse to participate in any research project without compromising your access to the facility services.
To know the risks, side effects and benefits of medications and treatment procedures used, and alternatives to treatment.
To know the cost of services rendered within a reasonable length of time.
To remove yourself from the hospital against the advice of the physician to the extent of the law.
To receive care in a safe setting.
To personal privacy.
To know the relationship(s) of the facility to other persons or organizations participating in the provision of his/her care.
To be free from unnecessary use of physical or chemical restraint and/or seclusion.
To exercise advance directives regarding decisions at the end of life in accordance with the Federal and State Patient Self-Determination Act.
To have a family member or representative of his/her choice and his/her own physician notified promptly of his or her admission to the hospital.
To have prompt assessment of pain and treatment as appropriate.

To provide accurate and complete information about matters relating to your health.
To follow the treatment plan.
To accept the consequences of your actions if you refuse treatment.
To be considerate and respectful of other patients, hospital personnel and the property of others.
To provide all needed information for insurance processing and for assuring that the financial obligations of your care are fulfilled as promptly as possible.
To report episodes of pain and the effectiveness or lack of response to pain treatment.

You may read the policy in its entirety. Please call hospital extension 6438 to make arrangements.