Patient’s Rights and Responsibilities
Patient’s Responsibilities
1. Patients are responsible for asking for information and potential risks before signing an informed consent for diagnostic or treatment procedure. 2. Patients are responsible for providing truthful and complete health and other information to the responsible healthcare professionals. 3. Patients are responsible for cooperating and following healthcare professionals’ recom- mendations about medical care and should notify when the compliance may not be possible. 4. Patients are responsible for cooperating and complying with the following hospital’s rules and regulations: 4.1 Patients are responsible for providing complete and correct information for reimbursement from an insurance company as soon as possible after receiving an invoice from the hospital. 4.2 Patients are responsible for providing a copy of advance directive, living will, and written decision of preferred treatment options. 4.3 Patients are responsible for the medical appointments or inform the hospital if rescheduling is needed. 4.4 Patients are responsible for direct cooperation with hospital management representatives to resolve a complaint. 4.5 Patients are responsible for bringing only personal items essential for the hospital stay but not valuables. 4.6 Patients are responsible for not leaving the hospital facility without a permission from the doctor or nurse to ensure patient safety.
4.7 Patients are responsible for receiving medical and nursing care only from the hospital but not by other persons or by themselves except when instructed by the hospital to do so. 5. Patients are responsible for treating health- care professionals, other patients, and visitors with courtesy and respect. 6. Patients are responsible for informing about health insurance benefit with proper documentation to the hospital. 7. Patients are responsible for being aware of the following facts: 7.1 Healthcare professionals who perform standard and ethical practice are protected by law and have the rights to be protected from unfair accuse. 7.2 Medical care refers to a current medical practice that is based on scientific evidence to show higher benefits than risks to the patient. 7.3 Medical care cannot diagnose, prevent, or treat all diseases or condition. 7.4 Any medical care can result in unexpected consequences despite the fact that the healthcare professionals have been extremely careful in any situation. 7.5 Any test for disease screening, diagnosis, and treatment monitoring might have inaccurate result because of technological limitation and other uncontrollable by current standards. 7.6 Healthcare professionals have the rights to choose an evidence-based medical treatment option in a given context and limitations as well as to consult or refer the patient as appropriate. 7.7 Healthcare professionals may consult or refer the patient who are not in an emergency or life-threatening condition.
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