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Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center

PATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The collaborative nature of health care requires that patients, or their families/surrogates, participates in their care. The effectiveness of care and patient satisfaction with course of treatment depend, in part, on the patient fulfilling certain responsibilities.

Patients are responsible for providing information about past illnesses, hospitalizations, medications, and other matters related to health status.

To participate effectively in decision making, patients must be encouraged to take responsibility fore requesting additional information or clarification about their health status or treatment when they do no fully understand information and instructions.

Patients are also responsible for ensuring that the health care institution has a copy of their written advance directive if they have one.

Patients are responsible for informing their physicians and other caregivers if they anticipate problems in following prescribed treatment.

Patients should also be aware of the hospitals obligation to be reasonably efficient and equitable in providing care to other patients and the community. The hospital's rules and regulations are designed to help the hospital meet this obligation.

Patients and their families are responsible for making reasonable accommodations to the needs of the hospital, other patients, medical staff, and hospital employees.

Patients are responsible for providing necessary information for insurance claims and for working with the hospital to make payment arrangements, when necessary.

A person's health depends on much more than health care services. Patients are responsible for recognizing the impact of their lifestyle on their personal health.