treated as confidential. Te medical record/ computer information will be retrieved only by individuals involved in your treatment, monitoring its quality and or by other individuals only on their written authorization or that of a legally authorized representative within a reasonable period of time.
11. Te right to review and/or request a copy of the records pertaining to your medical care and to have the information explained or interpreted as necessary, except when restricted by law.
12. Te right, within the limits of law, to personal privacy and to expect that any discussion or consultation involving care will be conducted discreetly, and that individuals not directly involved in your care will not be present without your permission.
13. Te right to be interviewed and examined in surroundings designed to provide reasonable audiovisual privacy.
14. Te right to have a family member or representative of choice and own physician notified promptly of your admission to the hospital.
15. Te right to the hospital’s reasonable response to your requests and needs for treatment or service, within the hospital’s capacity, its stated mission, and applicable law and regulation.
16. Te right to an environment that preserves dignity and contributes to a positive self- image and considerate and respectful care which will include consideration of the psycho-social, spiritual, and cultural variables that influence the perceptions of illness.
17. Te patient has the right to be free from neglect; exploitation; and verbal, mental, physical, and sexual abuse.
18. Tis hospital supports the right of a patient to request and have a chaperone present during certain sensitive physical examinations and
treatments. Sensitive physical examinations and treatments are typically those that involve the reproductive and sexual organs, those that may be perceived as potentially threatening to a patient’s sense of privacy or modesty, or those that may induce feelings to vulnerability or embarrassment. Healthcare providers should be aware that a patient’s cultural and religious beliefs might necessitate the presence of a chaperone or same gender provider. As part of an individualized plan of care, the decision to use a chaperone during a sensitive physical examination or treatment should be made by the patient following discussion with the healthcare provider performing the exam. Te chaperone may be another healthcare provider of the same gender as the patient or a friend or family memberdepending on the patient’s preference.
19. Te right to appropriate assessment and management of pain and to be involved in the planning and treatment of pain.
20. Te right to be free from restraints, of any form, that are not medically necessary or are used as a means of coercion, discipline, convenience or retaliation by the staff.
21. Te right to information, at the time of admission, about your rights and responsibility and mechanism for the initiation, review, and when possible, resolution of complaints concerning care.
22. Te right to voice complaints about the care, and to have those complaints reviewed and when possible, resolved.
23. Te right to receive comfort, dignity and pain management while supporting your psycho- social and spiritual concerns and your family regarding end of life and the expression of grief.
24. Te right of guardian, next of kin, or a legally authorized responsible person to exercise the rights delineated on your behalf, to the
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