Patient Bill of Rights

1. The patient has the right to considerate and respectful care.
2. The patient has the right to obtain from his/her physician complete, current information concerning his/her diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis in terms the patient can be reasonably expected to understand. When it is not medically advisable to give such information to the patient, the information should be made available to an appropriate person on his/her behalf. He/She has the right to know, by name, the physician responsible for his/her care.
3. The patient has the right to receive from his/her physician, information necessary to give informed consent prior to the start of any procedure and/or treatment. Except in emergencies, such information for informed consent should include, but not necessarily be limited to, the specific procedure and/or treatment, the medically significant risks involved, and the probable duration of incapacitation. Where medically significant alternatives for care or treatment exist, or when the patient requests information concerning medical alternatives, the patient has the right to such information. The
   patient also has the right to know the name of the person responsible for the procedures and/or treatment.
4. The patient has the right to refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law, and to be informed of the medical consequences of his/her action.
5. The patient has the right to every consideration of his/her privacy concerning his/her own medical care program. Case discussion, consultation, examination, and treatment are confidential and should be conducted discretely. Those not directly involved in his/her care must have the permission of the patient to be present.
6. The patient has the right to expect that all communications, financial information and records pertaining to his/her care should be treated as confidential.
7. The patient has the right to expect that, within its capacity, The Surgery Center must make reasonable responses to the request of a patient for services. The Surgery Center must provide evaluation, service, and/or referral as indicated by the urgency of the case. When medically permissible, a patient may be transferred to another facility only after he/she has received complete information and explanation concerning the needs for, and alternatives to, such a transfer. The institution to which the patient is to be transferred must first have accepted the patient transfer.
8. The patient has the right to obtain information as to any relationship of The Surgery Center to other health care and educational institutions insofar as his/her care is concerned. The patient has the right to obtain information as to the existence of any professional relationships among individuals, by name, who are treating him/her.
9. The patient has the right to be advised if The Surgery Center proposes to engage in or perform human experimentation affecting his/her care of treatment. The patient has the right to refuse to participate in such research projects.
10. The patient has the right to expect continuity of care.
11. The patient has the right to examine and receive an explanation of his/her bill regardless of source of payment.
12. The patient has the right to know what The Surgery Center’ rules and regulations apply to his/her conduct as a patient. (PATIENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
13. The patient has the right to know if their private physician has an investment ownership in The Surgery Center.