Patient Rights

The staff and personnel of Village SurgiCenter recognize the basic human rights of patients. Efforts are directed to providing care commensurate with those basic human rights.

• Patients are treated with respect, consideration, and dignity.
• Patients are provided appropriate privacy. Patients have the right to privacy of any information or treatment concerning his/her own medical care. Patients have the right to be informed of any persons other than routine personnel that would be observing or participating in his/her treatment.
• Patients have the right to know the person or persons responsible for coordinating his/her care.
• Patient disclosures and records are treated confidentially, and, except when required by law, patients are given the opportunity to approve or refuse their release.
• Patients are provided, to the degree known, complete information concerning their diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. When it is medically inadvisable to give such information to a patient, the information is provided to a person designated by the patient or to a legally authorized person.
• Patients have the right to receive from his/her physician enough information so that he/she may understand the procedure or treatment being received in order to sign the informed consent.
• Patients have the right to refuse treatment and to be informed of the consequences of his/her actions.
• Patients are given the opportunity to participate in decisions involving their health care, except when such participation is contraindicated for medical reasons.
• Patients have the right to know if any research will be done during his/her treatment and have the right to refuse.
• Patients have the right to expect quality of care and service from the facility.
• Patients have the right to be informed of mechanism by which he/she will have continuing health care following discharge from Village SurgiCenter.
• Patients have the right to examine and receive an explanation of his/her bill regardless of source of payment.
• Patients have the right to know in advance the expected estimated amount of his/her bill. Patients have the right to know what Village SurgiCenter rules and regulations apply to his/her conduct and responsibilities as a patient.
• Patients have the right to know methods of expressing grievances and suggestions to the Village SurgiCenter.
• Patients have the right to information concerning the institution to which he/she may have to be transferred. The institution to which the patient is being transferred must give approval prior to transfer.
• Marketing or advertising regarding the competence and capabilities of the organization is not misleading to patients.

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• Patient Grievance and Advance Directive (26.52 KB)