Patient Services Patient Rights and Responsibilities


Patient Rights and Responsibilities

Patient Rights

  • Access to care race , creed , gender , or national origin , which takes into Consideration the psychological spiritual , cultural and religious value that influence their illness .
  • Respect for dignity all times and in all situations , with recognition of their personal dignity .
  • Privacy and confidentiality of your clinical or personal records will be maintained .
  • Personal Safety
    • Know the name and professional titles of your physicians and care givers , personal privacy to receive , personal privacy to receive care in safe environment .
    • Participate in the development and implementation of your plan of care .
    • Information about your diagnosis , condition and treatment in terms that you can understand .
    • Refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law and to be informed of the possible consequences of the refusal.
    • Have appropriate assessment and management of pain .
    • Promote and reasonable response to any request of services within capacity of the health care facility.
    • Patients have the right to informed participation in decision involving their health care based on a clear brief explanation of their condition and of all proposed procedures the possible of any risk of death or serious side effect And probability of success
    • Patient should not have any procedure with out their voluntary , competent and informed consent or the consent of their legal authorized representation .
    • Patients may consent or refuse to participate in experimental treatment or research .
    • Patient are entitled about rules and regulation effecting their care or conducts.
    • Patient receive an explanation of all items on their bills , regarded of the source of payment for their care.
  • Patient Safety
    • Patient should be provided with information about patient continuing health care needs and planning for care after leaving the hospital .
    • Patients have the right to Expect reasonable safety in sofar as the hospital practices and environment are concerned .
    • Be place in protective privacy when considered necessary for personal safety Address the needs of patients , visitors and staff regarding safety and security GSH provides security throughout the hospital at all hours .
    • Other safety and security measures including limited access to the use of Security personnel at GSH entrance video monitoring in various areas and the use of employee identification badges that should be clearly displayed .
  • Hospital Duty Is To
    • Provide effective leadership for quality and safety in the hospital
    • Monitor key clinical and managerial processes and outcomes
    • Plan implement and sustain improvement
    • Investigate sentinel events
    • Create a quality culture through ongoing staff education

Patient Responsibilities


Provision of Information :

Patients have the responsibility to provide , to the best of their Knowledge, accurate and complete information about present complaints , past illness , hospitalizations , medications , and other matters relating to their condition to the attending physician .

Pain Management

Patients have the responsibility to :

  • Report pain to their nurse or doctor
  • Discuss relief options to develop a pain management plan
  • Tell their nurse or doctor if their pain is not relieved
  • Report any concerns they may have about taking pain medication

Compliance Instructions

  • Patients are responsible for following the treatment plan recommended by the practitioner responsible for their care.
  • Patients are responsible for keeping appointments and when they are unable to do so for any reason , for notifying the attending physician or the hospital .

Hospital Rules and Regulations Patients

Relatives are responsible for hospital rules and regulations affecting patients care and conducts.

Respect and Consideration

    Patients are responsible for:

  • Being considerate of the rights of others patients and assisting in the control of noise, smoking and number visitors
  • Being responsible of the property of other persons and of the hospital

Financial Transaction

  • Patients and for their designated decision makers or their next kin , are responsible for promptly fulfilling the financial obligations of the health care provided by GSH .
  • Patients are responsible to present at the time of registration or admission , all necessary insurance information and information regarding contacting their employer or insurance company for approval of their stay , and for services To be provided to them at GSH.

Patient Feed Back

  • Feed back is one main element of communication we must communicate well to mange well to improve our services .
  • So your opinion , experiences and impression about our hospital are a great value to us in order to improve our services and increase your satisfaction next visit .
  • So please do not hesitate to give us your opinion , experience , impression And your suggestion either through our e-mail address , telephone by calling Our quality department or by meeting one of our quality department team .

Patient and Family Education

  • Each Patient and his or her family receive education to help them give informed consent participate in care processes and understand any financial implication of care choices
  • Patient and families learn about informed consent
  • Patient and families learn about participation in care decision
  • Patient and families learn about participation in the care process
  • Patient and families learn about any financial implication of care decision
  • Patient and families learn about the safe and effective use of medications and potential side effects
  • Patient and families learn about safety and effective using of medical equipments
  • Patient and families learn about appropriate diet and nutrition
  • Patient and families learn about rehabilitation techniques
  • Education methods consider the patient's and families values and preferences And allow sufficient interaction among the patient , families and staff for learning to occur
  • The patient and families are taught in a format and language that they understand