Patient Rights and Responsibilities

Patient Rights

100

This is NOT a patient right: 

     Right to privacy

     Right to informed consent

     Right to transportation to and from treatment           facility

Right to refuse treatment 

What is: Right to transportation to and from treatment facility?

200

All of the following are protected under the Patient's Right to Privacy EXCEPT:

• Treatment plans
• Prescriptions
• Health insurance information
• Shoe size
• Clinical research records

What is.... shoe size?

300

The right to transfer means that the first provider will inform the patient about the necessity or risks involved with any change. If the patient refuses the transfer, the provider must respect that choice. True or False.

True

400

Patients have the right to a fair review of any complaint against physicians, hospitals, or any other healthcare provider. This includes complaints regarding all of the following except:

• Actions of healthcare personnel
• Wait times
• Operating hours
• Proximity of treatment center to Patient's home

What is: Proximity of treatment center to Patient's home?

Patient Responsibilities

100

Just as patients have rights, they also have responsibilities. True or False. 

 TRUE

200

Patients are responsible for providing their healthcare staff member with as accurate and complete a health history as possible.

True

300

Patients can lie about health behaviors that they know their MD will not approve of, eg, smoking. 

False.

400

Patients can threaten violence if they feel they are not being taken care of; only physical violence will not be tolerated.

No form of violence- verbal or physical-is acceptable.