Policy Manual sample

MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. PATIENT INFORMED DECISION MAKING PURPOSE: To allow the patient to make informed decisions about the patient’s care and/or services whenever possible and to the extent of his/her cognitive abilities. POLICY: MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc.’s Administration, Medical Staff and Board of Directors provide for the right of the patient to make rational choices regarding his/her healthcare decisions based upon vital information, to the degree known, concerning his/her illness, proposed procedures, alternate methods of treatment and the risks and benefits of each. These rights and others are supported by the following policies: · Consents · Patient Access to Medical Records · Non-Discrimination · Patient Complaints · Patient's Rights and Responsibilities · Patient Directives · Information concerning the patient's diagnosis and medical treatments will be given to family and/or guardians when the patient has been judged incompetent. PROCEDURE: · The patient/family/caregiver are provided the following information about proposed and/or ongoing care or services from knowledgeable Agency staff members: · Patient’s condition, to the extent known · Nature and purpose of proposed and/or ongoing care or services · The potential benefit(s), risk(s) and effects of the care or service(s); their likelihood of success and problems, to the degree known · Who will perform the care or provide the service(s) · The actual dollar amount, if any, of the care or services for which the patient/family/ caregiver would be responsible q This information should be provided in a manner that is easily understood by the patient/ family/caregiver and that takes into consideration the patient’s/family’s personal, cultural and ethnic preferences. q The instructions are documented in the patient’s medical record. L-34 Home Health Agency Client Assessments