Patient Rights
Lewis & Clark Specialty Hospital is committed to providing you with respectful care as we meet your healthcare needs. For this reason, we provide the following summary of your rights as a patient:
- You have the right to participate in the development and implementation of your plan of care.
- You have a right to considerate and respectful care.
- You will not be denied access to care due to race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, disability or source of payment.
- You have the right to information about your diagnosis, condition and treatment in terms that you can understand.
- You have the right to refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law and to be informed of the possible consequences of the refusal.
- You may consent or refuse to participate in experimental treatment or research.
- You are entitled to be free from all forms of abuse or harassment.
- You have the right to make or have a representative of your choice make informed decisions about your care.
- You have the right to formulate advance directives and have them followed.
- You have the right to have your family or representative of your choice and your own physician notified of your admission to the hospital.
- You have the right to appropriate assessment and management of pain.
- You are entitled to be free from any forms of restraint or seclusion as a means of convenience, discipline, coercion or retaliation.
- Seclusion and restraint for behavior management can only be used in emergency situations.
- You are entitled to information about rules and regulations affecting your care or conduct.
- You have the right to know the names and professional titles of your physicians and caregivers.
- You have the right to know that Lewis & Clark Specialty Hospital is a teaching institution.
- Resident physicians, student nurses and other supervised healthcare providers in training may become involved in your care and treatment. You have the right to ask if any of your healthcare providers are in training.
- You can request a change of provider or second opinion if you choose.
- You have the right to personal privacy and to receive care in a safe environment.
- You have the right to a prompt and reasonable response to any request for services within the capacity of the healthcare facility.
- You have the right to express concerns or grievances regarding your care to the hospital staff or to the Hospital Administrator.
- The confidentiality of your clinical and personal records will be maintained.
- You have the right to see your medical record within the limits of the law.
- You have the right to an explanation of all items on your bill.
- You have the right to be provided with information about your continuing healthcare needs and planning for care after you leave the hospital and as appropriate, after an appointment with your physician or other caregiver.
- As a Medicare Eligible Hospital Inpatient, you have the right to receive Medicare covered services. This includes medically necessary hospital services and services you may need after you are discharged. You have a right to know about these services, who will pay for them and where you can get them. You have the right to be involved in planning for your discharge and the right to appeal a premature discharge from the hospital.
