Asian Hospital and Medical Center recognizes this, and even welcomes it. Instead of being just a patient, you are treated as a customer who deserves to know what he needs to know. In areas like getting a second opinion, treatment plans, modes of health maintenance after treatment, subsequent side effects or unanticipated results and costs, all aspects of care will be made transparent so you can make informed choices. In this way, the hospital upholds your rights as a patient.

This culture encourages and requires enhanced communication between you and your physician. Upon admission and during discharge care planning, you will be reoriented on your rights, which includes giving you access to specific information and skills relevant to your condition and with respect to your right to achieve your personal health goals.

Patient’s rights and responsibilities:

• Considerate and respectful of care
• Know information concerning diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, as well as procedures, the risk and benefits involved.
• Know identify of physician, nurses, and other involved in the care.
• Know implications of treatment choice.
• Make decisions about the plan of care.
• Have an advance directive concerning treatment.
• Privacy is protected.
• All communications and records are treated with confidentiality.
• Review records pertaining to medical care.
• To provide an accurate information about health condition.
• To cooperate with health care team.
• Be accountable for their health.
• Be assured that the hospital makes reasonable response to requests.
• Be aware of business relationships.
• Consent to participate in human experimentation.
• Expect reasonable continuity of care.
• Be informed of hospital policies.
• Be informed of hospital charges and available payment methods.