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PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Kingwood, West Virginia

PATIENTS’ RESPONSIBILITIES

As a patient, you are expected to act in accordance with Preston Memorial Hospital’s policies, rules, and regulations and assume responsibility for the following:

Preston Memorial Hospital expects that you or your surrogate decision maker will provide accurate and complete information about present complaints, past illnesses, hospitalizations, medications, advance directives, and other matters relating to your health history or care in order for your care provider to deliver appropriate medical care.

You are responsible for telling your care provider whether you clearly understand a planned course of care that has been explained to you and/or what is expected of you.

It is expected that you will cooperate with hospital personnel and ask questions if directions and/or procedures are not clearly understood.

You are expected to be considerate of other patients and health care personnel by assisting in the control of noise and visitors in your room and by observing the smoke free policy of the hospital.

You are also expected to be respectful of the property of other persons and the property of the hospital.

In order to facilitate your care and the efforts of the healthcare personnel, you are expected to help the physicians, nurses, and other medical personnel in their efforts to care for you by following their instructions and medical orders.

Duly authorized members of your family or your surrogate decision maker are expected to be available to hospital personnel for review of your treatment in the event you are unable to communicate with your health caregivers.

It is expected that you will not take drugs which have not been prescribed by your attending physician and administered by appropriate staff and that you will not complicate or endanger the healing process by consuming alcoholic beverages during your hospital stay and or visit.

It is understood that you assume the financial responsibility for paying for services rendered either through third-party payers (your insurance company) or being personally responsible for payment for any services which are not covered by your insurance policies.