Your Responsibilities as a Patient of Chi Mei Hospital

2016.07.21 revised

As a patient of the Chi Mei Hospital, you also have the responsibilities to:

1. Actively provide documents that prove your identity;

2. Provide your physicians and other healthcare professionals who care for you, to the best of your knowledge, with accurate and complete health information about your health, including medical history, allergies, recent foreign travel, and other matters relating to present health;

3. Treat Chi Mei Hospital personnel with respect at all times. Any unreasonable attempt to force medical staff to provide false information and documents or perform inappropriate medical procedures are unacceptable and will not be tolerated;

4. Comply with medical orders made by the Chi Mei Hospital medical team who provide care to you and follow the treatment plan and procedures agreed with you or your legal representative;

5. Make sure you fully understand the treatment plans, options, and possible outcomes of the choices before giving consent or making medical decisions;

6. Participate in decision-making in treatment planning and understand that unrealistic expectations of treatment outcomes should be avoided;

7. Secure personal belongings and property;

8. Not to bring dangerous items and not to possess illegal drugs or alcohol on hospital property;

9. Know that children are vulnerable to infections, therefore, do not bring children to patients¡¦ rooms if it is not necessary;

10. Understand that visits from pets are not allowed;

11. Comply with Chi Mei Hospital¡¦s policies, such as leaves of absence, visiting hours and no smoking on hospital premises (*applicable to family members);

12. Understand that the use of recording devices (audio, video, photographic or otherwise) within Chi Mei Hospital should be avoided for safety and privacy reasons (*applicable to family members and visitors);

13. Not physically assault and verbally abuse any Chi Mei Hospital staff to prevent hospital violence, respect other patients' rights to health care, and ensure the safety of our staff.