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WHAT ELSE CAN YOU EXPECT DURING YOUR STAY?

High Quality Care

Our first priority is to provide you with the care you need, when you need it, with skill, compassion and respect. Tell our caregivers if you have concerns about your care or if you have pain. You have the right to know the identity of all of your doctors, nurses and others involved in your care.

A Clean & Safe Environment

Pilgrim works hard to keep you safe. We use special policies and procedures to avoid mistakes in your care and keep you free from abuse or neglect. If anything unexpected and significant happens during your stay, you will be told what happened and any resulting changes in your care will be discussed with you.

Protection of Your Privacy

We respect the confidentiality of your relationship with you doctor and other caregivers and the sensitive information about your health and health care that are part of that relationship. State and federal laws as well as medical center operation policies protect the privacy of your medical information. We will review our Notice of Privacy Practices that describes the ways that we use, disclose and safeguard patient information and explains how you can obtain a copy of information from our records about your care.

Involvement in Your Care

You and your doctor often make decisions about your care before you go to the medical center. Other times, especially in emergencies, those decisions are made during your stay. When decision making takes place, it should include:

Discussing your medical condition and information about medically appropriate treatment choices. 

To make informed decisions with your doctor, you need to understand the benefits and risks of each treatment, whether your treatment is experimental or part of a research study, what you can reasonably expect from your treatment and any long term effects it might have on your quality of life, what you and your family will need to do after you leave Pilgrim and the financial consequences of using uncovered services or out-of-network providers.

Understanding who should make decisions when you cannot.

If you have a signed health care power of attorney stating who should speak for you if you become unable to make health care decisions for yourself, or a “living will” or “advance directive” that states your wishes about end-of-life care, give copies to your doctor, your family and your care team. If you or family need help making difficult decision, counselors, chaplains and others are available to help.

Discussing your treatment plan.

When you enter the medical center, you sign a general consent to treatment. In some cases, such as surgery or experimental treatment, you may be asked to confirm in writing that you understand what is planned and agree to it. This process protects your right to consent to or refuse a treatment. Your doctor will explain the medical consequences of refusing recommended treatment.  It also protects your right to decide if you want to participate in a research study.

Understanding your health care goals and values. 

You may have health care goals and values or spiritual beliefs that are important to your well-being. They will be taken into account as much as possible throughout your stay. Make sure your doctor, family and care team knows your wishes.

Getting Information from You

Your caregivers need complete and correct information about your health and coverage so that they can make good decisions about your care. That will include past illnesses, surgeries or hospital stays, past allergic reactions, any medications or dietary supplements (such as vitamins and herbs) that you are taking and any network or admission requirements under your health plans.