Patient Rights: Top Ten List of Violations of Patient Rights (con't)

Piecing together Bits of Information

The aforementioned National Institute for Patient Rights study suggests health care suffers from a decided lack of coordination and cooperation among diverse healthcare professionals. Participants in the survey invariably stated that, with no one to treat the entire patient and coordinate care, patients and their families are left largely on their own to integrate their own care. According to one respondent, “We had to somehow piece together bits of information from different doctors to try to get a complete picture of our mom’s progress.”

This can be very difficult to do in a hospital setting and extremely frustrating. Participants in the study frequently stated that no one seemed willing to tell them exactly what was going on with the whole patient. Doctors were more than willing to share information about their specialty, about precisely what was happening with their particular organ system, but no one seemed especially willing to say anything about how the entire patient was doing.

Comments

[Matt B.]

if I have been told I am on a medical hold and I am not allowed to leave, I have been cleared of all medical problems and my health is good..... If I then try to sign out AMA due to there being a further pending Psychiatric evaluation despite efforts and appointments already set up by my self by Physicians that are qualified, can I then be put on an official medical "PINK Slip"

[Matt B.]

Following up further, I have already been evaluated by the Psychiatric Team and they still deem it necessary to hold me longer w/ out any projection of release time. Again I have been given a clean bill of health by general practioners and the "Psych." team have commented that my health is very good. I am in Columbus, OH

[Matt B.]

I have cooperated fully and totally to this point. I have followed all reccomendations made by all practioners to this point. I was advised that I can be placed under forced medical hold despite this current dx., due to not being officially held as of yet. I have scheduled follow up appointments w/ my own practioners that know my history and my personality. My attending nurse for 3 consecutive has agreed that further time spent is now counterproductive. Can anyone plz. advise me if I have any grounds to sign out simply to pursue my own care plan that does have appointment dates and times made w/ in an 8 hour time period for the following 2 days.