Question

What is a Patient Bill of Rights and Why is it Important?

Answer 1

A Patient's Bill of Rights refers to a number of rights and guarantees in the form of law or a declaration for those who receiving medical treatment.

It includes the declaration of care and proper treatment, the safety of patient information, the rights to take own medical decisions, and some other rights.

In more elaborately a Patient's Bill of Rights includes some documents that explain how a patient is going to be treated in that health care setting, how the patient information is going to be safe and secure, and what are the goals of treatment the patient going to receive.

The Patient's Bill of Rights was adopted in 1973 and revised in October 1992 by the American Hospital Association.

Patient's Bill of Rights is important because:-

• The Patient's Bill of Rights ensures high-quality hospital care irrespective of race, gender, color, and religion.
• It provides autonomy to the patient while choosing treatment options.
• It ensures a clean and safe hospital environment.
• It ensures the protection of patient information and keeps privacy.
• It helps in other functional work in hospitals including payment, insurance claim, and revisit.