As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Home Care Corporate Compliance Manual includes this customizable template, Patient Informed Decision Making. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards.

Here is some sample content from Patient Informed Decision Making:

	POLICY: The organization's Administration, Medical Staff and Board of Directors provide for the right of the patient to make rational choices regarding his/her healthcare decisions based upon vital information concerning his/her illness, proposed procedures, alternate methods of treatment and the risks and benefits of each. These rights and others are supported by the following policies: Consents Patient Access to Medical Records Non-Discrimination Patient Complaints Patient's Rights and Responsibilities Patient Directives Under certain unusual conditions, information concerning...
Second excerpt:
	...Patient's Rights and Responsibilities Patient Directives Under certain unusual conditions, information concerning the patient's diagnosis and medical treatments will be given to family and/or guardians instead of the patient. These conditions may include severe mental retardation, acutely altered mental status, severe psychotic episodes or senile dementia. SUBJECT: PATIENT INFORMED DECISION MAKING REFERENCE #4012 PAGE: 1 DEPARTMENT: HOME CARE OF: 1 EFFECTIVE: APPROVED...