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Manual: Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual (Ver 3) External Reference: JCAHO: RI.2.80COP: §489.102
MCN’s customizable template, Advance Directive Information Statement, is taken from our Hospice Policy and Procedure Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. MCN provides more than 80 health care specific policy and procedure manuals for Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory Care, Behavioral Health, Home Health, Physician Practice, and Long Term Care. MCN’s policy and procedure manuals focus on the latest healthcare "hot topic" issues related to patient safety and prevention of medical healthcare errors. Here is some sample content from Advance Directive Information Statement:
| | ADVANCE DIRECTIVE INFORMATION STATEMENT
PATIENT INFORMATION REGARDING HOSPICE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
You received a copy of the Patient Rights and Responsibilities Document and other printed material. Hospice personnel reviewed these materials with you on the initial visit. Hospice personnel will summarize other Patient Right Policies and Procedures listed below.
ADVANCE DIRECTIVE OR WITHHOLDING OR RESUSCITATIVE SERVICES
We asked you during the initial visit if you had executed an Advance Directive. If you have not executed an Advance Directive, we have also given you literature about... |
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| | ...has written a DNR or DNI order and Hospice personnel have documented the order in the patient's medical record.
The attending physician in consultation with the patient's representative makes DNR and/or DNI decisions. This is done when the judgment of the physician is that the patient suffers from an incurable terminal illness, death is imminent in all medical probability, and resuscitation will do nothing to relieve the underlying disease condition and resuscitation would not change... |
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