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Date Submitted: 08/28/2011 07:05 PM
Patient Self-Determination Act
HCR/210
The Patient Self-Determination Act requires all health care providers participating in
Medicare and Medicaid to provide all patients over age eighteen with;
• The patients rights under the law to participate in decisions about his or her
medical care, including the right to accept or refuse treatments.
• The patient's right under state law to complete advance directives, which
will be documented in his or her medical records
• The health care provider's policies honoring these rights
(www.libraryindex.com)
The Patient Self-Determination Act was put into place to make sure that patients
provided with informed consent, information about their right to make advance
health care decisions, and information about state laws that impact legal choices
in making health care decisions.
These are called advance directives a few of the advance directives are;
• Do not Resuscitate (DNR) Order
• Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
• Health Care Proxy
• Living Will
• Organ or Tissue Donation
Advance directives are decisions that are put into place before or at the time of
entering a hospital or nursing home.
I believe this legislation greatly affected the medical records procedure. Ensuring that documents were filled out and signed properly and entered into the correct system is a tremendous job, in addition to all of the other records that are to be maintained. Proper training would be very important with any new legislation that would pass. If the person delivering the advance directives did not fully understand the purpose of the legislation, the patient may not receive the care that he or she did or did not want.
References
Advance Directives - The Patient Self-determination Act http://www.libraryindex.com/pages/3133/Advance-Directives-PATIENT-SELF-DETERMINATION-ACT.html#ixzz0rANRLrdp