Patient Rights:

Be a Partner in Your Own Care…

OMHS is positioning ourselves to become the leading healthcare provider throughout Western Kentucky and Southern Indiana. We’ll accomplish this goal by continuing our commitment to provide world-class care and a nationally recognized level of quality.

At OMHS we respect your personal preferences and values. Our staff works to heal the sick and improve the community through actively listening to and partnering with those we serve.

We want to make your care as effective as possible. And you can help. Here’s how:

• Be well informed.

• Communicate openly with your physician and other healthcare professionals.

• Participate in your treatment decisions.

Also, please see a detailed list of our patient rights:

1. To be given treatment and/or accommodations that are available or medically indicated, regardless of HIV status, age, color, handicap, race, creed, sex, national origin or sources of payment for care.
2. To be given considerate, respectful care at all times and under all circumstances, with recognition of your personal dignity.
3. To wear appropriate personal clothing and religious or other symbolic items as long as they do not interfere with diagnostic procedures or treatment.
4. To be interviewed and examined in reasonable privacy; to have a person of your gender present during certain parts of a physical exam or procedure; not to remain undressed any longer than is required for the medical purpose of an exam or treatment.
5. To expect that monitoring the quality of your care by others will be done only with your written authorization.
6. To request a transfer to another room if you are unreasonably disturbed by another patient or visitor.
7. To be placed in protective privacy when determined necessary to ensure your personal safety.
8. To consult with a specialist at your request and expense.
9. To have visitors and to communicate with others either verbally or in writing. If there is a language barrier the hospital will make every effort to provide an interpreter.
10. To request and receive an itemized and detailed explanation of your total bill for hospital services.
11. To be told quickly, if the hospital is notified, that you are not eligible for insurance, Medicare, Medicaid or other reimbursement for the cost of your care.

For more information, contact our Patient Representative,Sandi Boswell at 270-688-2770.

…OMHS – We Value Your Values