Terms of Service
At CMF Surgeons we support your right to know about your health and illness, and your right to participate in decisions that affect your well-being. In Massachusetts, there is a law designed to help protect the rights of patients in healthcare facilities.
(Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 111, Section 70E).
Your Responsibilities
- Provide accurate and complete information regarding your identity, insurance information, medical history, hospitalizations, medications, dietary supplements (herbal and other nutritional supplements), and current health concerns. Report any changes in health to care providers.
- Follow treatment plans recommended by physicians and other health care providers working under the physician's direction. Let care providers know immediately if you need clarification or do not understand your plan of care or the health instructions you are given.
- Participate and collaborate in your treatment and in planning for post-hospital care.
- Be part of the pain management team. If you are receiving pain medications, ask your medical team about pain management options. Use pain medication as prescribed and provide feedback if certain methods are not working well for you.
- Be considerate and respectful of other patients and facility personnel. Your rights may be restricted if you are not respecting others' rights or putting at risk the health and/or safety of other patients and facility personnel. Do what you can to help control noise, and ensure that your visitors are considerate as well. Be respectful of facility property.
- Follow facility and regulations, including those that prohibit offensive, threatening, and/or abusive language or behavior, and the use of tobacco, alcohol, or illicit drugs or substances. Help ensure that your visitors are aware of and follow these rules.
- Provide the facility with a copy of any advance directive or health care proxy designation you have prepared.
- Provide accurate and complete financial information and work with the facility to ensure that financial obligations related to your care are met. Notify the facility promptly if there is a hardship so that we may assist you as needed.
