Know Your Rights as a Patient - Parkmed NYC

Patient Rights:

Patient rights are rights that protect a patient while in a medical facility or undergoing medical treatment. This may consist of rights protected by federal law, state legislature, and facility defined rights that are contained in a bill of rights. Typically, a patient’s bill of rights ensures that patients have access to things such as their medical information, being treated fairly, and having autonomy in medical decisions. Taking this into consideration, it is important to be informed as to what these patient rights are and how to exercise them appropriately when necessary.

If you ever feel that your patient rights are being violated please consider contacting your Department of Health (1-800-804-5447) or an ombudsman of your area. Contacting these two resources can be possible solutions when trying to address assistance in care issues.

Below are a few of the State of New York Patient Bill of Rights for Diagnostic & Treatment Centers:

Receive service(s) without regard to age, race, color, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin or sponsor;
Be treated with consideration, respect and dignity including privacy in treatment;
Be informed of the services available at the center;
Be informed of the provisions for off-hour emergency coverage;
Receive an itemized copy of his/her account statement, upon request;
Refuse treatment to the extent permitted by law and to be fully informed of the medical consequences of his/her action;
Privacy and confidentiality of all information and records pertaining to the patient’s treatment;
Approve or refuse the release or disclosure of the contents of his/her medical record to any health-care practitioner and/or health-care facility except as required by law or third-party payment contract;
Access to his/her medical record per Section 18 of the Public Health Law, and Subpart 50-3.
Receive an estimate of the amount that you will be billed after services are rendered.

If you’re interested in viewing all of the listed patient rights for D&TC or the available patient rights of New York State please click the listed hyperlinks below:

https://www.health.ny.gov/publications/1515/

https://www.health.ny.gov/professionals/patients/patient_rights/