The document outlines the standard operating procedure for patient admission in a hospital. It details the admission policy, including who can admit patients, the responsibilities of admitting doctors, information that must be provided to patients, obtaining consent and providing a cost estimate. The admission procedure is also described, covering registration, allocating a bed, generating medical records, payment, and transferring the patient to the ward. Quality indicators for monitoring the admission process are also listed.
5th ed. NABH Accreditation Standards for Hospitals April 2020Dr Jitu Lal Meena
The document discusses quality improvement and creating a quality culture in India's healthcare system. It outlines the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) standards for healthcare organizations, which provide a framework for quality assurance and improvement. The standards focus on patient safety, quality of care, and building a culture of quality at all levels of an organization. It also provides details on some specific NABH standards related to access, assessment, continuity of care and laboratory services.
Patient satisfaction is a measure of how content patients are with the healthcare they received. The document lists 8 tools and resources for boosting patient satisfaction, including surveys for dialysis patients, visit-specific instruments, and questionnaires developed by various healthcare organizations. Measuring patient satisfaction through surveys has benefits like helping practices improve performance, increase the quality of care delivered, and fulfill patients which can lead to more referrals.
IMPORTANT COMMITTEE LIST for a hospital going for NABH /JCI by Dr.Mahboob ali...Healthcare consultant
The document lists 13 committees that are important for a hospital seeking accreditation from NABH or JCI. The committees meet with varying frequencies from monthly to yearly and are chaired by senior staff such as the Chairman, Medical Director, and Safety Officer. The committees include members from departments like Quality, Nursing, Pharmacy to oversee functions such as safety, infection control, mortality, ethics, and blood transfusion.
This document discusses quality and accreditation in healthcare. It defines quality as meeting and exceeding patient expectations. It then outlines the NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare) standards for hospital accreditation, which have 10 chapters and over 100 standards covering areas like patient care, infection control, management responsibilities, and information management. The accreditation process involves hospitals conducting a self-assessment against the standards before undergoing onsite assessments by NABH to evaluate compliance and provide accreditation. Accreditation must be renewed periodically through surveillance visits.
The presentation describes in brief the patients need, expectations and how to develop the patient care and feedback system to obtain maximum patient satisfaction.
NABH 5th edition hospital std april 2020anjalatchi
A. National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations.
The document outlines standards for nursing services at hospitals in Saudi Arabia. It specifies that the nursing director is responsible for managing nursing services, participating in leadership decisions, and ensuring policies and competent staff are in place. The standards require sufficient nurses to meet patient needs, updated schedules, and qualified nurses and assistants providing care 24/7. A comprehensive nursing assessment is required upon admission to identify patient needs.
The document provides information about NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) accreditation. It discusses that NABH was established in 2006 by the Quality Council of India to set standards for healthcare organizations and accredit those that meet the standards. It outlines NABH's accreditation programs, certification programs, empanelment, and training/education activities. The document also summarizes the benefits of NABH accreditation for patients, healthcare staff, healthcare organizations, and regulatory bodies. Finally, it provides a brief overview of the differences between NABH accreditation and entry-level certification.
5th ed. NABH Accreditation Standards for Hospitals April 2020Dr Jitu Lal Meena
The document discusses quality improvement and creating a quality culture in India's healthcare system. It outlines the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) standards for healthcare organizations, which provide a framework for quality assurance and improvement. The standards focus on patient safety, quality of care, and building a culture of quality at all levels of an organization. It also provides details on some specific NABH standards related to access, assessment, continuity of care and laboratory services.
Patient satisfaction is a measure of how content patients are with the healthcare they received. The document lists 8 tools and resources for boosting patient satisfaction, including surveys for dialysis patients, visit-specific instruments, and questionnaires developed by various healthcare organizations. Measuring patient satisfaction through surveys has benefits like helping practices improve performance, increase the quality of care delivered, and fulfill patients which can lead to more referrals.
IMPORTANT COMMITTEE LIST for a hospital going for NABH /JCI by Dr.Mahboob ali...Healthcare consultant
The document lists 13 committees that are important for a hospital seeking accreditation from NABH or JCI. The committees meet with varying frequencies from monthly to yearly and are chaired by senior staff such as the Chairman, Medical Director, and Safety Officer. The committees include members from departments like Quality, Nursing, Pharmacy to oversee functions such as safety, infection control, mortality, ethics, and blood transfusion.
This document discusses quality and accreditation in healthcare. It defines quality as meeting and exceeding patient expectations. It then outlines the NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare) standards for hospital accreditation, which have 10 chapters and over 100 standards covering areas like patient care, infection control, management responsibilities, and information management. The accreditation process involves hospitals conducting a self-assessment against the standards before undergoing onsite assessments by NABH to evaluate compliance and provide accreditation. Accreditation must be renewed periodically through surveillance visits.
The presentation describes in brief the patients need, expectations and how to develop the patient care and feedback system to obtain maximum patient satisfaction.
NABH 5th edition hospital std april 2020anjalatchi
A. National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) is a constituent board of Quality Council of India (QCI), set up to establish and operate accreditation programme for healthcare organizations.
The document outlines standards for nursing services at hospitals in Saudi Arabia. It specifies that the nursing director is responsible for managing nursing services, participating in leadership decisions, and ensuring policies and competent staff are in place. The standards require sufficient nurses to meet patient needs, updated schedules, and qualified nurses and assistants providing care 24/7. A comprehensive nursing assessment is required upon admission to identify patient needs.
The document provides information about NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers) accreditation. It discusses that NABH was established in 2006 by the Quality Council of India to set standards for healthcare organizations and accredit those that meet the standards. It outlines NABH's accreditation programs, certification programs, empanelment, and training/education activities. The document also summarizes the benefits of NABH accreditation for patients, healthcare staff, healthcare organizations, and regulatory bodies. Finally, it provides a brief overview of the differences between NABH accreditation and entry-level certification.
The document discusses the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) and its Nursing Excellence certification program. It provides an overview of NABH, including that it has 10 chapters, 100 standards, and 683 objective elements. It then describes NABH Nursing Excellence, which contains 7 chapters and 48 standards focused on evaluating nursing services. The chapters cover topics like nursing resource management, nursing care of patients, management of medication, and nursing quality indicators. Obtaining NABH Nursing Excellence certification provides benefits like ensuring quality nursing care and services as well as opportunities for professional growth.
The document outlines standards for hospitals and healthcare providers developed by the National Accreditation Board. It discusses that standards are developed based on multiple information sources and are organized around important hospital functions with a focus on patient and staff safety. The standards set minimum requirements for accreditation and are periodically revised. There are 10 chapters covering 102 standards and 636 measurable elements that organizations must meet to be accredited. Sections cover patient-centered care standards and organization-centered standards such as quality improvement and facility management.
This document discusses quality improvement in emergency departments. It outlines the stages of quality improvement as structure, process, and outcome. For structure, it discusses factors like the number of beds, staffing ratios, and available support services. For process, it lists key quality indicators that are measured, such as initial assessment time, medication errors, and times to dispatch ambulances or perform procedures. It emphasizes the importance of documentation, decision making skills, communication, ongoing training, and using tools like Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to continuously improve quality. Strong leadership, a culture of safety, stakeholder involvement, standardizing care processes, and data analysis are strategies recommended for quality improvement efforts.
Medical audit is a systematic evaluation of medical care to improve patient outcomes. It involves reviewing medical records against criteria to identify areas for improvement. The key aspects that can be audited include structure, processes, and outcomes of care. Medical audit aims to ensure best possible care, evidence-based practice, and implementation of initiatives. It benefits patients through reduced suffering and ensures safety. Hospitals should establish medical audit committees and collect data to facilitate the audit process. Audits help practitioners identify weaknesses and make corrections to enhance quality of care.
The document discusses NABH Nursing Excellence Standards presented by a Nursing Officer. It covers the vision and scope of NABH, which includes accreditation of healthcare facilities and quality promotion initiatives. Nursing excellence is measured according to 7 standards including nursing resource management, nursing care of patients, management of medication, education/communication, infection control, empowerment/governance, and quality indicators. Key aspects of nursing resource management standards are ensuring adequate staffing levels and ratios according to workload, induction and continuous training of nursing staff, performance management processes, and workplace safety.
Credentialing refers to the process of collection and verification of the evidences of credentials of a doctor who is to be given the responsibility of
treating patients in the hospital. The process
ensures the authenticity of the details provided
by the healthcare practitioner or doctor.
There are several main dimensions most frequently used to measure hospitals performance via clinical efficiency ( Clinical quality , evidence -based practices , health improvement and outcomes for individual and patients)
This document outlines policies and procedures for caring for vulnerable patients. It defines vulnerable patients as those unable to protect or care for themselves. It identifies groups like young children, older adults, terminally ill, and those with medical or psychiatric conditions as vulnerable. The document describes assessing fall risks and other vulnerabilities. It provides tools to assess fall risk and outlines policies like conducting regular assessments, providing a safe environment, and documenting any falls. It stresses the importance of identifying vulnerable patients and taking appropriate care and safety measures to prevent potential harms during hospitalization.
This document is a checklist used to assess standards and measurable elements for inpatient care at a healthcare facility. It covers areas like scope of service, patient safety goals, assessment of patients, patient and family education, and patient and family rights. For each standard, staff are asked questions to determine if the element is met, not met, not applicable, or not tested. Remarks can also be included. The goal is to evaluate areas like patient identification, communication, safety of medications, infection control, fall risk reduction, documentation, consent processes, privacy and more.
To study the process of patient discharge in corporate hospitalRameez Shah
This document outlines the roles and responsibilities involved in patient discharge processes at a hospital. It discusses that discharge planning is a complex activity requiring coordination between medical staff, nursing staff, social workers, and other professionals. It also involves communicating with and educating patients and their families. The roles of different staff are defined, including ward nurses coordinating plans, specialty matrons overseeing operations, and the director of nursing and discharge services matron developing discharge policies and representing the hospital. Timely discharge that safely transitions patients out of the hospital is the overall goal.
This presentation tells us about what are the medication errors and how we differentiate between them as per the National Accreditation Board for Hospital & Healthcare Providers standard for hospitals 5th Edition.
Presentation contains detailing details of medication error.
Some GIFs may not be seen.
This document discusses the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare (NABH) standards for hospital accreditation in India. It provides an overview of NABH, outlines the 10 chapters and over 100 standards that hospitals must meet for accreditation, and gives examples of some key standards within chapters related to access to care, patient care, medication management, patient rights, and quality improvement. The standards are designed to help hospitals improve patient outcomes, safety, and satisfaction by benchmarking their services and processes against internationally recognized quality criteria.
This document summarizes the results of a patient satisfaction survey conducted at the outpatient department of Medanta-The Medicity hospital. Some of the key findings include:
- 83% of patients felt doctors understood their problems completely or mostly.
- Waiting times were as expected or better than expected for 93% of patients.
- Registration services, staff courtesy, and cleanliness received high satisfaction ratings from over 90% of patients.
- However, only 65% were satisfied with pharmacy services and 29% rated them as satisfactory.
- 64-77% of patients expressed overall satisfaction with OPD services and said they would return for future care.
Access, Assessment and Continuity of Care (AAC) NABHDr Joban
This ppt is prepared on the basis of the NABH standards (2nd edition).it contains simple presentation of chapter 1 Access, Assessment and Continuity of Care (AAC). It may be useful for the trainers, AHCOs and the Vaidyas who are undergoing NABH accreditation.
Care of Vulnerable patient in hospital setting as per NABH.pptxanjalatchi
Several patient characteristics associated with vulnerability were identified. Socio-demographic condition, legal status and financial means seem to be the most important determinants. These characteristics were often linked, as if the costs prevent the system from adapting to the patient's needs.
The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) was established to operate an accreditation program for healthcare organizations in India. The NABH has developed entry level certification standards that healthcare organizations can work towards, with the goals of improving patient safety, quality of care, and respect for patient rights. The entry level certification involves meeting standards in 10 areas, including access to care, patient rights, infection control, and management responsibilities. Organizations work with NABH on a stepwise assessment and improvement process towards gaining pre-accreditation certification.
This document discusses patient satisfaction in healthcare. It defines patient satisfaction as an indicator of how well patients are treated. Surveys are commonly used to measure patient satisfaction and provide insights for healthcare providers. Factors that affect patient satisfaction include appropriate care, respect, safety, availability, efficacy, effectiveness, continuity of care, and timeliness. The document provides tips for improving patient satisfaction such as training employees, educating patients, differentiating staff roles, empowering nurses, being flexible, and following up with patients. It distinguishes between patient experience and satisfaction and discusses using question prompt lists to enhance communication and patient participation.
The document discusses the NABH Nursing Excellence Certification Programme. It was launched in 2014 with the aim of improving clinical outcomes, patient safety and satisfaction. The certification has 7 chapters covering 48 standards and 216 objectives related to nursing resource management, nursing care of patients, medication management, education and communication, infection control, empowerment and governance, and nursing quality indicators. Obtaining the certification benefits patients through high quality care, benefits hospitals by demonstrating quality commitment, and benefits nursing staff through recognition of their skills.
Admission Procedure for Hospital services NABH ppt.pptxanjalatchi
Personal details of the patient are recorded. The tests ordered by the patient's doctor are charged. The room is assigned after the patient has been updated by either the Patient Accounting Department or the Customer Service Department.
The document outlines the rights of patients in hospitals and healthcare facilities in India according to Supreme Court rulings. It states that patients have the right to emergency medical care without payment, safety and cleanliness in hospitals, informed consent, privacy, and choice and non-discrimination in treatment. It also outlines the duties of hospital management to respect and uphold these patient rights.
The document discusses the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers (NABH) and its Nursing Excellence certification program. It provides an overview of NABH, including that it has 10 chapters, 100 standards, and 683 objective elements. It then describes NABH Nursing Excellence, which contains 7 chapters and 48 standards focused on evaluating nursing services. The chapters cover topics like nursing resource management, nursing care of patients, management of medication, and nursing quality indicators. Obtaining NABH Nursing Excellence certification provides benefits like ensuring quality nursing care and services as well as opportunities for professional growth.
The document outlines standards for hospitals and healthcare providers developed by the National Accreditation Board. It discusses that standards are developed based on multiple information sources and are organized around important hospital functions with a focus on patient and staff safety. The standards set minimum requirements for accreditation and are periodically revised. There are 10 chapters covering 102 standards and 636 measurable elements that organizations must meet to be accredited. Sections cover patient-centered care standards and organization-centered standards such as quality improvement and facility management.
This document discusses quality improvement in emergency departments. It outlines the stages of quality improvement as structure, process, and outcome. For structure, it discusses factors like the number of beds, staffing ratios, and available support services. For process, it lists key quality indicators that are measured, such as initial assessment time, medication errors, and times to dispatch ambulances or perform procedures. It emphasizes the importance of documentation, decision making skills, communication, ongoing training, and using tools like Plan-Do-Study-Act cycles to continuously improve quality. Strong leadership, a culture of safety, stakeholder involvement, standardizing care processes, and data analysis are strategies recommended for quality improvement efforts.
Medical audit is a systematic evaluation of medical care to improve patient outcomes. It involves reviewing medical records against criteria to identify areas for improvement. The key aspects that can be audited include structure, processes, and outcomes of care. Medical audit aims to ensure best possible care, evidence-based practice, and implementation of initiatives. It benefits patients through reduced suffering and ensures safety. Hospitals should establish medical audit committees and collect data to facilitate the audit process. Audits help practitioners identify weaknesses and make corrections to enhance quality of care.
The document discusses NABH Nursing Excellence Standards presented by a Nursing Officer. It covers the vision and scope of NABH, which includes accreditation of healthcare facilities and quality promotion initiatives. Nursing excellence is measured according to 7 standards including nursing resource management, nursing care of patients, management of medication, education/communication, infection control, empowerment/governance, and quality indicators. Key aspects of nursing resource management standards are ensuring adequate staffing levels and ratios according to workload, induction and continuous training of nursing staff, performance management processes, and workplace safety.
Credentialing refers to the process of collection and verification of the evidences of credentials of a doctor who is to be given the responsibility of
treating patients in the hospital. The process
ensures the authenticity of the details provided
by the healthcare practitioner or doctor.
There are several main dimensions most frequently used to measure hospitals performance via clinical efficiency ( Clinical quality , evidence -based practices , health improvement and outcomes for individual and patients)
This document outlines policies and procedures for caring for vulnerable patients. It defines vulnerable patients as those unable to protect or care for themselves. It identifies groups like young children, older adults, terminally ill, and those with medical or psychiatric conditions as vulnerable. The document describes assessing fall risks and other vulnerabilities. It provides tools to assess fall risk and outlines policies like conducting regular assessments, providing a safe environment, and documenting any falls. It stresses the importance of identifying vulnerable patients and taking appropriate care and safety measures to prevent potential harms during hospitalization.
This document is a checklist used to assess standards and measurable elements for inpatient care at a healthcare facility. It covers areas like scope of service, patient safety goals, assessment of patients, patient and family education, and patient and family rights. For each standard, staff are asked questions to determine if the element is met, not met, not applicable, or not tested. Remarks can also be included. The goal is to evaluate areas like patient identification, communication, safety of medications, infection control, fall risk reduction, documentation, consent processes, privacy and more.
To study the process of patient discharge in corporate hospitalRameez Shah
This document outlines the roles and responsibilities involved in patient discharge processes at a hospital. It discusses that discharge planning is a complex activity requiring coordination between medical staff, nursing staff, social workers, and other professionals. It also involves communicating with and educating patients and their families. The roles of different staff are defined, including ward nurses coordinating plans, specialty matrons overseeing operations, and the director of nursing and discharge services matron developing discharge policies and representing the hospital. Timely discharge that safely transitions patients out of the hospital is the overall goal.
This presentation tells us about what are the medication errors and how we differentiate between them as per the National Accreditation Board for Hospital & Healthcare Providers standard for hospitals 5th Edition.
Presentation contains detailing details of medication error.
Some GIFs may not be seen.
This document discusses the National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare (NABH) standards for hospital accreditation in India. It provides an overview of NABH, outlines the 10 chapters and over 100 standards that hospitals must meet for accreditation, and gives examples of some key standards within chapters related to access to care, patient care, medication management, patient rights, and quality improvement. The standards are designed to help hospitals improve patient outcomes, safety, and satisfaction by benchmarking their services and processes against internationally recognized quality criteria.
This document summarizes the results of a patient satisfaction survey conducted at the outpatient department of Medanta-The Medicity hospital. Some of the key findings include:
- 83% of patients felt doctors understood their problems completely or mostly.
- Waiting times were as expected or better than expected for 93% of patients.
- Registration services, staff courtesy, and cleanliness received high satisfaction ratings from over 90% of patients.
- However, only 65% were satisfied with pharmacy services and 29% rated them as satisfactory.
- 64-77% of patients expressed overall satisfaction with OPD services and said they would return for future care.
Access, Assessment and Continuity of Care (AAC) NABHDr Joban
This ppt is prepared on the basis of the NABH standards (2nd edition).it contains simple presentation of chapter 1 Access, Assessment and Continuity of Care (AAC). It may be useful for the trainers, AHCOs and the Vaidyas who are undergoing NABH accreditation.
Care of Vulnerable patient in hospital setting as per NABH.pptxanjalatchi
Several patient characteristics associated with vulnerability were identified. Socio-demographic condition, legal status and financial means seem to be the most important determinants. These characteristics were often linked, as if the costs prevent the system from adapting to the patient's needs.
The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) was established to operate an accreditation program for healthcare organizations in India. The NABH has developed entry level certification standards that healthcare organizations can work towards, with the goals of improving patient safety, quality of care, and respect for patient rights. The entry level certification involves meeting standards in 10 areas, including access to care, patient rights, infection control, and management responsibilities. Organizations work with NABH on a stepwise assessment and improvement process towards gaining pre-accreditation certification.
This document discusses patient satisfaction in healthcare. It defines patient satisfaction as an indicator of how well patients are treated. Surveys are commonly used to measure patient satisfaction and provide insights for healthcare providers. Factors that affect patient satisfaction include appropriate care, respect, safety, availability, efficacy, effectiveness, continuity of care, and timeliness. The document provides tips for improving patient satisfaction such as training employees, educating patients, differentiating staff roles, empowering nurses, being flexible, and following up with patients. It distinguishes between patient experience and satisfaction and discusses using question prompt lists to enhance communication and patient participation.
The document discusses the NABH Nursing Excellence Certification Programme. It was launched in 2014 with the aim of improving clinical outcomes, patient safety and satisfaction. The certification has 7 chapters covering 48 standards and 216 objectives related to nursing resource management, nursing care of patients, medication management, education and communication, infection control, empowerment and governance, and nursing quality indicators. Obtaining the certification benefits patients through high quality care, benefits hospitals by demonstrating quality commitment, and benefits nursing staff through recognition of their skills.
Admission Procedure for Hospital services NABH ppt.pptxanjalatchi
Personal details of the patient are recorded. The tests ordered by the patient's doctor are charged. The room is assigned after the patient has been updated by either the Patient Accounting Department or the Customer Service Department.
The document outlines the rights of patients in hospitals and healthcare facilities in India according to Supreme Court rulings. It states that patients have the right to emergency medical care without payment, safety and cleanliness in hospitals, informed consent, privacy, and choice and non-discrimination in treatment. It also outlines the duties of hospital management to respect and uphold these patient rights.
1) Admission is the process where a patient enters the hospital for observation, investigation, treatment or care. The purposes of admission include welcoming the patient, providing immediate care, collecting health data, orienting the patient, and providing education.
2) Admissions can be classified as diagnostic, therapeutic, short-term, long-term, routine or emergency based on the purpose, length of stay, and patient condition.
3) When preparing for admission, nurses ensure the bed and equipment are ready, prioritize patient privacy, safety, and financial concerns, and coordinate with the healthcare team.
The document discusses the quality program and structure at a hospital seeking JCIA accreditation. It outlines the hospital's quality program, which includes a quality department, quality council, and several standing committees. It then provides an overview of the JCIA accreditation process and standards, which are divided into sections on participation requirements, patient-centered standards, management standards, and academic medical center standards. The patient-centered standards and management standards chapters are summarized in more detail. The document also includes policies on patient complaints, the consenting process, and informed consent.
The document discusses patients' rights according to the American Hospital Association. It summarizes the key points of the Patient Care Partnership developed by the AHA, which informs patients of their rights and expectations during their hospital stay, including the right to high quality care, a clean and safe environment, involvement in their care, privacy, and help upon discharge. The document also lists the basic principles that Sandhills Endoscopy Center staff should follow to respect patients' rights and expectations as outlined in the Patient Care Partnership, such as treating patients with courtesy and respect, listening to patients, and maintaining privacy.
Admission involves receiving patients into a hospital for observation, investigation, treatment or care. There are two main types of admission - emergency admissions for acute conditions requiring immediate treatment, and routine admissions for planned investigations or treatments. The admission process involves welcoming the patient, collecting baseline medical information, orienting them to the hospital environment and services, and providing initial care and treatment. Discharge planning begins at admission and involves assessing the patient's needs, educating them and their family, arranging follow-up care and ensuring safe transition home.
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The document discusses NABH accreditation and the benefits it provides to patients, hospitals, staff, and regulatory bodies. It outlines the 10 chapters that are assessed during accreditation, including access to care, patient rights, infection control, and quality improvement. It also details the hospital's policies on smoking, emergency codes, and patient identification to ensure safety and quality of care.
Patient's rights are policies that protect patients and their families and ensure ethical care. They include the right to respect and non-discrimination, quality care, information and communication, participation in treatment decisions, the ability to refuse treatment, make complaints, request transfers or discharge, and know financial obligations. Understanding patient's rights is important for healthcare providers to respect patients and provide excellent care.
This document discusses admission and discharge procedures in a hospital setting. It defines admission as allowing a patient to stay in the hospital for treatment purposes. The admission process involves receiving the patient, collecting their history, orienting them and the family, and coordinating care. Discharge planning is an interdisciplinary process that ensures continuity of care after discharge and involves evaluating the patient's needs and arranging any follow up care. Nurses play an important role in both admission and discharge by properly caring for patients, educating them and families, and ensuring proper documentation and coordination of care.
This document outlines the patient discharge policy and process at SVIMS hospital. It describes the responsibilities of doctors and staff and the steps to be followed for safe and well-organized discharge. These include making the discharge decision, preparing a discharge summary, counseling the patient, generating final bills, and maintaining accurate records. The policy aims to fully involve patients and ensure they receive appropriate aftercare information.
Treatment aspects : Pre/Post Operative Care & Pharmacological AspectsKHyati CHaudhari
This document discusses various aspects of pre-operative care for patients undergoing surgery. It covers obtaining informed consent, assessing patient health factors like nutrition and medications, and providing pre-operative education. Key areas of focus include getting consent, evaluating respiratory, cardiac, and immune function, reviewing medications, and addressing psychosocial concerns. The goal is to optimize patient health and prepare them physically and emotionally for surgery.
The document discusses admission, transfer, and discharge of patients from the hospital. It defines admission as allowing a patient to stay in the hospital for observation, investigation, treatment, and care. The main purposes of admission are to provide immediate care, safety, and comfort to the patient. There are different types of admission based on planning (emergency vs routine), time period (short-term vs long-term), and purpose (diagnostic vs therapeutic). The roles and responsibilities of nurses during admission include preparing the unit, collecting patient information, and orienting the patient. The document also outlines the procedures and types of patient transfer and discharge.
The document discusses the importance of the patient registration process in revenue cycle management. It outlines the key information that should be collected during registration, including patient demographics, insurance details, and provider information. An accurate and complete patient registration is critical to set the foundation for proper billing and claims submission.
1. The document outlines various admission, discharge, and patient transfer policies and procedures for a regional orthopaedic center.
2. Key policies include proper patient endorsement, validation of patient information and medical documentation, and arrangement of forms in the patient's file.
3. Procedures specify the responsibilities of nurses in receiving and preparing patients, validating orders, updating patient records and files, and communicating necessary information during transfers between units.
Uniform care is guided by all laws & regulations. It is further ensured that the care and treatment orders are legibly signed, named, timed and dated by the concerned doctors and nurses, the main idea being that the authors of these orders are identifiable by all and the chronology of care process is maintained.
The emergency room is staffed 24 hours a day by emergency physicians and nurses to provide urgent medical care outside regular clinic hours. The pre-admission screening process includes a full history, physical exam, nursing assessment, and diagnostic testing. Patients in the emergency room have rights to treatment, informed consent, privacy, confidentiality, involvement in care decisions, and access to protective services.
This document discusses admission and discharge procedures in a hospital. It defines admission as allowing a patient to stay in the hospital for observation, investigation, treatment, and care. There are two main types of admission: emergency and routine. Discharge planning is a coordinated process that involves evaluating the patient's needs, discussing the discharge plan with the patient and family, and making arrangements for follow up care or transfer. Key responsibilities of nurses in admission and discharge include orienting and assessing patients, ensuring proper documentation, and communicating between departments to coordinate care.
This document provides guidelines for hospitals regarding accreditation standards for access, assessment, and continuity of care. It outlines 14 standards for patient registration, admission, initial and ongoing assessment, laboratory and imaging services, multidisciplinary care, and discharge processes. Hospitals must define the services they provide, have well-defined registration and admission procedures, and ensure continuity of care through transfer and discharge protocols.
This document provides guidelines for hospitals regarding accreditation standards for access, assessment, and continuity of care. It outlines 14 standards for patient registration, admission, initial and ongoing assessment, laboratory and imaging services, multidisciplinary care, and discharge processes. Standards require that hospitals define the services they provide and have documented policies and procedures for registration, admission, and managing patients when beds are unavailable. It also mandates that patients receive unique identification numbers, initial and ongoing assessments, and discharge planning to support continuous care.
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INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL NURSES WEEK SPEECH 12.5.23.pptxanjalatchi
The document discusses the International and National Nurses Week celebration from May 6-12, 2023. It outlines the theme of "Our Nurses. Our Future." and emphasizes protecting, respecting, and valuing nurses. It also remembers Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. The speech discusses credentialing, privileging, and self-care for physical, mental, and emotional health as important for the nursing profession. It outlines the broad scope and opportunities for nurses in India and globally.
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planning and control, often known as production planning and control, are management functions that seek to determine: first, what market demands are stating and second, reconcile how a company can fill those demands through planning and monitoring.
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This document provides information on the Post Basic B.Sc Nursing program at Era University of Health Sciences in Lucknow, India. The 2-year program aims to prepare graduates to assume nursing responsibilities and roles such as manager, teacher, and researcher. The curriculum includes courses in the first year on subjects like microbiology, nutrition, biochemistry, psychology, and various areas of nursing. The second year focuses on courses in community health nursing, mental health nursing, nursing education, administration, and research. The maximum time allowed to complete the program is 4 years. The document then provides detailed syllabus outlines for some of the first year courses, including learning objectives, topics, and assessment methods for each unit.
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1. STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION PROCEDURE
List of policy and procedure for admission of patient (SOP )
a. Registration of patient
b. Admission of patient : policy and procedure
c. Managing the patient non availability of bed
d. Safe transfer in /out of hospital
e. Safe ambulance checklist and drug
f. Pricing services
g. Patient right and responsibilities
Admission of patient: Policy and Procedure
A patients’ actual experience with hospital begins from the admission department. The department in
addition to admitting a patient, also serves as a key point where all important information is shared
between hospital and patient. The key performance expected from admissions department is time
efficiency in admitting patient and achieving a positive first impression of the patient.
The admission department can help in addressing many NABH standards under AAC, PRE and ROM
chapters. Here is the list of things that admission department staff must be prepared with for facing
accreditation assessment.
1. Admission staff should be aware of hospital's policy of a patient's admission. S/he should know who
has the authority to admit patients (i.e. list of doctors who can admit patients in the hospital)
2. A documented standard operating process (SOP) of admitting a patient should be available and
followed. The SOPs should address all modes of admission, i.e.,
a. SOP for routine admission, through OPD
b. SOP for admission through emergency
c. SOP for admission through inter-hospital transfer
3. There should be a clear policy on what to do in case beds are not available and admission staff must
be aware of it
4. There should be a clear policy on ‘how to admit an unidentified patient’ and admission staff must be
aware of it
5. Each new patient upon registration is given a ‘Unique Identification Number’. The same UIN shall
be used on all medical documents of the patient
6. Admission staff must be well aware of ‘scope of hospital services’ and ‘services that are not in the
scope of the hospital
7. Admission staff must know all the rights of patient and family
2. 8. A general consent should be taken from all patients getting admitted
9. Admitting staff must know the scope of general consent and must explain it to patient before getting
his/her signature
10. A written estimate of cost must be given to patient at the time of admission. This can be given by
admitting staff after coordinating with admitting doctor and accounts department and should be as per
standard pricing of hospital services. Alternatively, hospital can assign this responsibility to any other
department, such as accounts. In any case written estimate should be given before patient takes admission
decision.
11. Admission staff should well understand ‘confidentiality of patients’ information’ and must know
rules for protecting information
12. At the time of admission following information must be shared with patient and family
a. Categories of rooms/beds available with rates and facilities.
b. Whether the category of bed will affect other treatment cost or not
c. Additional chargeable services (such as ordering additional meals, use of internet etc.) that are
applicable
d. Name of admitting doctor
e. Visit schedule of doctor
f. Hospital’s policy on patients’ belongings
g. Visitor timing and restrictions
h. Meal timings and whether outside meals are allowed
i. Rules and regulations of hospital applicable to patient and family, such as no smoking, no littering,
restricted entry etc. (It is better that a printed document stating all such rules should be given to patient)
13. In case patient has a health insurance, necessary information for insurance processing must be
provided either through admission department or by TPA desk
14. Following information must be shared with patient by the admitting doctor, before admission.
(Admission department can coordinate to ensure that these information are provided)
a. Diagnosis or provisional diagnosis
b. Clinical reason for admission and plan of care (and indication if the plan of care is likely to change
with further investigation)
c. Approximate cost of treatment (can be facilitated by admission or accounts department)
d. Expected duration of stay
3. e. Urgency or non-urgency of admission
15. All patients getting admitted must be educated on patients’ rights and responsibilities. This can be
done through several ways such as display, or by handing over a patient rights booklet or by verbally
explaining the rights to patients
16. Patient should be informed about complaint registration and redress mechanism of the hospital
Quality Indicators
1. Average time taken per admission
2. Average waiting time of patients for admission
3. % of admission for which general consent not taken
4. % of admission for which written estimate of cost not given
5. % of complaints that indicate lack of information required to be given at the time of admission
Admission of patient: Policy and Procedure
Admission of patient is one of the main process followed in any hospital. It is the first step in providing
healthcare to a patient as an in-patient. By admitting a patient, hospital undertakes a high level of
responsibility for the care and well-being of the patient and hence it is essential to have relevant policy
and procedure for admission in place to avoid any problems later on. It also ensures that the patients are
admitted uniformly irrespective of their ethnicity, religion, caste, gender, financial class etc. This post
describes relevant points that should be considered while formulating a policy and procedure of
admission. (Also read - Registration of patient - Policy and Procedure)
Admission Policy
Right to admit a patient – Only those doctors (full time or on contract) who have been given privileges
of admitting the patient in the hospital can recommend patient for admission. This is also applicable in
case of patients from emergency. In case of patient being transferred from another facility the admission
shall be ordered by a doctor having admission privileges. An updated list of such doctors shall be
maintained at the admission department. Request for admission by any other doctor or from directly from
patient or family members or by any other staff of the hospital shall not be considered.
Responsibility of care – The doctor who orders for admission shall be considered as the primary doctor
of the patient and he/she will be responsible for the medical care of the patient till the discharge or
transfer of patient to any other doctor. Hospital shall be responsible for providing all facility and services
necessary for patient’s stay and provision of medical care.
Information to patient – Every patient shall be provided with all the necessary information before
admission for him/her to make an appropriate decision. These information include following
· Patients’ rights and responsibilities (A copy of patients’ rights shall be given)
· Type of accommodation available along-with its amenities and charges for the same
· Doctors round timing and how to contact doctors when required
· Provision of food, timing and whether or not food from outside is allowed
4. · Number of attendant who will be allowed to stay with the patient and arrangement for the attendant
· Visitors timings and rules related to visiting patients
· Keeping of valuables in the hospital
· Payment timings and mode of payments (In case of insurance patient details related to insurance
payments)
· Code of conduct during stay
Cost estimate – Each patient at the time of admission shall be provided with an estimate of total cost of
treatment, based on hospital's pricing policy. This shall be estimated with the help of the admitting
doctor and by referring to the schedule of charges. The cost estimate shall be given to the patient in
written. A disclaimer shall be made that the estimate may vary by certain percentage and may change
significantly in case there is a change in treatment plan. In such cases a revised estimate will be given to
the patient.
General consent – A written general consent shall be obtained from each patient upon admission. This
shall be as per the general consent policy. Standard general consent form shall be used for obtaining the
consent.
Non-availability of beds – In case the bed is not available in the category chosen by the patient the
policy on ‘managing during non-availability of beds’ shall be followed
Identification of patient - Appropriate Idnetification mechanism of the patient shall be created as
per patient identification policy In case of an un-identified patient (for eg. Patient is sub-conscious or
mentally unstable) admission shall be done by generating a temporary identification details. This shall be
corrected as soon as identity gets established.
Behaviour with patient – During the entire admission process the admitting staff shall be courteous,
helpful and maintain good behaviour towards the patient. Patient shall be given sufficient opportunity to
ask questions and clarify doubts. Rude behaviour or neglect of patient shall not be tolerated and can lead
to penal action.
Privacy and confidentiality – The communication between patient and admitting staff shall be carried
out with sufficient privacy. All information collected from patient shall be kept confidential.
Non-discrimination – The admission policy and process shall be uniformly applied to all patient seeking
admission. No discrimination shall be done on the basis of patient’s ethnicity, religion, caste, gender,
financial class and any other background of the patient.
Admission Procedure
1. Admission process of a patient shall be carried out at the admission desk/admission chamber. The
process starts as soon as the patient arrives to the desk with the admission order from the doctor.
2. Check the written admission order brought by the patient and ensure that it is from a doctor
who has the admission privileges granted by the hospital. In case, patient do not have the
appropriate written order, admission shall not be done and patient shall be appropriately guided.
3. Obtain necessary details of the patient. This can be done through the Unique ID number of the
patient which was generated during registration. Additional details shall be obtained by asking
the patient to fill up the admission form. In case of unidentified patient a temporary identification
shall be provided for the purpose of completing admission.
5. 4. Allocation of bed/room – Inform the patient about various categories of accommodation
available, its features and cost. Help the patient in selecting an appropriate accommodation of
his/her choice. In case the chosen category is not available, follow the policy and procedure of
‘Managing during non-availability of beds’
5. Information provision – Provide all information to the patient as described in the policy above.
Patient information booklet that contains all necessary information, along with patients’
rights shall be handed over to the patient
6. Cost estimate provision – The admission staff in consultation to the doctor should work out an
estimate of the total cost that would be incurred to the patient, as per hospital's pricing policy.
This cost estimate shall be given to the patient in written. A copy of this estimate, duly signed by
the patient shall be retained as an evidence.
7. Taking general consent – General consent shall be taken from the patient after provision of
information and cost estimate and after final confirmation of admission. This should be done as
per general consent policy and in the standardized format
8. Registering the admission– Patient’s admission shall be registered/recorded in the system as per
the patient’s choice of accommodation and availability of beds.
9. Generation of Patient identifier - Patient identifier shall be generated which includes Patient ID
band and patient's identification labels (sheet of stickers with printed patient identification details)
shall be generated. This shall be as per patient identification policy and procedure.
10. Generation of medical record – A medical record shall be generated for the patient which
should have patient details and basic formats within it. If the patient is an existing patient, who
has been admitted in past, the previous medical record number shall be stated on the new medical
record file created.
11. Payment of advance – Patient/family member shall be asked to pay the required advance amount
at the billing counter and submit the receipt back.
12. Sending patient to ward - After successful payment, patient shall be directed towards the
appropriate ward. An attendant should to escort the patient, if needed. The medical record and
patient identifier (ID band and the identification labels) shall also be sent to the ward by the hands
of attendant.
13. Internal communication – Immediately after admission information shall be sent to the ward in-
charge and to the accounts department
14. In the ward – The ward in-charge upon receiving the information shall allocate a primary nurse
for the patient. As soon as the patient arrives, primary nurse shall help the patient to get into the
room/bed. She should then make an entry in the ward’s admission/discharge register and sends an
information of new admission to the medical officer on duty and the admitting doctor.
15. In case of any unforeseen event the Hospital Administrator shall be contacted who will take
appropriate decision as per situation.
6. Managing patients during non-availability of beds
A patients’ actual experience with hospital begins from the admission department. The department in
addition to admitting a patient, also serves as a key point where all important information is shared
between hospital and patient. The key performance expected from admissions department is time
efficiency in admitting patient and achieving a positive first impression of the patient.
The admission department can help in addressing many NABH standards under AAC, PRE and ROM
chapters. Here is the list of things that admission department staff must be prepared with for facing
accreditation assessment.
1. Admission staff should be aware of hospital's policy of a patient's admission. S/he should know who
has the authority to admit patients (i.e. list of doctors who can admit patients in the hospital)
2. A documented standard operating process (SOP) of admitting a patient should be available and
followed. The SOPs should address all modes of admission, i.e.,
a. SOP for routine admission, through OPD
b. SOP for admission through emergency
c. SOP for admission through inter-hospital transfer
3. There should be a clear policy on what to do in case beds are not available and admission staff must
be aware of it
4. There should be a clear policy on ‘how to admit an unidentified patient’ and admission staff must be
aware of it
5. Each new patient upon registration is given a ‘Unique Identification Number’. The same UIN shall
be used on all medical documents of the patient
6. Admission staff must be well aware of ‘scope of hospital services’ and ‘services that are not in the
scope of the hospital
7. Admission staff must know all the rights of patient and family
8. A general consent should be taken from all patients getting admitted
9. Admitting staff must know the scope of general consent and must explain it to patient before getting
his/her signature
10. A written estimate of cost must be given to patient at the time of admission. This can be given by
admitting staff after coordinating with admitting doctor and accounts department and should be as per
standard pricing of hospital services. Alternatively, hospital can assign this responsibility to any other
department, such as accounts. In any case written estimate should be given before patient takes admission
decision.
11. Admission staff should well understand ‘confidentiality of patients’ information’ and must know
rules for protecting information
7. 12. At the time of admission following information must be shared with patient and family
a. Categories of rooms/beds available with rates and facilities.
b. Whether the category of bed will affect other treatment cost or not
c. Additional chargeable services (such as ordering additional meals, use of internet etc.) that are
applicable
d. Name of admitting doctor
e. Visit schedule of doctor
f. Hospital’s policy on patients’ belongings
g. Visitor timing and restrictions
h. Meal timings and whether outside meals are allowed
i. Rules and regulations of hospital applicable to patient and family, such as no smoking, no littering,
restricted entry etc. (It is better that a printed document stating all such rules should be given to patient)
13. In case patient has a health insurance, necessary information for insurance processing must be
provided either through admission department or by TPA desk
14. Following information must be shared with patient by the admitting doctor, before admission.
(Admission department can coordinate to ensure that these information are provided)
a. Diagnosis or provisional diagnosis
b. Clinical reason for admission and plan of care (and indication if the plan of care is likely to change
with further investigation)
c. Approximate cost of treatment (can be facilitated by admission or accounts department)
d. Expected duration of stay
e. Urgency or non-urgency of admission
15. All patients getting admitted must be educated on patients’ rights and responsibilities. This can be
done through several ways such as display, or by handing over a patient rights booklet or by verbally
explaining the rights to patients
16. Patient should be informed about complaint registration and redress mechanism of the hospital
Quality Indicators
1. Average time taken per admission
8. 2. Average waiting time of patients for admission
3. % of admission for which general consent not taken
4. % of admission for which written estimate of cost not given
5. % of complaints that indicate lack of information required to be given at the time of admission
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Registration of patients in hospital – Policy and Procedure
Registration is a process by which a patient’s name and identity are enrolled into the records of the
hospital. This is required in order to provide services of the hospital to the patient and to keep a track of
various services that are availed by each patient. This is also the first step to generate a medical record of
the patient in which all medical details of the patient are documented.
Registration is done with the following objectives
1. To collect basic details of patient related to identity, contacts and demography
2. To create a unique identification number for each and every patient
3. To enter patient’s name in the hospital’s system
4. To generate a record of the patient for documenting further processes related to him/her
To ensure that registration process is carried out smoothly and its objectives are met, a hospital must have
a well-defined and documented policy and procedure for carrying out registration of patients. The
guidelines given below can help in formulating a relevant policy and procedure for registration.
Who should be registered
All first time patient to the hospital who wants to avail the services of the hospital must be registered.
This includes patients who come to OPD or Emergency or transferred in from another hospital.
However, in following situations registration shall not be done
1. If the patient is already registered with the hospital and registration details in available
2. If the healthcare service required by the patient is not available in the hospital
9. 3. If the patient unknown to the hospital is brought in dead condition. In this case brought in dead policy
must be followed
When shall the registration be done
Registration shall be done as a first step before any healthcare service is provided to the hospital.
However, in a medical emergency situation where care needs to be provided urgently, registration can be
done simultaneously or later as per the situation. Such cases shall be handled in the hospital’s emergency
department and urgency shall be determined based on Triage process
How shall the registration be done
Registration shall be done by asking the patient to fill up the registration form, in which basic
details of the patient is required to be filled. Help shall be provided to the needy patient in filling
up the registration form.
The form shall be signed by the patient (or thumb impression taken).
The details from registration form shall be entered into the registration module of HIS. Once the
information is saved, the computer will generate a unique identification number (UIN).
This UIN along with name, address and date of birth of patient shall be printed, signed and
handed over to the patient.
Applicable fee of registration must be collected from the patient for which the receipt must be
issued.
The registration form that was filled and signed by the patient must be stored securely in the
registration file.
In the case of a minor patient, the parent/guardian of the patient must sign on the registration
form
Information to be collected at the time of registration
Following information must be collected from the patient through registration form
· Name
· Date of Birth
· Gender
· Name of guardian (in case the patient is a minor)
· Relationship with the patient
· Address
· Contact number
· Email address
· Occupation
· Health Insurance details (If applicable)
· Referring doctor’s name (if applicable)
· For contacting during emergency
o Name of person
o Relationship
o Contact number
10. Information to be provided to a patient getting registered
Patient getting registered must be informed that this is a one-time registration and will remain valid for
the lifetime. He/she should be told about the unique identification number and that it can be used to
access the hospital’s services in future. He/she shall also be informed about how his/her registration
details can be retrieved other than UIN.
Registering an unidentified patient
In case an identified patient is brought to the hospital (such as an unconscious patient brought by
strangers), an incomplete registration shall be done by entering the name as ‘Unidentified’ followed by a
serial number. For example, first unidentified patient shall be written as ‘unidentified-1’ next one as
‘unidentified-2’ and so on. A UIN will still be generated for that patient and healthcare services can be
provided. The incomplete registration shall be completed as soon as identification details of the patient
become available.
Retrieving the details of a registered patient
UIN can be used for retrieving the details of the patient in any department of the hospital. However, if the
patient has forgotten his/her UIN, the same can be retrieved from the HIS, by entering other details of the
patient such as name, date of birth, contact number etc.
Confidentiality of information
The information collected at the time of registration is private information of the patient and shall be kept
confidential. This is an important part of fulfilling patients' rights. The information shall only be used
for the purpose of providing healthcare services. The access of the patients’ information will only be
given to specific departments and staff. This data shall not be revealed to anyone from outside of the
hospital. In certain circumstances, such as legal authorities requesting for information, the facility head
(or a designated authority) shall take the decision.
Modifications in details collected during registration
Once the registration is completed, any modification in the information collected shall generally not be
done. However, in certain cases, such as spelling mistake in the name, or a correction required for
insurance claim processing, the facility head (or a designated authority) shall take a decision on a case to
case basis, after assessing the evidence for modifying information. If modifications are made, a track of
all modifications shall be maintained.
Registration record
As the registration is for the lifetime the registration details shall be saved and stored for the lifetime in
HIS. The registration form filled and signed by patient shall be stored for at least one year after which it
can be discarded through shredding.
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Patients’ Rights and Responsibilities in hospital
Patients and their family has certain defined rights which hospitals and medical practitioners need to
fulfill. Some of these rights are legally enforceable and a patient can approach consumer court or higher
court, if those rights are infringed. Other rights are derived on ethical ground and can affect the image of
healthcare provider and its relationship with patient community. Besides legalities, almost all healthcare
accreditation program gives a lot of importance to protection of patients’ rights and not fulfilling the same
may lead to denial of accreditation. While it is important for healthcare providers to fulfill the rights of
patients, some of these rights are complex to understand because of the unique and complex scenarios that
occurs in healthcare frequently.
This post attempts at simplifying those rights with respects to its scope and intent and guide the healthcare
providers on what needs to be done to fulfill them. The rights discussed here have been referred from
charter of patients’ rights by consumer guidance society of India, code of ethics regulation by MCI and
NABH accreditation standards.
Right to be explained about his/her health problems and treatments
This is one very important right which also has high significance in legal matters. It requires that a
patient is informed and explained about all such thing which will enable him/her to take an informed
decision about his/her healthcare. This could be further divided in following
o Patient shall be explained about his/her disease or health condition in detail. This means
that patient is made aware of his/her diagnosis, whether provisional or final, with an
explanation of the diagnosis in a simplified language that the patient can understand. This
also includes informing patient about reason why a specific diagnostic test is being
ordered for him/her.
o Patient shall be explained about the proposed treatment for his/her condition, including
the side-effects and expected benefit from it.
o Patient shall also be explained about the alternatives to the proposed treatment (if any),
including its risks and expected benefits
o Patient shall be informed about the progress in his/her health condition and change, if
any, in the proposed plan of care
How to fulfill this right?
The most important part of fulfilling this right is to have a strong policy and procedure of obtaining a
written consent from patients. The consent taking process should be specified to ensure that patient
receives all required information.
A general consent should also be taken from patient in written
Importance of fulfilling this right must be emphasized and its legal implications must be explained to all
doctors
12. Special situations pertaining to this right
o In situations where the patient is not competent to make decisions, such as patient is
unconscious, mentally unstable or of minor age, this right should be fulfilled by informing
the patients’ family member (next of the kin) or guardian or custodian (like jailer in case of
prison inmate, custodian of the orphanage etc.) who would be taking decision on patient’s
behalf.
o If the patient is not competent to make decision and is also not accompanied by a family or
custodian (for eg. In case of unidentified patient brought in an unconscious stage and needs a
surgery for which a consent is required), two doctors can jointly give consent in good faith of
the patient. This consent also must be documented.
Right to be involved in decision making process about his/her own care
This right flows from the earlier right of being explained about illness and treatment. This requires that
after explaining all relevant details about illness and treatment, patient’s views and preferences should be
taken into consideration and treatment plan should be modified accordingly. For example, if a patient
with knee joint problem who has been proposed knee replacement surgery, wants to avoid it for as long as
possible, the treatment plan should be modified to provide relief from symptoms for as long as possible
before actual knee replacement is carried out. This also gives following additional rights to the patients
Right to take a second opinion (and even multiple opinions)
Right to refuse treatment at any point of time
Right to get discharged against medical advice (DAMA)
How to fulfill this right?
o This being a part of the earlier right, incorporating this requirement in the informed consent
policy will be required to fulfil it.
o Besides this, informing patients that they have these right is also an effective way to honour
this right
o A policy and process on handling DAMA should be there in place
Right to know his/her doctor’s credentials
If asked by the patient, it would be obligatory on part of the hospital or the doctor to provide the
full credentials of the doctor who would be treating the patient. The details of doctors that could be
asked include, qualifications, institute from where obtained, specialization, years of experience and any
other professional details. However, the information that are irrelevant to doctor’s professional credibility
or are private information about the doctor may be denied. For example, details of past patients treated by
the doctor, HIV status of the doctor, his/her family or residential details are irrelevant and may be denied
to the patient.
How to fulfill this right?
o Have a credentialing system through which updated credentials of each doctor
empanelled with the hospital is maintained.
o A brief profile of all the doctor highlighting important credentials should be maintained
on website, brochure or pamphlets which can be handed over to the patient who request
for it
Right to know an estimate of the cost of the treatment
Cost of treatment is an important information for patient to decide whether or not they would like to get
that treatment done. It is obligatory on the part of healthcare provider to provide as best estimate of the
cost of proposed care, as possible and at right time. If there is any change of care plan which can affect
the cost, patient should be again informed about the cost implications.
How to fulfill this right?
13. o Written estimate must be given to all patient at the time of admission. The hospital must fix
responsibility to someone for working out estimate and communicating the same to patient.
Hospital should also have a standardized pricing of services for all its patients.
o Have a standardized form in which estimate can be given with important details.
o Have a system in place to ensure that change of estimate is communicated to the patient on
time
o Have a system in place to communicate daily or interim bill with the patient
o Evaluate the estimates being given by comparing the same with the final bill amount and
make improvements in the process
Right to confidentiality of personal and health related details
All data and information collected from patient, whether personal or related to his/her healthcare should
be kept confidential and used only for the purpose of providing healthcare. There could be numerous
situations which could lead to breach in confidentiality. Such as, keeping medical records in open where
any one can easily access it, displaying identity of the patient outside the room or by providing
information about patient on phone to anyone without confirming his/her relation with patients etc.
How to fulfill this right?
o Having a detailed policy on confidentiality specifying all precautions that must be taken to
ensure confidentiality
o Restricting access of medical records only to the healthcare providers and to the patient.
Access to others should be given only with patients’ explicit consent
o Policy of not disclosing patients details over phone or to any-one else other than those
identified as the patients’ family members or guardian
o Control and safeguards on accessing information on HIS
o Use of patients’ information for publicity, promotion of hospital etc. should be done only
with explicit consent of the patient
o Staff should be oriented that patients’ details should not be discussed in public areas or with
people who are not related to the patients’ treatment
o Ensuring that patients’ details are not displayed or kept in areas where it could be seen or
accessed by unauthorized personnel. Examples include displaying patients full name in
waiting areas or discarding filled registration forms in general waste bins etc.
o Maintaining medical and other records of patients in a secured area and destroying these
records in a manner that prevents its unauthorized retrieval of information from it. For
example medical records should be shredded after its retention period and not sold off as
scrap papers.
Right to be respected for special preferences, spiritual and cultural needs
Patients may have certain personal preference based on his/her belief system or living habits. Some
examples include, eating only vegetarian or Jain food, wearing certain ornaments that they might consider
lucky to them or listening to a specific chants every day.
Similarly, patients may have spiritual and cultural needs. For example, praying and worshipping
requirement as per the patient’s religion, following of rituals specially on occasions of birth or deaths, or
observing some religious practices on occasion of festivals etc.
The hospital must respect these individual preferences, habits, spiritual and cultural needs and should try
to accommodate or allow as many of them as possible. However, restrictions can be put on those practices
which has a reasonable risk to the health and safety or if it can cause inconvenience to other patients in
the hospital or if it can affect the functioning of the hospital.
How to fulfill this right?
o Sensitize your staff through regular sensitization program, on respecting patients’
preferences, spiritual and cultural needs
14. o Have clear policy on what kind of needs could be honoured. For example, can patient be
allowed to have non-vegetarian food in hospital? What kind of rituals will be allowed to be
performed in case of births and deaths? Etc.
· Have a guideline for staff on how to respond in case of patients’ expressing their spiritual,
cultural or preferential needs.
· Unique situations arising, should be brought to a multidisciplinary committee, who should then
discuss and issue directives. (Refer list of committees required in a hospital)
· Identify what needs are frequently expressed by your patients and have arrangements for
fulfilling them. Some examples could be designating a prayer room, availability of a Pundit,
Chaplain or Moulvi to attend to dying patients, provision for preparing Jain food in kitchen etc.
Right to privacy and dignity during medical procedures
While performing healthcare functions, such as examination, investigations and treatment, there could be
situations where patients’ privacy and dignity could get compromised. For example, undressing whole or
a part of body for physical examination, conduction of PV examination, provision of certain therapies etc.
Similarly, situations such as patient discussing his/her disease with doctor or being counselled for family
planning etc. requires privacy.
Hospitals must ensure that adequate privacy is provided in needed situation and patients’ dignity is
maintained throughout his/her care.
How to fulfill this right?
o Having adequate infrastructure arrangement for privacy, such as bed side curtains in multi-bed
ward doors and windows that can be closed when privacy has to be provided, providing adequate
change rooms where needed and restricted entries in areas of privacy such as labour room,
procedure room etc.
o Clear policy on situations where visual and hearing privacy must be rendered to patients
o Guidelines to doctors, nurses and technicians on how to provide adequate privacy including
hearing privacy
o Privacy and dignity shall also be maintained during restraint of a patient
Right to protection from neglect or abuse:
There are instances of patients being abused or neglected in healthcare settings. For example, delay in
attending the patient despite being urgently called by patient/relative, talking rudely to patient if he/she
frequently calls for help or harassing the patient for procedural matters. This right requires that healthcare
organizations put into place measures to prevent and to deal with such happenings. This right also entails
that patients are not discriminated on the basis of their background or setting in which they are receiving
care and are provide medical care as per their clinical condition
How to fulfill this right?
o Having a clear policy documented and communicated to staff conveying the message of ‘No
tolerance to abuse or neglect of patients’. The policy must explain what constitute
abuse/neglect with examples
o Having a mechanism for capturing such events. Patient feedback, anonymous feedback from
staff, monitoring rounds etc. can be some of them
o Having a disciplinary policy and procedure in place to investigate and decide repercussions,
when an occurrence of any abuse/neglect comes to notice.
· Making a policy on provision of uniform care to all patients and specifying elements that
must be the part of uniform care.
Right to complain and receive the response on their complaints
Patients can voice there complain to an appropriate authority and can expect a response on their complaint
15. How to fulfil this right?
o Have an adequate mechanism in place for patients to loge complaint without any
apprehension. Some of the mechanisms include, having complaint drop boxes at various
locations, displaying a phone number and/or email id on which complaints can be sent,
capturing complaint through feedback mechanism etc.
o There should be a designated authority who should receive all complaints for review and
further processing
o Each complaint must be processed through relevant department/authority or committee.
o A response must be sent to the patient about the action taken or not taken with reasons,
within a defined timeframe
Right to die with dignity
The right to die with dignity is the latest addition in rights of a patient (and for all citizens). This has come
in effect with legal approval of Passive Euthanasia and Advance directives. Please refer the linked post
for getting details of scope and conditions related with this right.
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Safe transfer of unstable patient from hospital
One of the critical task that hospitals have to frequently undertake is to transfer a critically ill or
unstable patient from one hospital to another. Transfer of such patient are likely to induce
various physiological changes, which may adversely affect the health of patient even leading up-
to death. Hence, such transfers shall be undertaken with great care and as per evidenced-based
guidelines. Following are the key elements and guidelines for safely executing transfer for an
unstable patient.
Criteria for identifying unstable patients
A patient whose physiological status is in fluctuation and for whom emergent treatment and/or
surgical intervention are anticipated, is considered as an unstable patient. Hospital should use
clinical criteria to identify an unstable patient. Following criteria can be used as reference for
developing hospital’s own criteria
Patients with one or more of below
condition shall be considered as unstable
patient
Glasgow coma scale <= 14
Pulse < 60 or > 120 beats per minute
Systolic blood pressure > 190 mmhg
Following comorbid condition if present
increases the risk of unstability
Age > 55 years
History of coronary artery disease
History of COPD
History of liver disease
16. Respiratory rate < 12 or > 24 breaths
per minute
Poor gas exchange, with oxygen
saturation < 90%
Temperature < 92°f (< 33°c)
Paralysis
Hoarseness or inability to talk
Laboured respirations
Severe pain
External haemorrhage
Combative
Severe deformity involving spine,
neck, chest or extremities
Penetrating wound from head to
popliteal fossa
History of coagulation disorder
History of mental illness
Current insulin-dependent diabetes
mellitus
Current anticoagulation therapy
Current pregnancy
Neonates
Decision to transfer:
The decision to transfer the patient shall be taken by a senior consultant level doctor after
discussing with patient's relatives about the benefits and risks involved. The decision of transfer
shall only be taken if benefits of transferring the patient outweigh the risks involved in
transferring. A written informed consent shall be taken from patient/family before the transfer
Communication with receiving facility:
The facility where the patient is being transferred shall be informed prior to shifting. It is always
preferable that the consultant doctor of the transferring facility speaks to the consultant doctor of
the receiving facility. Complete information on patient's clinical condition, treatment being
given, reasons for transfer, mode of transfer and timeline of transfer, shall be shared with the
receiving facility in a written document.
Pre-transfer stabilization and preparation:
Patients should be properly stabilized and prepared before transferring to prevent any adverse
event or deterioration in patient’s clinical condition during transfer. The patient should be
adequately resuscitated and stabilized to the maximum extent possible. Following points can be
used as a checklist for pre-transfer stabilization
1. Airway – If compromise in airway is suspected during transfer of patient, endotracheal tube
intubation shall be done.
2. Breathing – Arterial blood gas values should be optimized and breathing should be
adequately controlled. In patients suspected of pneumothorax, chest drain shall be inserted.
3. Circulation – Control for external haemorrhage. Ensure that cross matched blood is available
during transport, if required. Haemorrhagic shock shall be adequately treated
4. Neurological status – In case of patients with head injury their Glasgow coma scale should be
adequately monitored and documented.
Patient shall also be protected from cold by provision of blankets during transfer.
17. Mode of transfer
Mode of transferring the patient shall be selected as per the clinical condition of the patient.
Following guidelines shall be taken into consideration.
1. Patients with non-life threatening condition can be transported in a Basic Life-Support
Ambulance.
2. Patients with life-threatening conditions or patients who may endotracheal intubation, cardiac
monitoring, defibrillation, administration of intravenous fluids or vasopressors, during transfer,
shall be transported using Advances Life-Support Ambulance
3. Patients on life support system, i.e. ventilator can be transported in a mobile ICU ambulance,
if available
4. In some extreme cases, where patients clinical condition is critical and time is a big factor, use
of air ambulance shall be considered, if available. However, feasibility of air transfer shall be
ascertained with respect to environment, and patient’s condition. If the patient, due to his/her
condition can undergo sudden decompensation during air transfer, the same shall be avoided
Checklist for Ambulance
Accompanying the patient
It is recommended that two competent personnel accompany the unstable patient during transfer.
The accompanying person shall be suitably trained in patient transfer, advanced cardiac life
support, airway management and critical care. It is also recommended that a physician shall
accompany the patient, however, if this is not possible then provision for contacting the
concerned physician shall be there. For deciding who should accompany, the patient can be
categorized into 4 levels
· Level 0 – Patients who can be managed at the level of ward, usually do not require any
specially trained person to accompany
· Level 1 – These are patients who are at risk of deterioration during transfer, but can be
managed in acute care setting. Such patient shall be accompanied by a paramedic or a nurse
· Level 2 – These patients require observation or intervention for failure of single organ system
and must be accompanied by trained and competent personnel
· Level 3 – These are patients with advanced respiratory care requirement during transfer with
support of at-least two failing organs. These patients shall be accompanied by a competent
doctor along-with nurse or paramedic
Equipment and Drug
The ambulance transporting the patient shall be equipped with necessary equipment, monitoring
devices, medicines and consumables. All the monitoring needs to be established before the
commencement of transfer along with the starting of infusion drugs. There should be one person
responsible for patient transfer, who shall ensure availability of all these.
Documentation and record
In all stages of transfer, documentation shall be clearly done. Patient's condition, reason to
transfer, names and designation of referring and receiving clinicians, details and status of vital
signs before the transfer, clinical events during the transfer and the treatment given, shall be
recorded in patients’ medical files.
Handing over shall also be documented and things handed over along with the patient, such as
medical files, clinical reports, films etc. shall also be recorded.
18. Quality improvement
Any untoward incident happening during transfer shall be recorded and reported to appropriate
authority. Each such incident shall be investigated and proper corrective and preventive actions
shall be taken. Periodic audit of transfer process shall be done and the transfer records shall be
reviewed.
Reference: Kulshrestha A, Singh J. Inter-hospital and intra-hospital patient transfer: Recent
concepts. Indian journal of anaesthesia. 2016 Jul;60(7):451.
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Consent for hospital (IPD cases)
General Consent and Informed Consent in Hospitals
General consent is an umbrella consent taken for conducting those patient care processes which do not
pose any significant risk of harm to patient. For example, physical examination, collection of blood
sample, Intravenous administration of fluids etc. are less risky processes when compared to surgery,
anaesthesia etc. and can be done by taking a general consent from patient. The reason it is called as a
general consent is because under one consent, the hospital can do multiple patient care processes that are
within the scope of general consent. Even though it is called as general consent, it has to be informed to
the patient about the scope its scope, before he/she gives consent.
In OPD patients, general consent can be considered as implied for all non-risky OPD based procedures
and written consent may not be required. However, in patients being admitted, general consent must be
documented with patients’ signature. A standard general consent form can be used for this purpose. The
scope can cover consent for…
·
Admitting the patients in an intermediate care ward/room (Scope does not cover admission of patient to
ICU for which a separate informed consent should be taken)
o Physical examination and clinical assessment
o Conduction of routine laboratory tests, as per doctor’s order.
o Conduction of imaging tests such as X-ray, Echo, ECG etc. For
o Minor surgical procedures such as abscess draining, wound cleaning, stiches etc.
o Fracture reduction closed and cast application
o Any other investigation or procedure that are considered to be less risky as per the current
knowledge in medical science
o Disclosing medical information and basic details of patient to healthcare providers
o Disclosing patients’ information, diagnosis, treatment and bills to insurance companies or
to payer of bills, if required, on behalf of the patient. Patient will be informed before this.
19. Following points must be ensured with regard to general consent
General consent should be taken in written with patients’ signature at the time of admission.
The consent should be taken before admitting the patient.
Scope of general consent must be explained to patient. It should also be informed that in case of
clinical procedure that is not covered under general consent, a separate informed consent will be
taken
It should also be informed that patient may withdraw consent
6. Informed consent on the other hand is required for conducting clinical processes that can have
significant risk of patient harm, such as surgery, blood transfusion, radiation therapy etc. Informed
consent should be specific to the clinical process that is required to be done and patient must be informed
about the risks, benefits and alternatives of the clinical process, before he/she gives consent. As informed
consent is taken for risky processes, it is extremely important to provide brief the patient thoroughly
before he/she makes a decision. Standard informed consent forms may be used for documenting the
consent of patient/family. However, as informed consent is generally specific to the clinical procedure,
separate informed consent forms may be required for different procedures. Informed consent stands as the
most important document in case of medical lawsuits.
Hospitals must list out the clinical procedures for which ‘Informed Consent’ should mandatorily be
obtained. A sample list of procedures for which informed consent should be taken is given below.
1. Abdominal, pleural or pericardial drainage and drainage tube insertion
2. Administration of investigational drugs
3. Advanced directives for ‘Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)’
4. Any surgical procedure
5. Ascites tapping / Abdominal paracentesis
6. Blood transfusions (physician only)
7. Bone marrow biopsy and /or aspiration
8. Central line placement
9. Chemotherapy – any route
10. CT guided or US guided FNAC
11. CT scan with contrast
12. Fine Needle Aspiration for Cytological studies (FNAC)
13. Foley’s catheterization
14. HIV testing
15. Immune therapy, intravenous or sub-cutaneous
16. Incisional, excisional, punch or shave biopsy
17. Intubation
18. Lumbar puncture
19. Major or minor surgery which involves an entry into the body either through an incision or through the
use of natural openings
20. Nasogastric tube insertion
21. Non-operative procedures which involve more than a slight risk of harm to patients, or which involve the
risk of a change in patient's body structures
22. OCD / Direct Laryngoscopy / Bronchoscopy / Cystoscopy / Colonoscopy / Sigmoidoscopy
23. Participation in clinical research protocols
24. Procedures involving general anaesthesia, or moderate or deep sedation, whether or not entry into the
body is involved
25. Procedures utilizing radium, x-rays, or isotopes
20. 26. Sterilization
27. Thoracentesis
28. Transfusion of blood or any other blood products
Consent taking process – It’s important that the informed consent is valid and hence following things
must be ensured before taking consent from patient (or family)
1. Ensure that the patient is in right frame of mind to understand and interpret the information and able to
make decision regarding consent. Patient should be conscious, not intoxicated, not in unsound state of
mind and is 12 years or above
2. Ask if he/she would like to incorporate family members in decision making. This is the right of every
patient
3. Explain the medical procedure for which consent is being required. Give as much information as required
for the patient to be able to make decision. Following should necessarily be explained to patient
a. Name of the procedure
b. Purpose of the procedure or expected benefits of it
c. Probability of expected result
d. Name of the person who will perform the procedure
e. Possible complication that may result due to the procedure
f. Alternative treatments and their probable effects
g. Prognosis of the disease if procedure not performed
h. Risks involved in the procedure
i. Any other relevant information
4. Patient and/or family should be explained in a language and manner that they can understand
5. Consent should be taken by the person who is going to perform the procedure or a member of his/her
team
6. Consent should be taken before procedure is performed and within a reasonable time limit (either on the
same day or on previous day). It should also be explained to patient that he/she may withdraw the consent
any time before the procedure is initiated
7. If for some reason, the procedure could not be performed after taking consent, and is postponed to a later
date, a fresh consent should be obtained from patient on the day or a day prior to the actual performance
of procedure
8. If the patient has to undergo the procedure multiple time for lifelong or long time, for eg. Blood
transfusion in Thalassemia patient, Haemodialysis, a fresh consent should be taken every time. However,
this consent could be verbal. Once in six months (at a minimum) or whenever there is fresh information to
be provided to the patient a fresh written consent shall be taken.
9. Consent should be taken in written by asking patient to sign the consent form which consist necessary
information pertaining to the procedure, risks, benefits, alternatives and who will perform procedure
10. At-least one independent witness should be there when consent is being taken from the patient and
his/her signature should also be taken on consent form
11. If the patient is illiterate his/her thumb impression should be taken along with the signature of two
independent witnesses.
12. In case the patient is less than 18 years but above 12 years of age, signature of a parent/guardian should
also be taken along with the signature of the child
13. Person taking the consent should also sign on the consent form
Consent forms – This is the most important document for informed consent is the consent form. Separate
forms may be required for separate clinical procedure. The form must contain sufficient details about the
procedure to be performed, risks, benefit expected, alternatives available, risk if procedure not performed
and likely complications if any. The form must also have place for identifiers, dates and signature of
relevant parties. Click on the links below to get sample consent forms
1. Informed consent form – for common surgical procedures
21. 2. Informed consent form for Anaesthesia
3. Informed consent form for Blood or Blood Products Transfusion
4. Informed consent form for HIV testing
5. Informed consent form for Intensive Care
6. Informed consent form for Chemotherapy
7. Informed consent form for Dialysis
8. Advance Medical directive form
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Pricing of Hospital Services
A Hospital offers a large number of clinical services and some non-clinical services as well. Patients
availing these services can be Out-Patient, Emergency Patient or In-Patient. In-patient can further be of
categorized as per their choice of accommodation, such as deluxe, semi-deluxe or general ward patient.
Justified charging of services and facilities availed by different categories of patients can be confusing at
times, as it requires a clear understanding of what services or components to be charged and how to differ
the charges for different category of patient. In this post, a simplified explanation of how to price hospital
services to charge it to patient, is presented. This will also help hospitals in developing a comprehensive
document on hospital’s tariff and relevant policies for billing. In addition, you may also like to check this
post on 'How much does it cost to run a hospital?'
For pricing various services of a hospital, services can be grouped under following head.
1. OPD services
2. Emergency services
3. IPD services
4. ICU services
5. Surgical services
6. Medical/Surgical Procedures
7. Diagnostic services
8. Use of Medical Equipment
9. Materials and Consumables
10. Packaged services
11. Other services and facilities
A brief description of each of these services group along-with how are they charged is described
below.
22. 1. OUT-PATIENT SERVICES
Most of these services are generally availed by an out-patient and includes following
1. First consultation fee – This fee can differ from specialist to specialist or from clinic to clinic
and consultation fee of each specialist doctor/clinic should be specified. However, hospital can
choose to have a policy of standardized rates. For example all speciality consultation at Rs. 500/-
and Super-speciality consultation at Rs. 800/-
2. Follow up consultation fee – This can either be same as first time consultation fee or lesser.
Many hospital also offer one free follow up consultation, if follow up is done within one week.
This can also vary with individual specialist’s choice, if hospital allows for consultant specific
pricing.
3. Day Care bed charges – Day care services are generally managed under OPD. The beds in day
care are charged at per hour basis and for maximum of 12 hours.
4. Medical certificates – A rate for issuance of various types of medical certificates, such as fitness
certificate, sickness certificate etc. can be specified
5. Medical/Surgical procedures, use of equipment and diagnostic services – These services, if
used by OPD patient, should be charged as per their standard tariff for OPD patients.
6. Materials and consumables – These should be charged as per actual, not exceeding the MRP.
2. EMERGENCY SERVICES
Patients’ seeking certain hospital services on emergency services can be charged on following
components.
1. Emergency consultation fee: Generally charged at 1.5 to 2 times of first time consultation fee,
specified in OPD. Another practice is to charge a fix fee for emergency (like Rs. 500/-) in
addition to the first time consultation fee specified in OPD. Hospital should preferably not charge
the patient for repeat visit to emergency if the patient is returning within specified duration (say
72 hours), with same presenting complaints.
2. Triage bed charges – Per hour basis
3. Emergency ward / Observation unit – Per hour basis. Maximum duration should be specified
4. Ambulance Charges – Ambulance services can be charged for per kilometre distance, with a
fixed minimum charge. ALS and BLS ambulance can be charged at different rate. For example
ALS ambulance at Rs. 35 per km, subject to minimum Rs. 2000 and BLS ambulance charged at
Rs. 25 per km, subject to minimum Rs. 1200/-. If doctor or paramedical staff has to accompany
the patient, there charges can be added additionally.
5. Medical/Surgical procedures, use of equipment and diagnostic services – These services, if
used by emergency patient, should be charged as per their standard tariff for emergency patients.
6. Materials and consumables – These should be charged as per actual, not exceeding the MRP.
7. Note - As per the law, patients must be given life-saving treatment by the hospital,
irrespective of payment
3. IN-PATIENTS SERVICES
Following charges will be applicable on the patients getting admitted in hospital for any treatment
1. Accommodation charges – Per day charge, as per category of accommodation
2. Nursing charges – per day charge for each category of accommodation
23. 3. Assessment charges – This charge is applied toward detailed clinical assessment of the patient
and the regular re-assessments during the duration of hospitalization
4. Consultant’s visit charges (professional charges) – Per visit charge of the consultant. This
could vary from consultant to consultant, or hospital may choose to standardize the rates and
differentiate the rates only on the basis of specialists and super-specialists consultant. The fee
charged by a referred doctor should also be considered under this head.
5. Junior doctor’s visit fee – Per visit charge of the junior doctor.
6. Off hour visit charges – If the specialists visit is required outside the working hour of the doctor,
a separate fee is charged, which is higher than the normal visit charge
7. Drug administration charges – This can be linked to the total medicine issued to the patient, for
example 5% of the total cost of the medicine issued to the patient. Some hospital provide this as a
part of nursing charges.
8. Medical Record Charges – To create and maintain the individual medical record of the patient
(generally charged about 300-500 rs.)
9. Visitor Pass and Attendant Pass – Generally the visitor and patient’s attendant pass is issued
free of cost, however, if the same is lost, a fee of Rs. 100 to Rs. 300 can be charged for re-issuing
the same
10. Insurance claim support fee – A fixed or variable fee can be charged for carrying out insurance
claim process or cashless process, if the patient is insured. This cost covers the photocopying and
stationary cost and cost of the manpower involved in this.
11. Materials and consumables – These should be charged as per actual, not exceeding the MRP.
12. Medical/Surgical procedures, use of equipment and diagnostic services – These services,
should be charged as per their standard tariff applicable for the category of accommodation in which the
patient is admitted.
Note – Hospital should have a policy on what charges will be applicable in case, the patient changes the
category of accommodation during hospitalization period. Many hospital, charge the applicable price of
the service for the category of accommodation in which the patient was admitted when the service was
rendered. Some hospital, however, charge the services at the rate of highest category of accommodation
in which the patient was admitted irrespective of category of accommodation in which the patient was
staying when the service was rendered.
Hospital also should have a policy on what charges should be applicable, if the category of
accommodation required by patient is not available and hospital is offering another category temporarily,
with an understanding of shifting the patient to his/her desired category as soon as it becomes
available. Practice is that the patient is charged for the lower of the category sought and category offered,
till the time patient is not transferred to the desired category.
4. ICU SERVICES
These are applicable in case the patient had to avail intensive care services
1. Accommodation charge – Per day accommodation in ICU. This could differ depending upon
type of ICU, like ICU, CCU, Burns ICU, Neonatal ICU, HDU etc.
2. Nursing Charges, Assessment charges, Consultant visit charges should be specified as is done
in IPD, However the charges in ICU can be different and generally priced similar to one of the
higher category of accommodation.
3. Ventilator Charges – Per hour and per day ventilator charges to be specified
4. Oxygen charges – Per hour and per day Oxygen charges to be specified. Oxygen charges are
generally not applied for patients on ventilator
24. 5. Monitor charges – Per and per day basis
6. Other equipment charges – As per standard tariff of equipment used applicable to ICU category
7. Note – The hospital can have a policy on whether the patient be required to vacate the IPD
accommodation when shifted to ICU. In case, IPD accommodation is retained, charges applicable
for the same should be specified. Hospital can chose to charge at a higher price for retaining IPD
accommodation, to discourage non-medical use of their rooms.
5. SURGICAL SERVICES
Patient who undergo major surgeries as a part of their treatment, has to pay certain charges towards the
surgical services availed by them. These charges typically include surgeon’s fee, operation theatre
charges, Anaesthesiologist’s fee and materials cost.
1. Surgeon’s fee – The surgeon’s fee (primary surgeon) can differ from surgeon to surgeon and as
per the level of surgery. Depending upon the risk and complexity, surgeries are classified into
different levels. Surgeon’s fee is often linked to the level of surgery, with higher level demanding
higher fee.
2. Assistant surgeon’s fee – If assistant surgeon is required, then a fee relative to the primary
surgeon’s fee can be charged. For eg. 20% of the primary surgeon’s fee
3. Anaesthesiologist fee – This can be fixed, depending upon the type of anaesthesia. However,
with increasing role of anaesthesiologists in patient safety, expertise and commitment of
anaesthesiologist is becoming more and more important. Hence, there is a trend of linking the
anaesthesiologist’s fee to the primary surgeon’s fee. Generally 25% to 35% of surgeon’s fee is
charged as Anaesthesiologist’s fee.
4. Operation Theatre Charges – Operation theatre can be charged at an hourly rate and can vary
with the type of operation theatre. Another way of charging operation theatre is as a percentage of
Surgeon’s fee. Generally 75% to 100% is charged towards OT charges.
5. Charges in case of multiple procedure or multiple surgeon in one sitting – In surgeries that
involves multiple procedures in one go, or requires more than one surgeon, a policy is necessary
to determine the charges. Many hospital follow the rule on following lines
In multiple procedures in one sitting, the procedure with highest surgeon’s fee is charged
at 100%, second highest procedure at 50% and third procedure onwards at 25% of their
tariff. Other linked charges, such as OT charges, Anaesthesia charges are calculated on
the basis of total fee calculated for the primary surgeon
In procedure involving two or more surgeons, the second or third surgeon’s fee is
determined at a percentage of primary surgeon (like 25%). Other linked charges are only
calculated on the basis of primary surgeon’s fee.
6. Surgical materials – The instruments and sterile packs used for surgery is generally covered
under the operation theatre charges. However, things like stents and implants used in patient is
charged as per actual cost, not exceeding the MRP.
6. MEDICAL/SURGICAL PROCEDURES
A large number of medical procedures are carried out in hospitals. A standard tariff for each procedure
(speciality wise) should be developed and used while billing a patient. For each procedure, the tariff
applicable in OPD, Emergency, day care, ICU and IPD can vary and should be specified. Within IPD the
tariff generally differs between categories of accommodation, with lower category charged at basic price
and higher category are charged at premium price.
7. USE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
25. Various type of equipment can be used on patient during his/her hospitalization, such as Alpha bed,
CPAP, Incubator, Nebuliser, Syringe pump, water bed etc. For each equipment, the charges should be
specified as per time use, per day or per hour, as applicable for the equipment. The charge can be different
for OPD, Emergency, Day care, ICU, and various categories of IPD patients.
8. DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
A standard tariff should be available for all the tests available under Laboratory and Imaging department.
Like medical procedures and equipment charges these can also differ for OPD, Emergency, Day care,
ICU, and various categories of IPD patients. In addition, an additional fee can also be charged for
carrying out a procedure bed-side, such as bed-side X-ray.
9. MATERIALS AND CONSUMABLES
Various materials and consumables used on patient can be charged as per actual (not exceeding MRP), if
not already included in package price or any other head. Generally the materials charges are not linked to
the patient’s category of accommodation
10. PACKAGED SERVICES
It is a trend to develop a package of certain services and offer it at a fixed price. Very commonly
packages are developed for surgical treatments and for health check-ups.
Surgical packages - These package price generally covers, all basic services that is required by patient to
undergo surgery such as accommodation for specified number of days, medical assessment,
investigations, surgery, basic drugs etc. It is important to clearly describe the inclusions and exclusions in
the package, and conditions under which additional charges will become applicable.
Health Check-up Packages. Health check-up is a highly sought after services from the hospital. A
hospital can design various type of health check-up packages and specify a fixed price for the same.
Inclusion and exclusion must be mentioned in such packages.
11. OTHER SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Following are the other services and facilities that are offered by hospital and can be charged to patient, as
per hospital’s policy.
1. One time registration fee – This is charged to the patient who has come to the hospital for the
first time. This is to register the basic details and maintain the unique ID of the patient in hospital
records. About 100 to 200 Rs. Can be charged for this. Some hospital also chose to offer free
registration to patient.
2. Food for patients – Charges for routine food, special food, different types of restricted diets etc.
3. Food for patient’s attendant and visitors –According to type of food requested
4. Cafeteria charges – Item-wise prices
5. Telephone charge – For use of STD/ISD/Local calling using hospital’s phone
6. Internet Charges – Generally offered complimentary through WiFi
7. Mortuary charges – Per hour/Per day basis
8. Fee of allied health professionals – Physiotherapist, Dietitian, Occupational Therapists, etc.
9. Check this post on '6 things that can increase your hospital bill' to understand how hospital
services pricing affects the cost to patient.
Prepared by
Dr.Anjalatchi Muthukumaran
Vice principal