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We are pleased that you have chosen Evans
Memorial Hospital for your healthcare needs. Once
you are admitted, you become our guest as well as
our patient.
By now, you have met with a Patient Access
Representative, received your identification
bracelet, and were escorted to your room. We hope
it was a pleasant experience.
Unless you were an emergency patient,
your physician requested your admission and
will make necessary arrangements for laboratory
tests, examinations, medications, or other special
treatments that you will need.
Identification Bracelets
The identification bracelet on your wrist must be
worn until you leave the hospital. This is for your
protection in order to ensure correct identification
and information. As part of our Patient Safety
program, your identification bracelet will be
checked by staff for your patient name and date
of birth when providing any care, treatment, or
service, including giving medication, taking blood,
or giving blood. This is our reliable method of
positively identifying each individual.
What You Will Need
Hospital gowns are provided for your use, or you
may use your own pajamas or nightgown. You need
your own toiletry articles and bedroom slippers. For
safety reasons, we ask you not to bring any aerosol
cans of deodorant, hairspray or shaving cream into
the hospital.
Valuables
Several signatures are required from you upon
admission to the hospital. The signed forms
allow for your treatment here at the hospital, your
acceptance of financial responsibility for services
received, authorization for us to file your insurance,
and release of responsibility for your personal
belongings. You are strongly urged to send home
any valuables you may have with you such as
rings, watches, wallets, credit cards, keys, chargers,
tablets, computers or cash. The hospital will not be
responsible for any valuables or personal items that
are misplaced while you are here.
Appliances
You are welcome to bring electric equipment (i.e.
shavers, radios, alarm clocks). However, if you have
such items please notify your nurse, they must be
inspected by Plant & Engineering prior to usage to
ensure safety.
Photography, Video/Audio
The use of any type of camera or video recording
device, including cell phone cameras, in any area of
the hospital where patients or hospital personnel
could be caught on film or tape is strictly prohibited
without hospital authorization and the express
written permission by the subject. Consent must be
obtained and specific requirements must be met
when taking or producing photographs, recordings,
or television productions of EMH patients. Any
collected images of a patient or procedure shall be
considered protected health information, and will
be maintained in a protected and secure manner
as part of the patient’s medical record. See Nursing
Administration if you have a need to review our
policy in more detail or request Consent Forms.
Advance Directives
You have the right to formulate an Advance
Directive. The purpose of the advance directive is to
ensure that your wishes regarding your healthcare
are carried out should you become unable to make
your requests known to your healthcare providers.
Georgia law establishes a priority list of relatives
that may consent to treatment if you are unable
to give consent. With a Georgia Advance Directive
for Healthcare, you choose who will act on your
behalf regarding healthcare decisions or even
While You Are Here