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We are pleased that you have chosen
Meadows Regional Medical Center for your
healthcare needs. Once you are admitted,
you become our guest as well as our patient.
By now you have met with an Admitting
Representative, signed yourself in to the
hospital, 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. The questions asked by the Admitting
Representative are designed to initiate a
medical record of your care.
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 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, coffee
pots). However, if you have such items please
notify your nurse, they must be inspected
by Biomedical 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 MRMC 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 make the decisions in advance
yourself. Without this document someone
will be appointed, in accordance with
Georgia law, to act on your behalf. If you
While You Are Here
Our Food and Nutrition Department likes to recognize special times for our patients by providing a slice of cake for birthdays. If you
are here and it is a special day for you, the Food and Nutrition Department will be notified so you will receive your cake.