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Patient Rights

Patient Information
Be involved in your health care: Speak up if you have questions or concerns about your care.
Share your medical history: Tell a member of your health care team about your past illnesses and your current health condition.
Bring all of your medicines with you: Bring all of your medicines with you when you go to the hospital or to a medical appointment.
Share any food or drug allergies: Tell a member of your health care team if you have ever had an allergic or bad reaction to any medicine or food.
Understand what to do when you go home: Make sure you know what to do when you go home from the hospital or from your medical appointment.

September 4, 2010

Share your medical history

Tell a member of your health care team about your past illnesses and your current health condition.

You are the one who knows the most about your health. Tell the members of your health care team everything you can, even if you think they already know, and even if you think it is not important.

Tell them if:

you are not feeling well right now or have been sick lately
you are taking any medicine
you have had surgery or recent visits to the hospital
you have seen another doctor or gone somewhere else for health care
you have an ongoing illness like diabetes or heart disease
there is an illness that runs in your family, such as high blood pressure, asthma, or cancer
you have a history of tobacco, drug, or alcohol use