Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians Sample Clauses

Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. The Hospitals shall publish on their intranet a policy statement regarding the Hospitals’ policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard-of-hearing. This policy statement shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a Patient or a relative, close friend, or Companion of a Patient is deaf or hard-of-hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, video remote interpreting services, TTYs, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most hospital programs, will be provided free of charge when appropriate. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. All other personnel should direct that person to the appropriate ADA Administrator at _____________ and reachable at ________________. The Hospitals will post this policy on the intranet within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel and newly employed or affiliated physicians upon their affiliation or employment with the Hospitals.
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Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. HealthEast will publish, in an appropriate form, a written statement regarding HealthEast's policy for effective communication with persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. The policy statement should include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a patient, relative, or a close friend or companion of a patient is deaf or hard of hearing, you must advise the person that auxiliary aids and services such as sign language and oral interpreters, TTYs, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, closed caption decoders, and open and closed captioning of most hospital programs will be provided free of charge. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must take reasonable and necessary steps to ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. All other hospital personnel should direct that person to [insert hospital contact information here]. This offer and advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for auxiliary aids or services. HealthEast will distribute, by mail, email, or other means, this statement within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and medical and allied health staff members. HealthEast will also distribute this statement, by mail, email, or other means, to all new Hospital Personnel and medical and allied health staff members upon their employment or affiliation with HealthEast. In addition, this statement will also be distributed, by mail, email, or other means, to all Hospital Personnel on an annual basis.
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Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. 68. The Hospital shall publish, in an appropriate form, a written policy statement regarding the Hospital’s policy for effective communication with Patients or Companions for use by persons working at the Hospital. This policy statement shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a patient, relative, close friend or companion of a patient is deaf or hard-of-hearing, you must advise the person that appropriate auxiliary aids and services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, TTY’s, note takes, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, telephones compatible with hearing aids, and a television with captioning or closed caption decoders, will be provided free of charge if such aids or services are necessary to ensure effective communication. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. All other personnel should direct that person to the appropriate Program Administrator at ____________ and reachable at ______________. This offer and advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for appropriate auxiliary aids or services. The Hospital will distribute this document within sixty (60) days of the Effective Date of this Settlement Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel (including newly employed or affiliated physicians) upon their affiliation or employment with the Hospital. In addition, this statement will also be distributed to all Hospital Personnel (including all employed and affiliated physicians) on an annual basis. TRAINING
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Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. The Hospital shall publish, in an appropriate form, a written policy statement regarding the Hospital's policy for effective communication with Patients or Companions for use by persons working at the Hospital. This policy statement shall include, but is not limited to, language to the following effect: If you recognize or have any reason to believe that a patient, relative, close friend or companion of a patient is deaf or hard-of-hearing, you must advise the person that Appropriate Auxiliary Aids and Services, such as sign language and oral interpreters, TTY’s, note takers, written materials, telephone handset amplifiers, assistive listening devices and systems, telephones compatible with hearing aids, televisions with captioning or closed caption decoders, and open or closed captioning of most hospital programs, will be provided free of charge if such aids or services are necessary to ensure effective communication. If you are the responsible health care provider, you must ensure that such aids and services are provided when appropriate. All other personnel should direct that person to the appropriate Program Administrator at ____ and reachable at ______. This offer and advice must likewise be made in response to any overt request for Appropriate Auxiliary Aids or Services. The Hospital will distribute this document within thirty (30) days of the Effective Date of this Settlement Agreement to all Hospital Personnel and both employed and affiliated physicians (physicians with practicing or admitting privileges), and to all new Hospital Personnel (including newly employed or affiliated physicians) upon their affiliation or employment with the Hospital. In addition, this statement will also be distributed to all Hospital Personnel (including all employed and affiliated physicians) on an annual basis. TRAINING Training of Program Administrators The Hospital will provide special mandatory training for the Program Administrator(s) within sixty (60) days of designation as provided in paragraph 26 of this Settlement Agreement. Such training will be sufficient in duration and content to train the Program Administrators in: the health care needs of the deaf and hard-of-hearing; the various degrees of hearing impairment, language, and cultural diversity in the deaf community; identification of communication needs of persons who are deaf; the unique needs and problems encountered by late-deafened individuals; the psychological implications of deafness and its relat...
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Notice to Hospital Personnel and Physicians. St. Luke’s shall ensure that its Administrative Policies and Procedures No. 2.71, dated November 30, 1999, is distributed to all Hospital Personnel and affiliated physicians (physicians with pract icing or ad mitting privileges) within thirty (30) days of the effective date of this Agreement, and shall ensure that it is distributed to all new Hospital Personnel and newly affiliated physicians upon their employment or affiliation with St. Luke’s.
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