Uganda National Association of Private Hospitals (UNAPH)

Private Patients’ Hospital Charter Your rights and responsibilities as a private patient in a public or private hospital As a private patient you have the right to choose your own doctor, and decide whether you will go to a public or a private hospital that your doctor attends. You may also have more choice as to when you are admitted to hospital. Even if you have private health insurance you can choose to be treated as a public patient in a public hospital, at no charge, by a doctor appointed by the hospital. • Information about your treatment - Your doctor should give you a clear explanation of your diagnosis, your treatment (and any associated risks), the associated cost, and other treatment options available. Except for in an emergency where it is not possible, they should obtain your consent prior to any treatment. • Informed Financial Consent - Your doctor and other health service providers should provide you with information about the costs of your ...

Managing Confidentiality in the Independent Private Hospital Sector Guidelines for private health practitioners, staff, students and patients Introduction It is vital that all who work in the private health sector have a practical understanding of how to maintain confidentiality. Privacy and confidentiality are terms often used interchangeably. Privacy concerns the practices of government agencies e.g. a Hospital, whilst confidentiality concerns the actions of individual staff. Privacy is the right of individuals to keep information about themselves from being disclosed; that is, our patients and parents (forthwith referred to as patients) are in control of access to themselves or information about themselves. Patients decide who, when, and where to share their health information. Confidentiality is how, as staff employees, take care of private information once it has been disclosed. This disclosure of information results from a relationship of trust; it assume...