Corporate Responsibility - Ascension Health

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The following six Standards of Conduct arepractical extensions of Ascension Health’sMission, Vision and Values. They more clearlystate Ascension Health’s expectations forhow associates should conduct themselvesStandards of Conductto promote and protect the integrity ofAscension Health. Each associate is expectedto act in a manner consistent with thestandards on the following pages. As you readthese standards, keep in mind that referencesto “Ascension Health” and “We” include alladministrators, associates, medical staffC O R P O R A T E R E S P O N S I B I L I T Ymembers, leased associates and volunteers ofAscension Health and its Health Ministries.
Q U A L I T Y O F C A R EA central concern of Ascension Health in meeting patient needs isserving the whole person in his or her spiritual, intellectual, emotionaland physical dimensions. Ascension Health is committed to providingcompetent and compassionate care, to respect and safeguard thedignity of the patient and to allow patients access to all the medicaland ethical information necessary to make decisions about their care.We treat the person rather than the disease.We allow patients to participate in decisionsregarding their care by providing them with accessto information about their care in a manner that theycan understand.We provide medically necessary care that is properlydocumented in the patient’s medical record.We maintain competencies related to our jobresponsibilities and exercise appropriate judgmentand objectivity when providing patient care.We respect and maintain the dignity of every patientand strive to provide care in a manner sensitive tocultural differences and individual desires.We report situations that compromise quality throughthe appropriate, established channels and correct suchsituations as soon as possible.We provide appropriate care based on the patient’smedical need, without regard to race, religion, nationalorigin, age, sex, disability, ability to pay or any classificationprotected by law.2 3
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Page 16 and 17: ConclusionOur Mission, Vision and V
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