Corporate Responsibility - Ascension Health

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