Ongoing Relationships. If a Patient or a Companion has an ongoing relationship with the Hospital, with respect to each of these subsequent visits, the Hospital will continue to provide the appropriate auxiliary aids or services to the Patient or Companion without requiring a request for the appropriate auxiliary aids or services by the Patient or Companion for each visit. Hospital personnel will keep appropriate records that reflect the ongoing provision of auxiliary aids and services to Patients and Companions, such as notations in Patients’ medical charts.
Ongoing Relationships. If a deaf or hard-of-hearing patient or a companion has an ongoing relationship with the Hospital, with respect to each of these subsequent visits, Norwegian American will continue to provide the appropriate auxiliary aids or services to the deaf or hard-of-hearing patient or his or her companion without requiring a request for the appropriate auxiliary aids or services by the patient or companion for each visit. Hospital personnel will keep appropriate records that reflect the ongoing provision of auxiliary aids and services to deaf or hard-of-hearing patients and companions, such as notations in the patients’ medical charts.
Ongoing Relationships. If an individual has an ongoing relationship with Dr. Hand during subsequent visits, Dr. Hand will continue to provide the appropriate auxiliary aids or services to the individual without requiring a request for the appropriate auxiliary aids or services by the individual for each visit. Dr. Hand will keep appropriate records that reflect the ongoing provision of auxiliary aids and services (which may vary in accordance with the length and complexity of the communication involved from visit to visit), as well as individuals' responses to Dr. Hand's offer of auxiliary aid or service.
Ongoing Relationships. YRMC uses software that allows either the patient's doctor or the Medical Center to enter permanent identifier that a particular patient is deaf or hard of hearing. Whenever that particular patient is scheduled for a subsequent visit to the YRMC, the identifier appears on the patient's record alerting YRMC Personnel. YRMC trains its registration staff to check all indicators and identifiers when scheduling patients or checking patients in for a scheduled visit. When the identifier shows the patient needs a signing interpreter, YRMC will automatically arrange for an interpreter.
Ongoing Relationships. MRMC uses scheduling software that allows either the patient's doctor or the hospital to enter a permanent flag that a particular patient is deaf or hard of hearing. Whenever that particular plaintiff is scheduled for a subsequent visit to the MRMC, a red flag appears on the patient's computerized record alerting the hospital staff to check for the details relating to that flag. MRMC trains its registration staff to check all red flags when scheduling patients or checking patients in for a scheduled visit. If the flag indicates that the patient needs a signing interpreter, MRMC will automatically arrange for an interpreter. Once such a flag is entered into the patient's computerized record, neither the patient nor the patient's doctor needs to make a specific request for an interpreter on subsequent visits to MRMC, if scheduled through xxxxxxxxxx.xxx. (Currently 54 of 58 potential departments utilize xxxxxxxxxx.xxx).
Ongoing Relationships. If a Patient or a Companion who is deaf or hard of hearing has an ongoing relationship with the Hospital, with respect to each of these subsequent visits, the Hospital will continue to provide the appropriate auxiliary aids or services to the Patient or his or her Companion. Hospital Personnel will keep appropriate records that reflect the ongoing provision of auxiliary aids and services to Patients and Companions who are deaf or hard of hearing, such as notations in Patients’ records.
