Patient Guide - Carilion New River Valley Medical Center

with nursing home or adult home placement, home health and hospice care, transportation, any necessary home equipment needs or services, and referrals to community resources.

For your safety, please remember not to leave the hospital without someone from our staff to assist you.

What to Bring, What to Leave at Home For your comfort, please bring only the essential personal items such as pajamas or a nightgown, bathrobe, slippers, personal toiletries and reading material. Please leave jewelry and other expensive or sentimentally valuable items at home. If you wear contact lenses, dentures, removable bridges or a prosthetic device, tell your nurse during your admission. If you do have a valuable with you when you are admitted, it can be secured and recorded by the nursing staff at your request.

Please bring your Living Will or Advance Directive and your power of attorney, if applicable. We will also need a list of all the medications you are currently taking. This includes over-the-counter medicines and dietary supplements, too. Also bring the names and telephone numbers of family members and friends who are your emergency contact, in case we need to get in touch with them.

HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 established national standards to protect patients' personal and medical records. The regulations outlined by HIPAA protect the medical records and other personal health information maintained by healthcare providers, health plans and health insurers and healthcare clearinghouses. If you have any questions about your privacy rights as a patient, please ask your social worker or nurse.

Identification Bracelet When you are admitted, you will be given a wristband with your name on it.

This band helps ensure proper identification for medications and procedures during your stay, and must be worn at all times.

Passcode At CNRV, a passcode is assigned to each patient during admission for informational purposes. This means that any information regarding the patient will only be shared with persons who can provide the passcode. It is up to the patient or their immediate family to share this code.

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