Abstract
This paper aims to analyze the effectiveness of the implementation of hospital accreditation in an attempt to provide legal protection of the right information of patients in hospital. The right to information stated on Article 7 and Article 8 of Law No. 36 of 2009 on Health as well as the shortcomings and advantages of health services. Along with the increasing awareness of the community to get good health service, raises the attitude of the critical patient. Patients no longer hesitate to ask the alternative treatment they will receive, whether in accordance with the cost incurred. The hospital is a complex organization because it is capital-intensive, energy, technology and various issues, covering the fields of law, economics, ethics, human rights, technology, and others with different principles and perspectives. The complexity of services in hospitals requires quality assurance and hospital service safety in the form of accreditation. Hospital accreditation is an acknowledgment given by an independent accrediting institution related to the assessment of the fulfillment of quality standards of hospital services on an ongoing basis. Therefore an accredited hospital is expected to effectively improve the quality of its services to their patients. The increased quality of hospital services will certainly improve patient safety and provide protection for patients.
Highlights
Along with the increasing of public awareness to good health services, it raises the attitude of critical patients
Patients want to get complete information about the health services they receive. It develops from the patient's rights because of the background of frequent violations of the patient's human rights [3]
Accreditation in hospitals is based on Law No 36 of 2009 which concerning on Health, Law No 44 of 2009 about Hospitals and Permenkes 1144 / Menkes / Per / VIII / 2010 about the organization as well as the work procedures of the Ministry of Health. This hospital accreditation arrangement is expected to improve the quality of hospital services
Summary
Along with the increasing of public awareness to good health services, it raises the attitude of critical patients. Provision of health information systems by health service providers as obligations set out in the law and must be obeyed.[12] Patients want to get complete information about the health services they receive. Accreditation in hospitals is based on Law No 36 of 2009 which concerning on Health, Law No 44 of 2009 about Hospitals and Permenkes 1144 / Menkes / Per / VIII / 2010 about the organization as well as the work procedures of the Ministry of Health. This hospital accreditation arrangement is expected to improve the quality of hospital services. It is necessary to question how effective is the implementation of hospital accreditation as an effort to provide protection for patient information rights?
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