July 16th, 2015
Hurry Up and Change this 100 Year-Old Hospital
There’s a new role emerging in hospitals and health systems around the country: the Patient Experience Professional (PXP). That title varies from organization to organization and may be classified as a manager, coordinator, ...
July 16th, 2015
There has been increasing talk about innovation in healthcare over the past few years. Healthcare needs a more human-centered design in order to serve our patients and become more efficient. Authors Tom Kelley and his brother David, founders of IDEO, ...
June 16th, 2015
Our medical mystery shopping work for hospitals and medical practices around the country has yielded some eye-opening insights, for both us and our clients. Foundationally, for any organization, it’s virtually impossible to understand the customer experience from the inside; they’re simply too ...
May 14th, 2015
Don’t let the title of this book by John Koster, M.D., Gary Bisbee, Ph.D., and Ram Charan fool you. While the book is about the shifting healthcare landscape and the need to truly personalize the care experience, it also very ...
May 14th, 2015
In April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the 5-star rating system for patient satisfaction. It’s a simplified approach to reporting The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) in a way that will, hopefully, ...
April 21st, 2015
March Madness is behind us, but after such an exciting season and stellar performance by my alma mater, the Wisconsin Badgers, who thrilled fans with both their personalities and their performance this year—the phrase “triple threat” is still top of ...
March 18th, 2015
In healthcare we all have customers to serve. Generally, we tend to automatically consider the patient as our customer and, in most cases, the patient is the ultimate recipient of the services we provide.
But having a singular focus on the ...
February 11th, 2015
It’s the current conundrum of healthcare (just ask the VA). Arguably every member of every healthcare organization would tell you that they want to deliver a positive patient experience, yet many organizations continue to fail to do that. Why?
In our ...
January 13th, 2015
As we move into 2015, the future of healthcare remains uncertain as the ACA continues to firmly take hold. There are some things we can count on though:
Patients will remain our number one priority in terms of quality, safety, and ...
December 17th, 2014
Every hospital we’ve ever worked with has a series of expectations for their staff members related to the customer experience—things like:
Addressing patients by their preferred nameOffering hospitality to waiting visitorsMaking eye contact and greeting patients and visitors in hallways and ...