July 15th, 2021
Create a Well Founded Service Recovery Culture - 3 Essentials for Success
Written By: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA
It takes more than smile lessons and a pocket full of gift cards to create a well-founded service recovery culture. There are three ...
July 13th, 2021
Written By: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA
Service missteps are inevitable, but disgruntled patients are not. No matter how hard you try, no matter how many processes you put into place, there will be times when you disappoint your customers, but ...
April 22nd, 2020
Written By: Angela Fieler, MPA, CMQ/OE, Senior Consultant
I will admit that I have a touch of cabin fever. I self-quarantined for two weeks after returning from Seattle, just after the first COVID-19 death was reported there. Just as my self-imposed ...
August 20th, 2019
Written By: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA
Empathy is what puts the care into healthcare. Without it, patients become just a number, just a case, just a disease. But empathy requires the absence of judgment and, unfortunately, human beings have a ...
April 18th, 2019
Written By: Angela Fieler, MPA, CMQ/OE, Senior Consultant
We were working with a senior leadership team recently on culture change, discussing next steps. The team leader stopped the discussion mid-sentence, turned to the group, and asked, “How committed are you to ...
January 15th, 2019
Written By: Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA
The CEO just walked into your office and says – “Get these scores up now!” What do you do? How do you react? The CEO and other senior leader priorities are your priorities.
Pressure to improve trickles down ...
August 9th, 2018
Written By: Angela Fieler, MPA, CMQ/OE, ConsultantIn our Power of One training, we spend a lot of time talking about empathy: what it is, how to express it verbally and non-verbally, and what the barriers there are to demonstrating empathy. ...
June 18th, 2018
Written By: Angela Fieler, MPA, CMQ/OE, Consultant
As a consultant, I spend a lot of time “in the field.” Every time I’m with a client, I learn something new. I try to share these lessons in any way I can. I had a recent ...
May 16th, 2017
Written By: Angela Fieler
I recently had two "eye-opening" experiences as a customer - one as a patient, the other not - that generated eerily similar feelings and reinforced Baird Group teaching and consulting practices regarding the patient experience.My first experience ...
May 16th, 2017
Written By: Kristin Baird, MHA, BSN, RN
The patient experience is a critical, and common, area of focus for healthcare organizations these days. Healthcare providers want to provide high quality, safe care for patients. Healthcare organizations want to be able to ...