The healthcare industry runs on policies, procedures, and evidence-based protocols gleaned from best practices. And, from a clinical standpoint, those policies, procedures, and protocols generally …
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Traditional interview questions ask candidates about what they might do on the job. This can give insight into the candidate’s thought process and approach to different types of situations, but it is …
All organizations talk about service, but for healthcare organizations, service is everything. Fostering an exceptional service culture throughout your healthcare organization can be a challenge, but …
Healthcare organizations are beginning to embrace the concept of a Chief Experience Officer – an individual responsible for ensuring service excellence throughout the organization. While I can see …
Face it. Dig beneath any organizational issue and you’re likely to find communication problems. Organizations are, after all, comprised of people and dependent upon good relationships among those …
Ambroise Paré is credited with these words and while Paré, the uneducated son of a country artisan who became a great surgeon, said them in the 16th century, they still resonate today. In fact, a …
Where do the vast majority of your patients and potential patients interact with you? Not in person. Not via email. By phone. That’s right; the telephone remains one of the most significant contact …
You know a disengaged worker when you see one: the receptionist balancing her checkbook, the nurse bad-mouthing a doctor to her patient, the manager who doesn’t take action to correct a customer …
Later this month, Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) begins live reporting. Are you prepared to be compared on a national quality report as perceived by your …
Eight seconds. That’s how long it takes to form a first impression. If you think about your own interactions, you can quickly see the validity of this statistic. Whether at a job interview, a social …
