Culture Catalyst Blog & Articles

What’s The Story?

Posted by Kristin Baird Culture is created and sustained by the stories told by its people. When you think about your organization, what stories are being shared? How are you seeking stories?  What channels are you using to share stories that advance ...

Quality Assurance for Patient Experience

Posted by Kristin Baird No one would argue the value of quality assurance in healthcare. It has proven to be absolutely essential in achieving high clinical standards. Because the stakes are so high it is important to be sure things are ...

Focus on Culture and Scores Will Follow

Posted by Kristin Baird HCAHPS has leveled the playing field when it comes to measuring patient satisfaction. But with the publicly reported scores has come a nearly obsessive focus on the numbers. I must admit that I get impatient with healthcare ...

No Shortcuts on Frontline Service Training

Posted by Kristin Baird https://youtu.be/u2cqLg6GnLM Not long ago, I was doing customer service training on service recovery. One of the participants pulled me aside after the training and said, “I’ve read all this before on https://www.salesforce.com/hub/crm/crm-system-benefits/ and thought I got it. But today’s training forced ...

Let’s talk Patient Experience Metrics

Posted by Kristin Baird Expanding Metrics Nearly every day I have the pleasure of talking with healthcare leaders about their patient experience improvement efforts. I see a huge amount of effort going into implementing best practices, but when it comes to measuring ...

The Triple Crown in Patient Experience

Posted by Kristin Baird When it comes to creating a consistently positive patient experience there are three key words every leader and team member must adhere to. They are persistence, insistence and consistence. https://youtu.be/u2cqLg6GnLM It is not unusual for us to enter into ...

3 Pitfalls to Service Recovery

Posted by Kristin Baird https://youtu.be/BRx3w4Ov9X4 Service recovery is an essential in improving the patient experience. When people think of service recovery, it’s common to immediately recall the most difficult situations. For example, the caller who yelled profanities about his bill, the family ...

Balance the Tasks with Caring Behaviors

Posted by Kristin Baird Working in healthcare takes an immense amount of technical skills especially when you work in direct patient care. After all, if you screw up an important technical task, you could hurt, or even kill someone. But it ...

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