Blog spotlight: Patient experience undefined, but a top priority
Nurse Leader Weekly, April 25, 2011
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A new study by the Beryl Institute, an organization that promotes better patient experiences within the healthcare system, finds that although patient experience is among the top three priorities for hospital executives, patient experience itself is still largely undefined.
The study surveyed more than 790 hospital executives and found that patient experience/patient satisfaction was ranked number two at 21%. Quality/patient safety (31%) was the number one priority, and cost reduction was ranked number three at 9%.
Despite its importance, the majority of hospital executives (73 percent) surveyed said they do not have a formal definition for patient experience. As a result, they are purposefully addressing the issue by examining the state of the patient experience in the nation’s hospitals and identifying the greatest roadblocks to implementing change, with the top three priorities being noise reduction, discharge process and instructions, and patient rounding.
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