Patient satisfaction is an important part of hospital operations, but hospital leaders should consider the nuances of measuring patient experience before acting on survey results, according to a blog ...

Some physicians take issue with patient surveys because they’re often outdated and may not always be a true representation of physicians’ practice behavior, Medscape reported Jan. 19. “The surveys may ...

Patient surveys are one tool ASCs can use to improve performance through feedback, according to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems. 1. Determine priorities, strengths and weaknesses.

Ambulatory surgery centers can utilize patient satisfaction surveys as a springboard for process improvement. As such, patient satisfactions surveys should not be created or distributed haphazardly ...

The survey found 73% of adults feel that the healthcare system fails to meet their needs in some way. Two-thirds of U.S. adults surveyed by The Harris Poll reported that managing healthcare is ...

The final rule is expected to provide more detail on which survey tools a provider might use to attest to their collection of such data by way of electronic health record (EHR) usage, and to specify ...

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality plans to release a survey next month that providers can use to assess patient experience with telehealth visits. AHRQ, which oversees and funds a suite ...

Each day, thousands of patients get a call or letter after being discharged from U.S. hospitals. How did their stay go? How clean and quiet was the room? How often did nurses and doctors treat them ...

"Sponsors should design failure into clinical trials to support patients" was originally created and published by Clinical ...

A team of researchers from Keio University School of Medicine, the Institute of Medical Science at the University of Tokyo, ...