What Is Patient Experience?
What Is Patient Experience?
What Is Patient Experience?
Patient experience, is “the sum of all interactions, shaped by an organisation’s
culture, that influence patient perception across the continuum of care.” That
means that everything a practice does, every single touch point, every time a
patient or prospective patient even thinks about their healthcare provider, is all
part of the patient experience.
The good news is, providers have control over most aspects of their patient
experience. Some–like a bad parking situation–may be harder to control than
others, but there are options.
What Is Patient Satisfaction?
Patient experience and patient satisfaction may seem like the same thing–after
all, having a good experience is satisfying. Except that’s not entirely true.
That’s because patient satisfaction revolves around patient expectations
It’s a subjective measure; two patients could receive the same care but have
differing levels of satisfaction
What is Patient Engagement?
If patient experience is the sum of all touchpoints in the continuum of care, and
patient satisfaction is about expectations, then patient engagement is the
willingness of patients to interact with a healthcare provider voluntarily.
Patient engagement doesn’t always have to be related to the patient’s treatment
and can be proactive, reactive or retroactive in nature.
Patient engagement also shows how much people are attached to a practice and
brand
What are we going to concentrate on?
Most Importance vs Less Important
5 Pillars
Trust
Honesty
Responsibility
Priority
Respect
Disney customer service
Disney handles over 135 million customers in their parks each year, so customer service isn’t
something they take lightly.
The technique Disney has developed to train customer service representatives on how to
handle angry customers is called HEARD:
1. Empathy in Staff
Be Present
Be Present - Giving customer an undivided attention - Simple saying that - “
you matter and I’m here to help”
2. Focus on Communication
Be Polite
Be Polite - Exhibit common courtesy
No matter what is the situation or regardless of whether the patient or
family earned it , respect every one. Know the on-stage and off-stage
behaviour for work and personal time.