Patients and families benefit from strategies that empower them to actively participate with clinicians. The nuance of understanding required to support effective healthcare relationships, however, can be hard to achieve when communication styles make it difficult for clinicians and patients to understand each other. In addition to other stresses, English spoken with regional or foreign […]
On June 14, it will have been 18 years since I last saw the sweet face of my 4-year-old son, Noah. He died from a series of medical errors following a tonsillectomy, four hours after having been discharged from the emergency department (ED). One of the primary causes of his death was the disconnect between […]
Editor’s Note: Next week, April 24–28, The Beryl Institute (one of Engaging Patients’ partner organizations) will celebrate Patient Experience Week. Each year, PX Week provides a focused time for organizations to celebrate and reenergize their commitment to improving the patient experience and honoring all healthcare workers for their efforts on behalf of patients. In this […]
In an earlier post, we discussed how patients might feel stupid when faced with a medical crisis. Medical professionals can help patients feel knowledgeable and reverse that feeling, which will increase patient satisfaction and improve the organization’s bottom line. Today, patients are smarter and better informed than ever before. Access to information—reliable or not—is as […]
The future success of providers hinges on an understanding that societal health is more than just about population health and that ACO players are not just hospitals, physicians and long-term care entities. Rather, employers, banks, supermarkets–in short, the community–all play a role when it comes to understanding dementia, including Alzheimer’s. Caring for family caregivers in […]
Editor’s Note: The deadline for 2016 nominations for the John Q. Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement is just around the corner: Friday, March 11.Want to know what it takes to “Wow” our judges? In this week’s post, we take a look back at 2015 finalist Virginia Mason Medical Center. At the end of […]
As closing keynote speaker at the 27th Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Annual Forum this past December, Don Berwick, former head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and senior fellow with IHI, suggested that “relationships will be the foundation of health care’s new age.” “It’s not power or accountability or reward or punishment […]
This is the third in a series of guest blog posts, spotlighting how hospitals are engaging their patients to transform care delivery, using the Patient and Family Centered Care Methodology and Practice. The Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery team at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, performs over 1000 procedures annually. By adopting the six-step, […]
This is the second in a series of guest blog posts, spotlighting how hospitals are engaging their patients to transform care delivery, using the six-step Patient and Family Centered Care Methodology and Practice (PFCC M/P). In 2007, I became a PFCC Champion of one of the first PFCC Working Groups formed at the University of […]
When first hearing the term patient experience, some might claim it is the latest healthcare management fad and others a marketing ploy created to attract healthcare clients to new services and solutions. While these reactions may be deserved based on other healthcare precedents, they do not represent what is now taking place. Patient experience has […]