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Learning And Leading In The Experience Age, Jane Cummings Apr 2017

Learning And Leading In The Experience Age, Jane Cummings

Patient Experience Journal

A focus on experiences of care helps health systems realize the very transformations they look to achieve. This is because patient experience allows patients, families and carers to define value, enabling healthcare organizations to focus on what matters to them and not simply what is the matter with them. This is what we mean by an ‘experience age’, one in which clear connections are made between the things patients value and the clinical outcomes we look to achieve: where links are drawn between experience, clinical effectiveness, safety and cost in order to provide the very best care for all patients. …


Patient Experience: A Return To Purpose, Jason A. Wolf Phd Apr 2017

Patient Experience: A Return To Purpose, Jason A. Wolf Phd

Patient Experience Journal

As an opening reflection to Volume 4 of Patient Experience Journal (PXJ), this editorial reviews the progress of the journal and the implications seen both in the evolving healthcare marketplace globally as well as reviews the data on the developing field of patient experience. It reinforces the need for an integrated view of experience as supported by data in the most recent State of Patient Experience research – one encompassing quality, safety, service, cost and population health implications and one driven on an engine of both patient and family engagement and employee/staff engagement. The article offers that healthcare is as …


Analisis Formularium Rsud Cimacan Tahun 2017, Juliana Aritonang Feb 2017

Analisis Formularium Rsud Cimacan Tahun 2017, Juliana Aritonang

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Hospitals must provide comprehensive, integrated and sustainable health services which in the organization of the hospital is inseparable from pharmaceutical services. The need for the provision and use of qualified and rational medicines is regulated in the formulary system where the drugs used are contained in the formulary book. The purpose of this study was to analyze the formulary of RSUD Cimacan seen from the preparation, maintenance and evaluation of formulary drugs. Evaluation of formulary drugs by performing ABC analysis of use, investment, critical index and VEN to obtain the result of proposed revision formulary of RSUD Cimacan. This research …


Hubungan Fungsi Supervisi Dengan Kepatuhan Perawat Menjalankan Sop Identifikasi Pasien Di Rsup Dr Mohammad Hoesin Palembang Tahun 2015, Fitrirachmawati Fitrirachmawati Feb 2017

Hubungan Fungsi Supervisi Dengan Kepatuhan Perawat Menjalankan Sop Identifikasi Pasien Di Rsup Dr Mohammad Hoesin Palembang Tahun 2015, Fitrirachmawati Fitrirachmawati

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Supervision is a form supervisory that aim to improve the staf performance through a systematic process in the provision of motivation, communication and guidance. This study used an observational design with cross sectional approach using stratified random sampling. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the function of head room supervision with the compliance of nurses in performing SOP patient identification. The result of this research using Chi Square test to prove there is a significant correlation between motivation, communication and guidance to compliance of nurses in implementating SOP of patient identification (p value < α). The conclusion of this study is that the functions of the supervision of head room had a substantial role to improve the nurse complaince in conducting the patient identification based on the SOP.


Analisis Tatakelola Sasaran Keselamatan Pasien Pada Alur Pelayanan Penyakit Sepsis Di Rumah Sakit Tebet 2015, Rianayanti Asmira Rasam Feb 2017

Analisis Tatakelola Sasaran Keselamatan Pasien Pada Alur Pelayanan Penyakit Sepsis Di Rumah Sakit Tebet 2015, Rianayanti Asmira Rasam

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

In the context of modern medicine, complexity hospital’s management is regarded as the primary cause of medical error (ME). The new healthcare paradigm of “Patient-Focused Care”, patient’s right to receive safe healthcare treatment is considered as main indicator in Standar Akreditasi Rumah Sakit of 2012 (SARS 2012) in Indonesia, through the implementation of 6 Patient Safety (KP) standards. In the category of emergency medical treatment, Sepsis is considered as a disease with high mortality and morbidity rate. The use of The International Classification of Diseases, based on Ninth Revision (ICD-9), have caused terminological confusion and contribute to the increase of …


Audit Implementasi Clinical Pathway Diare Akut Di Rumah Sakit Anak Dan Bunda Harapan Kita Tahun 2016, Desy Rachma Sari Feb 2017

Audit Implementasi Clinical Pathway Diare Akut Di Rumah Sakit Anak Dan Bunda Harapan Kita Tahun 2016, Desy Rachma Sari

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

This study aims to determine the implementation of clinical pathway of acute diarrhea with the audit process. This type of research is quantitative and qualitative by using operational research concept with document review method, data analysis and in-depth interview. The result of the research shows that the audit topic is the implementation of clinical pathway of acute diarrhea with the aim to assessing completeness of clinical pathway, compliance of primary responsible physician, primary responsible nurse, nutrition and pharmacy and assessing the length of stay with clinical pathway. Assessment standard used is the national standard that is KARS. The result of …


Kajian Implementasi Mutu Dengan Pendekatan Integrasi Six Sigma Dan Tqm Melalui Penilaian Malcolm Baldridge Di Rumah Sakit Charitas Palembang, Jessihana Morgan Manurung Feb 2017

Kajian Implementasi Mutu Dengan Pendekatan Integrasi Six Sigma Dan Tqm Melalui Penilaian Malcolm Baldridge Di Rumah Sakit Charitas Palembang, Jessihana Morgan Manurung

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

Hospitals increasingly are expected to provide better health services (Muchtar, 2011). Excellent service and quality have an impact on customer satisfaction and loyalty. One measure of quality achievement is customer loyalty. Charitas Hospital had a decline in customer loyalty from 2013 to 2015 by 80%. It was determined by a decrease in the quality indicators that BOR, LOS, TOI, GDR, NDR which dropped on the last three years (Data RS-Caritas, 2016). Quality management TQM and Six Sigma respectively conceptually and empirically proven as a quality improvement method to improve organizational performance. How is the quality of service at the Charitas …


Percepatan Pemulangan Pasien Rawat Inap Dengan Konsep Lean Di Rumah Sakit Masmitra, Alamsyah Alamsyah Feb 2017

Percepatan Pemulangan Pasien Rawat Inap Dengan Konsep Lean Di Rumah Sakit Masmitra, Alamsyah Alamsyah

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

The process discharge of patients in hospital Masmitra is still not optimal, because there is no groove that describes the process of returning the patient as a whole. By applying the concept of Lean, value stream mapping current conditions which shows that the process of returning patients there were 41 activities and only 51% are value added, and of course has implications for wastage. From the analysis of the root causes of acquired ideas repair, and then carried into the re-design of the new process flow is considered ideal to produce a total of only 17 activities, 83% of which …


Perlukah Keselamatan Pasien Menjadi Indikator Kinerja Rs Blu?, Masyitoh Basabih Feb 2017

Perlukah Keselamatan Pasien Menjadi Indikator Kinerja Rs Blu?, Masyitoh Basabih

Jurnal ARSI : Administrasi Rumah Sakit Indonesia

The government which is the Ministry of Health through its regulations mandates the importance of patient safety. This can be seen from the mention of patient safety in the four articles in Undang-Undang Number 44 Year 2009 about Hospital and specifically in the Minister of Health Regulation. The importance of patient safety issues in hos pitals is not directly proportional to the performance indicators of the BLU Hospital written inPeraturan Direktur Jenderal Pembendaharaan Number 34 Year 2014 about the Guidelines for Performance Appraisal of Public Ser vice Bodies for Health Services. In this regulation, it can be seen that the …


How Nurse-Led Practices Perceive Implementation Of The Patient-Centered Medical Home, Rosemary Frasso, A. Golinkoff, Heather Klusaritz, Katherine Kellom, Helen Kollar-Mcarthur, Michelle Miller-Day, Robert Gabbay, Peter F. Cronholm Feb 2017

How Nurse-Led Practices Perceive Implementation Of The Patient-Centered Medical Home, Rosemary Frasso, A. Golinkoff, Heather Klusaritz, Katherine Kellom, Helen Kollar-Mcarthur, Michelle Miller-Day, Robert Gabbay, Peter F. Cronholm

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

Purpose

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) promotes the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model as a way to improve healthcare quality, the patient experience, and has identified nurse-led primary care as a mechanism meeting the increasing demand for quality primary care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation of a PCMH model in nurse-led primary care practices and to identify facilitators and barriers to the implementation of this model.

Methods

Data were collected through in-depth interviews with providers and staff in nurse-led practices.

Results

These data suggest two categories of processes that facilitate the integration of PCMH in …


Understanding And Using Patient Experience Feedback To Improve Health Care Quality: Systematic Review And Framework Development, Emmanuel Kumah, Felix Osei-Kesse, Cynthia Anaba Jan 2017

Understanding And Using Patient Experience Feedback To Improve Health Care Quality: Systematic Review And Framework Development, Emmanuel Kumah, Felix Osei-Kesse, Cynthia Anaba

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Patient experience data is increasingly collected worldwide; however, questions persist regarding how it is used to improve health care quality. Synthesizing information from the existing literature, we have developed an empirically based framework to help organizations and managers understand what to do with patient experience feedback to improve health care quality at the organizational level. We identified six post-data collection/analysis activities, which were categorized into three main themes: 1) make sense of the data, 2) communicate and explain the data, and 3) plan for improvement. Our framework suggests that simply executing a survey will not improve performance. It is necessary …


Need Vs. Supply Analysis Of The New Haven Public Bus System, Stan Mathis Jan 2017

Need Vs. Supply Analysis Of The New Haven Public Bus System, Stan Mathis

Yale Day of Data

ABSTRACT:

The aim of the study was to assess how well the public transportation system of New Haven County was matched to the public transit need using publicly available geospatial datasets from state and federal sources. Geospatial bus stop data was extracted from public State of Connecticut data sets. Census tract geography was extracted from US Census TIGER files while census tract aggregated household vehicle access data was queried from the American Community Survey data access server. A census tract’s Need was defined as percentage of households reporting access to zero vehicles; its supply was defined as the number of …


Evolving Workforce Roles In Medicare Next Generation Acos, Clese E Erikson Jan 2017

Evolving Workforce Roles In Medicare Next Generation Acos, Clese E Erikson

Health Workforce Research Center Publications

The purpose of this study was to explore key workforce strategies in Next Generation Accountable Care Organizations (Next Gen ACOs), the latest evolution in Medicare ACOs. We conducted semi-structured interviews with leaders from seven of the initial 18 Next Gen ACOs to better understand their perceptions regarding how workforce roles are changing to support the Next Gen ACO model. Key Questions:

  1. What new and expanded roles for existing health workforce members are reported by Next Generation ACO leaders?
  2. Has use of the health workforce changed as a result of Next Gen waivers for telehealth, home visits, and use of SNFs? …


Tobacco Use, Cessation, And Locus Of Control Among College Students, Bernard Ambe Dec 2016

Tobacco Use, Cessation, And Locus Of Control Among College Students, Bernard Ambe

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to (a) determine the locus of control among American college students (b) determine if tobacco use or cessation correlate with any demographic variables to better understand the efficacy of tobacco interventions and help design an intervention most effective in the prominent LOC of college students.

The Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) was modified for the purposes of this study and used to determine demographic factors and tobacco usage status. The modified GATS survey also included the LOC questionnaire which yielded the data. Seventy-four responses were recorded. The mean locus of control scores were …


The Impact Of Electronic Health Records On Healthcare Service Delivery, Patient Safety, And Quality, Kate Elizabeth Trout Dec 2016

The Impact Of Electronic Health Records On Healthcare Service Delivery, Patient Safety, And Quality, Kate Elizabeth Trout

Theses & Dissertations

The HITECH Act has provided over $30 billion of support through the Meaningful Use program to implement Electronic Health Records (EHRs) with aims to improve healthcare service delivery, efficiency, quality, and patient safety. New healthcare models, such as pay-for-performance and value-based purchasing, were envisioned to aligning quality with reimbursement mediated with the use of EHRs. It is unclear of how EHRs and Meaningful Use have impacted health service delivery, patient safety, and quality of care. Thus, making it difficult to determine if the specific set of objectives for Meaningful Use have had a positive impact on outcomes, which ultimately is …


Medication Nonadherence, Health Care Utilization, And Safemed Care Transitions Model Impact In Super-Utilizers, Satya Surbhi Dec 2016

Medication Nonadherence, Health Care Utilization, And Safemed Care Transitions Model Impact In Super-Utilizers, Satya Surbhi

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

BACKGROUND: Super-utilizers are individuals with disproportionately high inpatient and emergency department (ED) use, and mostly have multiple chronic conditions and use multiple concurrent medications. They place a substantial burden on the U.S. healthcare system and have become the focus of policy initiatives aimed at reducing their disproportionate inpatient and ED use. Medication management is critical for these patients since nonadherence to essential chronic medications is associated with poor health outcomes, and higher health care utilization and costs. OBJECTIVES: This dissertation employed a three empirical research papers approach to study the following aims: (1) the prevalence and patterns of medication nonadherence …


Does The Electronic Health Record Improve The Timeliness Review And Notification Of Medical Laboratory And X-Ray Test Results?, Ruby Estes Dec 2016

Does The Electronic Health Record Improve The Timeliness Review And Notification Of Medical Laboratory And X-Ray Test Results?, Ruby Estes

Applied Research Projects

The medical community struggles with timeliness issues throughout the different healthcare environments in many areas of patient care. The demands of meeting patient care needs is great everywhere. One area that can lead to extreme adverse outcomes and affects patient safety is failure to review and follow-up on medical test results timely. In addition the lack of timely follow-up and treatment can lead to medico-legal implications for all healthcare professionals involved in the patients care. Some timeliness issues have been attributed to understaffed healthcare institutions, lack of trained staff, and in many instances inefficient and insufficient processes. This is an …


A Qualitative Analysis Of The Health Informatics Role In Addressing The Public Health Crisis Of Addiction And Overall Effectiveness Of Treatment, Daniel Del Toro Dec 2016

A Qualitative Analysis Of The Health Informatics Role In Addressing The Public Health Crisis Of Addiction And Overall Effectiveness Of Treatment, Daniel Del Toro

Applied Research Projects

In recent years, the implementation of Health Information Management (HIM) data systems has had significant positive impacts in nearly all aspects of both health and healthcare delivery. However, during this time, there has also been a dramatic increase in the demand for addiction and mental health treatment. The rising number of individuals requiring mental health treatment for addiction has resulted in its declaration as an urgent public health epidemic by the Department of Health and Human Services. The all-encompassing effects of addiction are prevalent in all areas of society, seen in the form of across-the-board rising healthcare costs, addiction related …


“In Principle We Have Agreement, But In Practice It Is A Bit More Difficult": Obtaining Organizational Buy-In To Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation, Janelle Applequist, Michelle Miller-Day, Peter F. Cronholm, Robert Gabbay, Deborah S. Bowen Nov 2016

“In Principle We Have Agreement, But In Practice It Is A Bit More Difficult": Obtaining Organizational Buy-In To Patient-Centered Medical Home Transformation, Janelle Applequist, Michelle Miller-Day, Peter F. Cronholm, Robert Gabbay, Deborah S. Bowen

Communication Faculty Articles and Research

The patient-centered medical home (PCMH) is a model of care that emphasizes the coordination of patient treatment among health care providers. Practice transformation to this model, however, presents a number of challenges. One of these challenges is getting the buy-in of all personnel to commit to making organizational changes in the journey to becoming a nationally recognized medical home. This study investigated internal messages of buy-in as communicated by practices transitioning to this type of care. Grounding itself in stakeholder theory, this study analyzed interviews with staff, administration, and practitioners from 20 medical practices in a mid-Atlantic state. The analysis …


“What Matters To You?”: A Pilot Project For Implementing Patient-Centered Care, Anthony M. Digioia Md, Iii, Sarah B. Clayton, Michelle B. Giarrusso Nov 2016

“What Matters To You?”: A Pilot Project For Implementing Patient-Centered Care, Anthony M. Digioia Md, Iii, Sarah B. Clayton, Michelle B. Giarrusso

Patient Experience Journal

This project was intended to enhance the delivery of patient-centered care by asking patients what matters to them before and after total joint replacement (TJR) surgery. In Phase I, pre-operatively, patients undergoing total joint replacement (TJR) surgery were asked, “What matters to you before surgery, during your hospital stay, and in the first 3 months following surgery?” and “What matters to you moving forward after you’ve recovered from your joint replacement?” Four weeks post-operatively they were asked, “Now that that you’ve been through the surgery and first 4 weeks of recovery, can you identify new concerns that you didn’t have …


Envisioning Mechanisms For Success: Evaluation Of Ebcd At Cheo, Kristina Rohde, Mireille Brosseau, Diane Gagnon, Jennifer Schellinck, Christine Kouri Nov 2016

Envisioning Mechanisms For Success: Evaluation Of Ebcd At Cheo, Kristina Rohde, Mireille Brosseau, Diane Gagnon, Jennifer Schellinck, Christine Kouri

Patient Experience Journal

To advance patient engagement (PE) and more comprehensively involve patients, families, and staff in quality improvement (QI) at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), the Experience Based Co-Design (EBCD) approach was piloted. Set against the backdrop of envisioning factors that would facilitate success, an evaluation was designed to assess five domains: strengthening of mutual understanding, collaboration, and partnerships between patients/families and staff; a greater involvement of patients, families, and staff in QI; satisfaction with the process; the ability of EBCD to generate clear and useful data to ascertain the patient/family and staff experience; and the ability of EBCD to …


Patient Advisors: How To Implement A Process For Involvement At All Levels Of Governance In A Healthcare Organization, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Edith Morin, Catherine Neault, Veronique Biron, Lise Houle, Louise Lavigueur, Guy Bouvette, Nicole St-Pierre, Martin Beaumont Nov 2016

Patient Advisors: How To Implement A Process For Involvement At All Levels Of Governance In A Healthcare Organization, Marie-Pascale Pomey, Edith Morin, Catherine Neault, Veronique Biron, Lise Houle, Louise Lavigueur, Guy Bouvette, Nicole St-Pierre, Martin Beaumont

Patient Experience Journal

Patient involvement at the operational (clinical care and services), tactical (management), and strategic (board of directors and executive management) levels of establishments is increasingly sought after. To address this specific challenge, a Canadian healthcare organization, the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec, has developed an integrated strategy based on three principles: (1) shared leadership between a patient and a manager to build the strategy; (2) a clear process for recruiting, training, and coaching patient advisors (PA) so that they can participate in decision-making at the various levels of governance of the establishment; and (3) …


Using Patient Value Statements To Develop A Culture Of Patient-Centred Care: A Case Study Of An Ontario, Canada Hospital, Erica Bridge, Madelyn P. Law, Miya Narushima Nov 2016

Using Patient Value Statements To Develop A Culture Of Patient-Centred Care: A Case Study Of An Ontario, Canada Hospital, Erica Bridge, Madelyn P. Law, Miya Narushima

Patient Experience Journal

Patient-centred care (PCC) is not a new concept; however, in recent years it has garnered increasing attention in the research literature and clinical practice. PCC in clinical practice has been found to improve clinical outcomes, resource allocation, and the patient experience. In response to the need for PCC and quality in healthcare, the Ontario, Canada government developed the Excellent Care for All Act (ECFAA) in 2010. The ECFAA imposes six obligations to Ontario hospitals, one of which is developing and publishing a Patient Declaration of Values (PDoV). The purpose of this study was to explore how a leading patient-centred Ontario …


Showcasing Patient Experience And Engagement Best Practices Through An Innovative Forum Celebrating Patients, Families, And Multidisciplinary Care Teams, Alison S. Tothy Md, Sunitha K. Sastry, Andres Valencia, Mary Kate Springman, Susan Murphy Nov 2016

Showcasing Patient Experience And Engagement Best Practices Through An Innovative Forum Celebrating Patients, Families, And Multidisciplinary Care Teams, Alison S. Tothy Md, Sunitha K. Sastry, Andres Valencia, Mary Kate Springman, Susan Murphy

Patient Experience Journal

A platform was designed for interdisciplinary teams to learn from colleagues, patients, and their families, about what creates and sustains positive, lasting impressions from their care team. A forum focused on positive experiences designed to highlight the relationships between patients and care teams was utilized. A Best Practices Forum was designed to share methods for generating positive patient experiences across the institution. These quarterly conferences featured patient stories and highlighted best practices such as empathic communications, collaboration, and teamwork used by caregivers throughout the institution. The patient experience team invited various well-performing departments to share best practices, as well as …


Creating A Common Trajectory: Shared Decision Making And Distributed Cognition In Medical Consultations, Katherine D. Lippa, Valerie L. Shalin Nov 2016

Creating A Common Trajectory: Shared Decision Making And Distributed Cognition In Medical Consultations, Katherine D. Lippa, Valerie L. Shalin

Patient Experience Journal

The growing literature on shared decision making and patient centered care emphasizes the patient’s role in clinical care, but research on clinical reasoning almost exclusively addresses physician cognition. In this article, we suggest clinical cognition is distributed between physicians and patients and assess how distributed clinical cognition functions during interactions between medical professionals and patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A combination of cognitive task analysis and discourse analysis reveals the distribution of clinical reasoning between 24 patients and 3 medical professionals engaged in MS management. Findings suggest that cognition was distributed between patients and physicians in all major tasks except …


Improving The Patient Experience Through A Commit To Sit Service Excellence Initiative, Cari D. Lidgett Nov 2016

Improving The Patient Experience Through A Commit To Sit Service Excellence Initiative, Cari D. Lidgett

Patient Experience Journal

Effective communication between nurses and patients positively impacts patient care, outcomes, and the patient experience.While in the hospital, patients receive information from multiple caregivers and are often overwhelmed and confused. Nurses make up the majority of interactions with patients and are in an ideal position to improve the patient experience from the front lines. The purpose of implementing the Commit to Sit service excellence initiative was to positively impact the patient’s perception of nurse communication by nurses sitting with their patients during each shift. Outcomes were measured by the overall nurse communication composite on the Press Ganey survey, as well …


Beyond Patient-Centered Care: Enhancing The Patient Experience In Mental Health Services Through Patient-Perspective Care, Timothy A. Carey Prof Nov 2016

Beyond Patient-Centered Care: Enhancing The Patient Experience In Mental Health Services Through Patient-Perspective Care, Timothy A. Carey Prof

Patient Experience Journal

Delivering mental health services as patient-centered care has been an international priority for more than 50 years. Despite its longevity there is still not widespread agreement regarding how it should be defined or how it should guide the delivery of services. Generally, though, prioritizing the patient’s values and preferences seem to be at the core of this particular approach. It is not clear, however, that services attend to patient values and preferences as closely as they should. Terms such as “treatment resistant” and “noncompliant” seem to belie an attitude where the therapist’s opinion is privileged rather than the patients. To …


Why Do They Do That?: Looking Beyond Typical Reasons For Non-Urgent Ed Use Among Medicaid Patients, Cynthia J. Sieck, Jennifer L. Hefner, Randy Wexler, Chris A. Taylor, Ann S. Mcalearney Nov 2016

Why Do They Do That?: Looking Beyond Typical Reasons For Non-Urgent Ed Use Among Medicaid Patients, Cynthia J. Sieck, Jennifer L. Hefner, Randy Wexler, Chris A. Taylor, Ann S. Mcalearney

Patient Experience Journal

Barriers to accessing primary care, including lack of transportation and inadequate appointment times, are common reasons for non-urgent emergency department (ED) use yet even when these barriers are addressed, the problem persists. This study explored non-urgent ED use by Medicaid enrollees through interviews with patients and providers and sought to identify themes beyond the commonly mentioned logistical and access issues. Qualitative interviews with 23 Medicaid enrollees and 31 PCP and ED providers utilizing a semi-structured interview guide focused on reasons for seeking care in the ED and issues associated with PCP appointments. We identified overlap as well as surprising differences …


Uninsured Free Clinic Patients’ Experiences And Perceptions Of Healthcare Services, Community Resources, And The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Akiko Kamimura, Jeanie Ashby, Ha Trinh, Liana Prudencio, Anthony Mills, Jennifer Tabler, Maziar Nourian, Fattima Ahmed, Justine Reel Nov 2016

Uninsured Free Clinic Patients’ Experiences And Perceptions Of Healthcare Services, Community Resources, And The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Akiko Kamimura, Jeanie Ashby, Ha Trinh, Liana Prudencio, Anthony Mills, Jennifer Tabler, Maziar Nourian, Fattima Ahmed, Justine Reel

Patient Experience Journal

Free clinics provide free or reduced fee healthcare to individuals who lack access to primary care and are socio-economically disadvantaged. There has been a paucity of free clinic research with the few studies employing a quantitative design. The purpose of this study is to conduct an in-depth qualitative exploration of free clinic patients’ experience and perceptions of healthcare services, community resources, and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Free clinic adult patients (n=35) participated in four focus groups between June and July 2014 (one Spanish group in June, and two English groups and one Spanish group in July) …


Why Human Resources Policies And Practices Are Critical To Improving The Patient Experience, Shari Berman Nov 2016

Why Human Resources Policies And Practices Are Critical To Improving The Patient Experience, Shari Berman

Patient Experience Journal

While providing patient-centered care seems to be a goal for many organizations, delivering on this goal requires practices which are embedded in the organization, which incent patient-centered behavior. The author argues Human Resources (HR) policies, procedures and programs are key to supporting an organizations’ vision and culture. This means an HR executive partnering with the CEO who sets the vision and HR builds programs to support the vision. As the organization understands what is important to patients and how to best serve them, HR can build patient care improvement into every aspect of the organization. The author describes how competency …