by Noah Larsen | Aug 29, 2019 | Patient Experience
One of the goals of HCAHPS is to produce fair comparisons of hospitals; to that end, there are two adjustments that CMS applies to your data before scores are publicly reported on Hospital Compare: a patient mix adjustment (PMA) and a mode adjustment.
by Noah Larsen | Aug 27, 2019 | Patient Experience
When viewing the number of responses per question on a survey, you may notice that some questions have fewer responses than others. This difference results from 1. deliberate skip patterns in the survey that do not ask all patients exactly the same questions and/or 2....
by Noah Larsen | Aug 24, 2019 | Physician Partnership
Understand how results in a Physician Engagement study are segmented by specialty type during presentation of results.
by Noah Larsen | Aug 22, 2019 | Patient Experience
“Scripting” in healthcare describes specific phrases that caregivers use to increase patients’ understanding of the care, improve perceptions of the hospital, communicate reasons behind actions, etc. Quint Studer often talks about “key words at key times,” which are...
by Noah Larsen | Aug 19, 2019 | Patient Experience
Outcomes measures are important and the target of many strategies. But they are not always useful in understanding the journey; they are not helpful in identifying challenges along the way. Put simply, if your outcomes measures don’t move after an action plan has been...
