by Noah Larsen | Mar 28, 2019 | Patient Experience
“We ask our patients to rate their care at the bedside and what we hear does not match the PRC scores. When we do post-discharge phone calls, everyone says ‘excellent.’ There must be something wrong with the data.” While the desire for healthcare professionals to...
by Noah Larsen | Mar 28, 2019 | Patient Experience
Once PRC receives a client’s file and performs the necessary quality checks, we pull a random sample large enough to complete that week’s needed interviews (in accordance with the sample plan). In order to obtain the correct number of completed interviews, PRC pulls a...
by Noah Larsen | Mar 21, 2019 | Patient Experience
HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and, in part, establishes rules for maintaining the patient’s privacy and security of their health information. HIPAA rules apply to “covered entities,” which include health plans and health care...
by Noah Larsen | Mar 15, 2019 | Patient Experience
Goal Setting has the power and potential to create measurable improvements in their care, create organizational alignment for change, and establish accountability. If you want to achieve world-class levels of performance with HCAHPS (or any other key performance...
by Noah Larsen | Mar 8, 2019 | Patient Experience
Though HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) is a CMS initiative, it includes more than simply Medicare beneficiaries. The HCAHPS guidelines outline the following eligibility requirements and exclusion restrictions for...
