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Best Practices: Enhancing Lab Patient Experience in the ED

April 8, 2025

This resource provides actionable best practices to improve patient experiences with laboratory in the Emergency Department. Effective communication strategies, workflow optimization, and wait time-management directly impact how patients perceive their lab experience, which influences responses to the survey question:

“How would you rate (hospital name) on you/your child’s lab test experience (such as having a blood draw)? Would you say: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Fair, or Poor?”