Patient Experience

Patient Engagement: Establishing Patients as Partners in Care

Dorothy Fisher, MD, writes that successfully engaging patients requires thinking like them and offering robust resources and service choices.

Dorothy Y. Fisher January 24, 2017

Establishing Quality Interactions With Patients

One emergency medicine physician group raised its patient satisfaction scores from below the 20th percentile to the 99th percentile.

HFMA January 9, 2017

A Physician’s Advice on Protecting Productivity and Boosting Patient Satisfaction

A physician gives advice on protecting productivity and boosting patient satisfaction.

HFMA January 9, 2017

How First Physician Corp. Turned Around Its Patient Satisfaction Scores

One emergency medicine physician group raised its patient satisfaction scores from below the 20th to the 99th percentile. Leaders credit a variety of strategies, including sharing unblinded physician data every quarter.

Laura Ramos Hegwer January 9, 2017

How Ochsner Health System Uses E-Signatures and Self Check-In to Drive Patient Satisfaction

Ochsner Health System’s efficient check-in process addresses patients’ demand for convenience and expediency and saved the health system approximately $48,000 by decreasing document volume.

Lisa A. Eramo October 11, 2016

Millennials Set Pace for Healthcare and Revenue Cycle Management

Millenials want convenient onsite and virtual healthcare service options as well as transparent pricing and easy-to-use payment tools.

Ann Garnier April 5, 2016

Providence’s Revamped Billing Statements Led to Quicker Payment

Providence Health System developed a patient billing statement that encourages faster payment.

HFMA December 19, 2012

Case Studies in Customer Service

Hospitals with the highest regard for revenue cycle customer service are driving increased patient satisfaction and improved revenue. Learn key strategies for revenue cycle customer service excellence.

HFMA October 17, 2012
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