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Giving Patients a Voice Improves Patient Satisfaction for All
By giving patients a voice in their healthcare, organizations can take steps to make the patient experience more tolerable...
Improving HCAHPS: The Impact of Your Hospital Environment

Patient satisfaction and HCAHPS improvements go far beyond medical expertise or outcome. The hospital environment plays a pivotal role in shaping a patient's (and visitors) experience and overall satisfaction. Cleanliness, maintenance, noise… every aspect contributes to how patients perceive their j...

6 Must Haves for implementing Hospital Checklists
To the point, we all mostly agree that it is important to check for quality, patient safety and patient experience.
[Press] The Power of Well Screen’s Automated Entrance Management
“This opens the door for screening remote healthcare staff, as the mobile application doesn’t require scanning badges at a physical station,” says CEO
4 Most Important Improvements to Your Hand Hygiene Program
What are the 4 things hospitals can implement to improve their hand hygiene?
Environment of Care In The Ambulatory Setting
Hospital Health & Safety News | Explore Environment of Care in the Ambulatory Setting
Active Shooter in Your Hospital Part II
Part 2 of the preventive steps to address healthcare's response to an active shooter crisis.
Infographic: The Patient Wish List
"What are the most common pieces of feedback we hear when patients send us letters or complete their surveys?"
The Pain Game - How Will Your Hospital Play?
The AMA wants to lose pain as “the 5th vital sign.” How will this affect your hospital?
The 3 Pillars of High Reliability
Exploring the Pillars of High Reliability in healthcare
6 Reasons to Be Thankful for Our Healthcare System
Reasons to Be Thankful for Our Healthcare System
Top 5 Concerns of Hospital CEOs
The Top Concerns of Hospital CEOs and more latest hospital news stories.
Improving Patient Experience: 8 Overlooked Fundamentals
The important but often overlooked factors that have a big impact on both patient satisfaction and higher satisfaction scores.
The 5 Essential Traits of High Reliability in Healthcare
We've highlighted the five essential traits of high reliability organizations and illustrated how Readiness Rounds helps our clients achieve each one.
Hand Hygiene - Patients Should Not Have to Remind Us to Wash Our Hands
Hand Hygiene - Should Patients be Reminding us to Wash our Hands
Fire Drills and Digital Checklists
When overseeing and conducting your hospital's fire drills, have you ever thought, “There has got to be a tool for this?”
Hospital Accreditation vs. Hospital High Reliability
Hospital Accreditation vs Hospital High Reliability - both are necessities.
Hand Hygiene Compliance Improvement
Careful hand hygiene seems like common sense in healthcare settings, yet the high rates of hospital-acquired infections are still high.
Principles of High Reliability Organizations
Explore the principles of High Reliability Organizations
Medication Storage Safety
During annual Joint Commission (TJC) surveys, the same Medication Management Standards turn up as the highest in non-compliance.