Expanding beyond patient experience
Gist Healthcare January 26, 2024
In this week’s graphic, we highlight the importance of broadening the domain of health system experience initiatives beyond patients to include consumers and even employees. While reimbursements tied to HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) and CG-CAHPS (Clinician and Group Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) scores have made patient experience a main focus for years, an increasingly consumer-driven healthcare industry means that health systems must consider the experience of all consumers in their markets, with the hopes of meeting their needs and eventually welcoming them as new—or retuning—patients. Embracing this mindset requires focusing on the entirety of a consumer’s interactions with the health system and the tracking...