How to Win Over Data Doubters
Published August 13, 2019
Stephanie Wells MSN, RN, CPXP, PCCN | Director, Patient Experience, Methodist Health System
Kyndall White, CPXP | Project Leader, Organizational Effectiveness, Methodist Health System
For patient experience data to serve as a foundation for improvement, healthcare staff must trust the data. By candidly addressing questions of bias, reliability, validity and accuracy, health systems can build their capacity for improvement and empower patient experience champions to translate data into action. Methodist Health System has committed itself to establishing data management and use practices that eliminate data questions from staff and leaders so that resources are devoted to innovative improvement efforts. This webinar will share how Methodist Health System leverages training sessions, meeting cadences, and dashboards to support staff and leaders in understanding their data and positively impacting their patients’ experiences.
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