Mystery Shopping in Healthcare
Published July 22, 2019
Kristin Baird, RN, BSN, MHA, President/CEO of the Baird Group, explains that mystery shopping is a valuable addition to survey data because it moves data from the head to the heart which is much more likely to incite change.
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