Owning the Moment through Standardized Service Recovery Training
Published June 11, 2024
The VA New England Healthcare System developed a standardized service recovery program to improve patient satisfaction, increase customer loyalty, and build patient trust. The VA’s S.A.L.U.T.E. training model empowers staff to provide prompt service recovery when errors occur, correcting what went wrong for the patient, mending the damage the error caused, and restoring trust in the relationship.
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Discover a human-centered, multidisciplinary approach to navigating difficult family interactions in healthcare. This webinar shares how teams across all levels – clinicians, leaders, and families – developed tools, algorithms, and training processes to ensure safety, teamwork, and emotional support. Attend this webinar to learn practical strategies for creating healing environments and fostering collaboration to address
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CAVS: The Gold Standard in Healthcare Volunteer Leadership
Published February 11, 2025

In a world where volunteerism continues to shape healthcare communities, professional certifications in volunteer management are becoming a key asset for individuals looking to make a greater impact in their organization. One such recognized credential is the CAVS (Certified Administrator of Volunteer Services) designation. CAVS is a professional certification designed for individuals in the field
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Good to Great: A Team Approach to Excellence
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In 2023 Hartford HealthCare’s Human Experience Team embarked on a Good to Great (G2G) journey to identify teams that have the biggest impact on the metric of likelihood to recommend. The journey began with an analysis of patient experience and colleague engagement data from inpatient units across Hartford HealthCare. By analyzing data for likelihood to
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