Patient Experience – A Doctors Journey
Published February 7, 2012
Latha Raja Shankar, MD, MBA, Aurora Health Care
Based on the guiding principle of “if you know better, you do better,” this webinar highlights one physician’s personal journey to improve the patient experience. Ten tactics to drive results will be uncovered by examining the value of reality vs. perception, why doctors do what they do and how they can improve patient experience. The session offers inspiration for service commitment from multiple studies and media stories related to organizational service failures and successes.
Related content
-
Patient Family & Community Engagement
The Impact of Learners on Patient Satisfaction in the Orthopedic Setting
Published May 4, 2025
This investigation evaluates the impact of learners and their post-graduate year (PGY) levels on patient satisfaction in the orthopedic outpatient clinic, an area with limited prior research. A retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from July 2020 to December 2022, involving 2,484 patients, with a 39% response rate. Satisfaction was measured via NRC Health
Learn more -
Patient Family & Community Engagement
A Case Report on Meeting the Spiritual Need of Intubated Conscious Patient
Published November 12, 2025
Nurses are showing more interest in including spiritual health to prevent and treat illnesses. For patients who can speak may ask for their spiritual need to the health care provider. But for intubated patients it.s difficult to express such needs. Most of the time caregivers focus on the physical parameters only for intubated patients. Apart
Learn more -
Patient Family & Community Engagement
Peer Mentoring, Camaraderie, and Support (PMCS) of Southern New Jersey: Suicide Prevention using Human Experience and Social Determinants of Health
Published August 8, 2025
Suicide prevention is a high priority for Veterans Health Administration (VHA). Recent data show an increase in suicide rates, especially among Veterans that had not used VHA health services and nor had received any VHA benefits. Meanwhile, data collected for the past two decades reveals a decline in suicide rates among Veterans who were recent
Learn more