Three Things Healthcare Can Learn from Leading Service Industries
Published June 16, 2016
Paul Westbrook, Vice President Patient Experience, Inova Health System, provides three things healthcare can learn from leading service industries. Along with leadership and staff engagement as leading indicators to achieving superior levels of consistent service, service also has to be unique, memorable and personal.
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Three Things Healthcare Can Learn from Leading Service Industries