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Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice

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Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice

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Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice book

Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice

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Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice book

ByWilliam Winston, Paul A Sommers
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1999
eBook Published 19 September 2013
Pub. Location New York
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315879765
Pages 208
eBook ISBN 9781315879765
Subjects Economics, Finance, Business & Industry, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health
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Winston, W., & Sommers, P.A. (1999). Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315879765

ABSTRACT

Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice will equip physicians and other decision makers in health care with the necessary tools to meet the growing demand for customers’satisfaction in medical practices. Addressing the deliverance of accurate and affective medical services, this intelligent guide provides you with proven techniques in order to provide competitive prices, convenience, accessibility, and quality outcomes to customers. Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice turns the delivery of health care toward the patient. Each recommendation will enable you to provide long-term and cost-effective benefits for customers and your company. Exposing common myths about medical practice, this knowledgeable book offers you a patient’s perspective on the services they need and request to help you offer your customers the appropriate services. From Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice, you will be able to give customers the medical services they want with the help of proven methods and suggestions which include:

  • remembering that office budgets, profits for practitioners, and financial strengths of progressive hospitals and physician service organizations exist to help offer better health services to customers
  • creating a consumers’bill of rights that ensures patients that they are receiving the best possible care for their money, that every patient has a right to their own medical information, and that every patient has a right to express grievances
  • sending out newsletters and announcements of staff changes and changes to office hours to improve physician services to patients
  • incorporating consumer satisfaction in employee and physician performance evaluations and setting standards for consumer satisfaction
  • measuring physician staff and employee satisfaction along with that of the patient and payer to improve provider conditions and consumer satisfaction
  • increasing physician satisfaction by recognition through awards and an incentive system

    Featuring several charts, tables, and suggestion boxes, this guide contains effective steps that you can institute in order to offer excellent care to your customers. Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Practice allows you to expand and improve customer satisfaction for the benefit of your customers and your business.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I: Understanding Consumer Satisfaction as a Way of Doing Business

chapter 1|6 pages

Myths and Other Misunderstandings About Medical Practice

chapter 2|6 pages

Looking at Health Care from the Patient’s Perspective

chapter 3|10 pages

Making Consumer Satisfaction a Way of Doing Business

chapter 4|22 pages

Developing Consumer-Oriented Service

chapter 5|10 pages

From Initial Call for Appointm ent to Billing: Treating the Patient Right

chapter 6|8 pages

Follow Up on Good Service

part |2 pages

Part II: The Management of Consumer Satisfaction in Medical Services

chapter 7|12 pages

Managing Outcomes

chapter 8|12 pages

Applications: How to Implement, Interpret, and Draw Conclusions

chapter 9|18 pages

How to Design and Apply Surveys of Consumer Satisfaction

chapter 10|12 pages

M easuring Performance Against Standards

chapter 11|46 pages

Collection and Management of Data

chapter 12|8 pages

Implementing Consumers’ Ratings of Satisfaction with Your Practice

chapter 13|4 pages

Quality Redefined

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