The Waiting Game One Sunday last month, I experienced my first asthma attack in over two decades. My husband called some friends of ours to come stay with the kids so he could drive me to the hospital. In a Read More
Trust, Honesty and Effective Communication I consider myself to be a pretty decent mom, but there is that one time of year I have my doubts. It’s almost every September when I take my children to their well checkups and Read More
The Hippocratic Oath Chances are if you’re reading this article, you have most likely heard the expression, “First, do no harm” and have maybe even dedicated your life’s work to upholding these words. It derives from the Latin phrase, “primum Read More
Patient Engagement As we continue our multi-week series called What Patients Really Want, I must admit the topic we’re covering this week, patient engagement, is especially intriguing to me for a couple of reasons. One: there’s mass amounts of research Read More
This week for our Thinking Thursday TIPs we’re starting a new multi-week series called “What Patients Really Want.” It’s no surprise to anyone that we’re living in a day and age of consumerism. What may be new is how rapidly Read More
Myth or Not: Team Huddles Improve the Patient Experience Myths Debunked We’ve been doing some Myth Debunking over the last few weeks. Here’s where we’ve been, just in case you missed a week, or you’d like to revisit. Week One: Read More
Myth or Not: Addressing Patients by Name Makes a Difference First, a big thank you to Jennifer D. who serves as a Medical Office Coordinator for one of our beloved M3 clients. Jennifer suggested the topic for this week’s Myth Debunking Read More
Stop. If you were about to discard this blog simply because the topic of ‘smiling’ seems too insignificant you may want to reconsider. I personally have a belief that greeting others with a smile does make a difference – a Read More
Myths Debunked or Not Starting with this week’s Thinking Thursdays TIPs we begin a multi-week series that I am calling Myths Debunked. If you have a myth that is healthcare related, a myth that you would like for us to Read More
The Power of Service Recovery If your healthcare organization subscribes to M3-Patient Experience®, you and your team have perhaps the most powerful service recovery tool available on the market today. One of our largest physician groups recently had this to Read More