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Case Study: Playing Every Point

Case Study: Playing Every Point

“I get up in the morning and think I’m going to do good today,” says Jeb Hallett, M.D. “I spend a lot of time with my patients, examining them from top to bottom. I ask them about their families and their lives. “Yet, my patients’...
CMS Adjustments to HCAHPS Data

CMS Adjustments to HCAHPS Data

One of the goals of HCAHPS is to produce fair comparisons of hospitals; to that end, there are two adjustments that CMS applies to your data before scores are publicly reported on Hospital Compare: a patient mix adjustment (PMA) and a mode adjustment.
Differing n Sizes Across Questions

Differing n Sizes Across Questions

When viewing the number of responses per question on a survey, you may notice that some questions have fewer responses than others. This difference results from 1. deliberate skip patterns in the survey that do not ask all patients exactly the same questions and/or 2....
Scripting the Patient Conversation

Scripting the Patient Conversation

“Scripting” in healthcare describes specific phrases that caregivers use to increase patients’ understanding of the care, improve perceptions of the hospital, communicate reasons behind actions, etc. Quint Studer often talks about “key words at key times,” which are...