TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving patient experience in radiology
T2 - Impact of a multifaceted intervention on national ranking
AU - Kapoor, Neena
AU - Yan, Zihao
AU - Wang, Aijia
AU - Wickner, Paige
AU - Kachalia, Allen
AU - Boland, Giles
AU - Khorasani, Ramin
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by the Association of University Radiologists GE Radiology Research Academic Fellowship (GERRAF) Award.
Publisher Copyright:
© RSNA, 2019.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Purpose: To assess the impact of a patient experience improvement program on national ranking in patient experience in a large academic radiology department. Materials and Methods: This Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act–compliant study was exempted from institutional review board approval. After initiating an electronic patient experience survey, 26 210 surveys and 22 213 comments were received from May 2017 to April 2018. During the study period, a multifaceted quality improvement initiative was instituted, focused on improving patient experience in the radiology department. The primary outcome was national percentile ranking as measured with the survey. Secondary outcome was the change in departmental percentile ranking compared with the overall hospital ranking for patient experience measured with a similar survey. Results: The overall raw score for the department increased from 92.8 to 93.6 of 100 (P , .001), and the national ranking improved from the 35th to 50th percentile (P = .001). Improvements in raw scores related to personnel were primarily responsible for the increase in overall raw score and ranking. Of the 22 213 comments received, 3458 (15.6%) were negative. The percentage of negative comments was highly correlated with lower monthly percentile ranking (Pearson correlation coefficient of 20.69; P = .01). Conclusion: It is feasible to develop a large-scale electronic survey to assess patient experience in the radiology department, to identify improvement opportunities, and to measurably improve patient experience. Changes in the percentage of negative comments were correlated with changes in a practice's national percentile rank in patient experience.
AB - Purpose: To assess the impact of a patient experience improvement program on national ranking in patient experience in a large academic radiology department. Materials and Methods: This Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act–compliant study was exempted from institutional review board approval. After initiating an electronic patient experience survey, 26 210 surveys and 22 213 comments were received from May 2017 to April 2018. During the study period, a multifaceted quality improvement initiative was instituted, focused on improving patient experience in the radiology department. The primary outcome was national percentile ranking as measured with the survey. Secondary outcome was the change in departmental percentile ranking compared with the overall hospital ranking for patient experience measured with a similar survey. Results: The overall raw score for the department increased from 92.8 to 93.6 of 100 (P , .001), and the national ranking improved from the 35th to 50th percentile (P = .001). Improvements in raw scores related to personnel were primarily responsible for the increase in overall raw score and ranking. Of the 22 213 comments received, 3458 (15.6%) were negative. The percentage of negative comments was highly correlated with lower monthly percentile ranking (Pearson correlation coefficient of 20.69; P = .01). Conclusion: It is feasible to develop a large-scale electronic survey to assess patient experience in the radiology department, to identify improvement opportunities, and to measurably improve patient experience. Changes in the percentage of negative comments were correlated with changes in a practice's national percentile rank in patient experience.
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U2 - 10.1148/radiol.2019182307
DO - 10.1148/radiol.2019182307
M3 - Article
C2 - 30667330
AN - SCOPUS:85063616659
SN - 0033-8419
VL - 291
SP - 102
EP - 109
JO - RADIOLOGY
JF - RADIOLOGY
IS - 1
ER -