Why human resources policies and practices are critical to improving the patient experience

While providing patient-centered care seems to be a goal for many organizations, delivering on this goal requires practices which are embedded in the organization, which incent patient-centered behavior. The author argues Human Resources (HR) policies, procedures and programs are key to supporting a...

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Autor principal: Shari Berman
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Publicado: The Beryl Institute 2016
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7a22218b3c434944a5c669f0fe90453f2021-11-15T04:21:49ZWhy human resources policies and practices are critical to improving the patient experience2372-0247https://doaj.org/article/7a22218b3c434944a5c669f0fe90453f2016-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pxjournal.org/journal/vol3/iss2/3https://doaj.org/toc/2372-0247While providing patient-centered care seems to be a goal for many organizations, delivering on this goal requires practices which are embedded in the organization, which incent patient-centered behavior. The author argues Human Resources (HR) policies, procedures and programs are key to supporting an organizations’ vision and culture. This means an HR executive partnering with the CEO who sets the vision and HR builds programs to support the vision. As the organization understands what is important to patients and how to best serve them, HR can build patient care improvement into every aspect of the organization. The author describes how competency based hiring, training and development, performance reviews, compensation and retention strategies should reflect patient-centered values.Shari BermanThe Beryl Institutearticlehuman resourcespatient and family advisory councilpatient engagementpatient experienceMedicine (General)R5-920Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENPatient Experience Journal (2016)
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patient and family advisory council
patient engagement
patient experience
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patient and family advisory council
patient engagement
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Shari Berman
Why human resources policies and practices are critical to improving the patient experience
description While providing patient-centered care seems to be a goal for many organizations, delivering on this goal requires practices which are embedded in the organization, which incent patient-centered behavior. The author argues Human Resources (HR) policies, procedures and programs are key to supporting an organizations’ vision and culture. This means an HR executive partnering with the CEO who sets the vision and HR builds programs to support the vision. As the organization understands what is important to patients and how to best serve them, HR can build patient care improvement into every aspect of the organization. The author describes how competency based hiring, training and development, performance reviews, compensation and retention strategies should reflect patient-centered values.
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