Assessing patient experience in an outpatient multidisciplinary clinic setting.
2016
224 Background: Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a national network of five hospitals, implemented a new survey instrument and methodology to gather patient experience data in the outpatient setting. While borrowing many questions from its vendors’ client base, the network also added questions considered pivotal to understanding the critical dimensions of care deemed most relevant to the oncology patient. Surveying includes 100% of all patients first contacted via the U.S. mail and subsequently using e-surveys. Methods: Data is collected, with the ability to be segmented by cancer type; for medical, surgical and radiation oncologists with respect to confidence and likelihood of recommending. For each specialty, an open ended question has been added for the patient to elaborate upon his/her rating. Further, several questions have been added to reflect key dimensions of care specific to the oncology such as emotional needs, family involvement and information, sensitivity to personal difficulties ...
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