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Serving the Customer – Do Patient Feedback and Questionnaires Improve Quality?

Asma Keshtgar, Len D’Cruz

|November 28, 2017

Summary

Patient feedback, specifically patient experience, offers a reliable measure of healthcare quality. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) show promise for improving clinical care quality over satisfaction surveys.

Area of Science:

Healthcare Quality Improvement
Patient Experience Research
Dental Quality Assessment

Background:

Patient feedback is crucial for understanding healthcare quality.
Traditional patient satisfaction surveys have limitations in assessing care quality.
Patient experience offers a more reliable perspective on the care process.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze if patient feedback and questionnaires enhance the quality of care.
To differentiate the reliability of patient experience measures versus satisfaction surveys.
To explore the potential of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in dentistry.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on patient feedback in healthcare.
Analysis of the utility of patient experience measures.

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Comparison of patient satisfaction surveys with PROMs.

Main Results:

Patient experience provides valuable insights into the care process from the patient's viewpoint.
Patient experience measures are more reliable for quality assessment than satisfaction surveys.
Patient satisfaction surveys are inappropriate for dentist remuneration in the NHS.

Conclusions:

Patient experience measures are a more dependable method for improving clinical care quality.
The implementation of PROMs in dentistry should be considered for enhanced quality assessment.
Clinicians should understand the importance of patient experience in quality improvement.