Hospitals rethink ERs with patient satisfaction in mind

Many hospitals, recognizing the ED's importance to hospital revenues, have made changes such as allowing patients to schedule appointments or working to attract specific patient sub-populations such as parents. Not only does this draw patients to emergency services, it can also benefit hospitals' patient satisfaction scores, themselves a driver of payments, according to the article.
Patients and their family members respond well to efforts to meet their needs.  To learn more:
- read the article

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