Customer Service in Health Care : A Grassroots Approach to Creating a Culture of Service Excellence

by Kristin Baird

Paper Book, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

IBMC Library - W 85 B162c 1999

Publication

San Francisco : Chicago : Jossey-Bass ; Health Forum

ISBN

9781556482694

Description

Research confirms that it is six times more costly to attract anew customer than it is to retain an existing one. Creating a culture of service excellence requires planning,preparation, and persistence. Customer Service in HealthCare is designed to provide readers with the fundamentalinformation and skills to start or strengthen a customer serviceinitiative within a health care organization. This bookconcentrates on action as opposed to theory. It offers a practical,step-by-step process for creating a culture shift toward customerservice excellence at all levels of an organization, and presentsthe essentials to improving performance that will bring theindividuals closer to the mission, values, and standards. * Chapters focus on: * Tools for establishing and measuring customer service teamgoals * Creating customer service standards unique to yourorganization * Tips on training sessions * Strategies for maintaining top-of-mind awareness of customerservice among employees * Customer service techniques for physicians and nurses * An overview of customer service as an essential component ofbusiness development and marketing… (more)

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CONTENTS:
Why Customer Service. Setting Your Course -- Senior Leadership that Takes the Wheel. Championing Buy-In and Ownership -- You Can't Do It Alone. Where Are You Now? -- Establishing Your Baseline -- Creating Meaningful Standards to Live By -- The Training Sessions -- Getting Everyone on the Same Page -- Keeping the Effort Alive -- Customer Service Pointers for Physician -- A Message for Nurses -- Measuring Results
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