Physician Satisfaction With Clinical Laboratory Services: A College of American Pathologists Q-Probes Study of 81 Institutions
| Autor: | Larry W. Massie, Rhona J. Souers, Shannon J. McCall, Barbara Blond |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Percentile Quality management Time Factors MEDLINE Personal Satisfaction Turnaround time Pathology and Forensic Medicine 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physicians Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Societies Medical business.industry General Medicine Clinical Laboratory Services United States Test (assessment) Pathologists Medical Laboratory Technology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine Scale (social sciences) Customer satisfaction Physician satisfaction business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 140(10) |
| ISSN: | 1543-2165 |
| Popis: | Context.—Assessment of customer satisfaction is a vital component of the laboratory quality improvement program.Objective.—To survey the level of physician satisfaction with hospital clinical laboratory services.Design.—Participating institutions provided demographic information and survey results of physician satisfaction, with specific features of clinical laboratory services individually rated on a scale of 5 (excellent) to 1 (poor).Results.—Eighty-one institutions submitted 2425 surveys. The median overall satisfaction score was 4.2 (10th percentile, 3.6; 90th percentile, 4.6). Of the 16 surveyed areas receiving the highest percentage of excellent/good ratings (combined scores of 4 and 5), quality of results was highest along with test menu adequacy, staff courtesy, and overall satisfaction. Of the 4 categories receiving the lowest percentage values of excellent/good ratings, 3 were related to turnaround time for inpatient “STAT” (tests performed immediately), outpatient STAT, and esoteric tests. The fourth was a new category presented in this survey: ease of electronic order entry. Here, 11.4% (241 of 2121) of physicians assigned below-average (2) or poor (1) scores. The 5 categories deemed most important to physicians included quality of results, turnaround times for inpatient STAT, routine, and outpatient STAT tests, and clinical report format. Overall satisfaction as measured by physician willingness to recommend their laboratory to another physician remains high at 94.5% (2160 of 2286 respondents).Conclusions.—There is a continued trend of high physician satisfaction and loyalty with clinical laboratory services. Physician dissatisfaction with ease of electronic order entry represents a new challenge. Test turnaround times are persistent areas of dissatisfaction, representing areas for improvement. |
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