Digital Maturity as a Strategy for Advancing Patient Experience in US Hospitals
Patient experience is globally recognized as an important indicator of health system performance, linked to health system quality and improving patient outcomes. Post COVID-19, health systems have embraced digital health and advanced digital transformation efforts; however, the relationship between...
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| author | Anne Snowdon RN, PhD Abdulkadir Hussein PhD Ajetunmobi Olubisi MHI Alexandra Wright PhD |
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| description | Patient experience is globally recognized as an important indicator of health system performance, linked to health system quality and improving patient outcomes. Post COVID-19, health systems have embraced digital health and advanced digital transformation efforts; however, the relationship between digital health and patient experience outcomes is not well-documented. Using HCAHPS hospital survey data to measure patient experience, and HIMSS EMRAM Maturity Model data to measure digital maturity, a cross-sectional design using multivariate analyses examined the impact of digital maturity on patient experience in US hospitals. Our analysis shows that advanced digital maturity in US hospitals is associated with stronger patient experience outcomes, particularly relative to communication with nurses, doctors, and communication about medicines and therapies. The findings suggest that there are significant differences in patient experience associated with teaching versus nonteaching hospitals, urban versus rural hospitals. As hospitals advance and progress digital transformation initiatives, evidence to inform how transformation efforts can engage and advance patient experience will contribute to health system performance well into the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-70a3be93188b4043ad5efca5e28486582024-02-15T10:05:07ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Patient Experience2374-37432024-02-011110.1177/23743735241228931Digital Maturity as a Strategy for Advancing Patient Experience in US HospitalsAnne Snowdon RN, PhD0Abdulkadir Hussein PhD1Ajetunmobi Olubisi MHI2Alexandra Wright PhD3 , Chicago, IL, USA Department of Mathematics and Statistics, , Windsor, Ontario, Canada , Chicago, IL, USA , Rockford, IL, USAPatient experience is globally recognized as an important indicator of health system performance, linked to health system quality and improving patient outcomes. Post COVID-19, health systems have embraced digital health and advanced digital transformation efforts; however, the relationship between digital health and patient experience outcomes is not well-documented. Using HCAHPS hospital survey data to measure patient experience, and HIMSS EMRAM Maturity Model data to measure digital maturity, a cross-sectional design using multivariate analyses examined the impact of digital maturity on patient experience in US hospitals. Our analysis shows that advanced digital maturity in US hospitals is associated with stronger patient experience outcomes, particularly relative to communication with nurses, doctors, and communication about medicines and therapies. The findings suggest that there are significant differences in patient experience associated with teaching versus nonteaching hospitals, urban versus rural hospitals. As hospitals advance and progress digital transformation initiatives, evidence to inform how transformation efforts can engage and advance patient experience will contribute to health system performance well into the future.https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735241228931 |
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| title | Digital Maturity as a Strategy for Advancing Patient Experience in US Hospitals |
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| title_short | Digital Maturity as a Strategy for Advancing Patient Experience in US Hospitals |
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