Service Fanatics, James Merlino
Service Fanatics, James Merlino
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Service Fanatics
How to Build Superior Patient Experience the Cleveland Clinic Way

Author: James Merlino

Narrator: James Merlino

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/27/2014


Synopsis

THE PROVEN MODEL FOR DRIVING POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Cleveland Clinic has long been recognized for driving some of the best clinical outcomes in the nation, but it was not always a leader in patient experience. There was atime when this revered organization ranked among the lowest in the country in this area. Within ten years, however, it had climbed to among the highest and has emerged as the thought leader in the space.

How did Cleveland Clinic turn itself around so effectively and so quickly?

More important, how can you do the same with your organization?

In gripping, visceral, on-the ground fashion, Service Fanatics reveals the strategies and tactics the Clinic applied to become one of today's leading patient-experience healthcare organizations--methods that seamlessly translate to any business seeking to improveits customer experience. This strategic guide covers:

How the Clinic's leaders redefined the concept of patient experience and developed a strategy to improve it

Critical lessons learned regarding organization, recruitment, training, and measuring service excellence

Ways in which the Clinic aligned its entire workforce around its Patients First strategy

How leaders improved the critical element of physician communication

Rather than view patients simply as sick people who need treatment, Cleveland Clinic sees them also as important stakeholders in the organization's success. Patients are customers--who desire, pay for, and deserve the best possible care and experience during what is often a challenging time in their lives.

Featuring customer service case studies, as well as invaluable insight from C-level executives at top corporations in various industries, Service Fanatics provides actionable lessons for any manager and business leader beyond healthcare.

Whether you run a healthcare institution, nonprofit, or for-profit business, Service Fanatics will help you create the kind of customer experience that promises to transform your organization into an industry powerhouse.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joe on May 22, 2015

There's meat here, but boy do you have to pick through a lot of fat to find it. This is basically a pamphlet stretched out to book length. Merlino advocates for better service in healthcare and that is extremely important. As an employee in the industry, my institution also makes this a priority. In......more

Goodreads review by Jay on July 22, 2019

This doesn’t feel like a normal how-to book. Instead, it is mostly reflections of the author’s journey creating a customer satisfaction program at Cleveland Clinic and at other places where he has consulted. This seemed quite high level and anecdotal, without consistent recommendations coming out of......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on January 01, 2016

Must read if you work in healthcare......more

Goodreads review by Becky on March 22, 2023

Over the last few years I have talked to patients that have gone for care to Cleveland Clinic ( their Maine Campus in Cleveland). They had such wonderful things to say, not only about the care from the medical staff but also the kindness and empathy from the others they interacted with before, durin......more

Goodreads review by Lainie on May 23, 2017

A lot of the content in here is in my training programs. However, it was good to hear how the Cleveland Clinic got its Providers and an entire system behind such an important culture shift. Do it because putting the patient first is the right thing, and the metrics will follow.......more