WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Hackensack University Medical Center, a 781-bed teaching and research hospital located in Hackensack, N.J., and affiliated with The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, is the first hospital to achieve distinction for providing an outstanding patient experience in all four service areas: inpatient, outpatient, emergency and maternity under the J.D. Power and Associates Distinguished Hospital Program(SM). In addition this marks the fourth consecutive year in which Hackensack University Medical Center has been recognized for service excellence.
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"Because patients place a high value on the service aspects of their hospital stay, providing them with a consistent, positive experience year after year is as important for hospitals as it is in any other service industry," said David Stefan, executive director of the healthcare division at J.D. Power and Associates.
The service excellence distinction was determined by surveying a random sample of recently discharged patients of Hackensack University Medical Center on their perceptions of their hospital stay. Patient feedback was then compared with the national benchmark established in the J.D. Power and Associates National Hospital Service Performance Study(SM).
The telephone-based research conducted among patients focuses on the five key drivers of patient satisfaction with their overall hospital experience: dignity and respect; speed and efficiency; comfort; information and communication; and emotional support.
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study score for overall inpatient, outpatient, emergency and maternity
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