Understanding the experiences of our patients, their carers and family greatly assists us to identify our strengths and the areas in which we can improve.
St Stephen’s Hospital’s ultimate aim is to make our systems safer and provide our patients and their families with a better experience.
Every year, the hospital collects feedback from thousands of our patients in order to measure every dimension of their experiences.
Weekly and monthly reports utilising advanced analytics enable us to be responsive to emerging trends, recognise staff and departments who deliver an excellent patient experience, and to understand the areas in which we need to improve.
These results are regularly benchmarked nationally against hospitals of a similar size to ensure St Stephen’s Hospital is employing industry best practices to improve patient outcomes.
Press Ganey
Press Ganey is an international company which uses advanced analytics to measure every dimension of the patient’s experience. Every year St Stephen’s Hospital surveys a diverse sample of patients using Press Ganey.
The results assist each hospital department to understand the areas where they are performing, and the areas which need improvement. The results are nationally benchmarked with hospitals of a similar size.
Focus Groups
Focus groups are conducted to further develop a deep understanding of the patient’s view of their experiences. Former patients and their carers are invited to share their experiences and how these experiences have impacted them.
Rounding
As part of the Living Values program, clinical leaders ‘round’ on patients. Rounding is a focused conversation between staff and patients, used to determine what we are doing well and what we could improve. It provides patients with the opportunity to nominate any staff members who have been outstanding in their care experience, so that they may be formally recognised by their peers and leaders of the organisation.
Consumer Engagement
Within our hospital governance system, there are established forums for consumer participation and engagement. These include focus groups and community representation on hospital committees. We use this valuable information to assist us to plan for the future, design our services and also improve our care delivery processes.
St Stephen’s Hospital values consumer participation and engages patient representatives to provide us with leadership and advice on our care and services, and undertaking a review process for patient information and design of our service.
Feedback
St Stephen’s Hospital genuinely welcomes your feedback. We strongly encourage you provide feedback and share your thoughts, comments and questions.