Do Organizational Values and Leadership Impact Staff Engagement, Wellbeing, and Patient Satisfaction?

Purpose: Organizational culture has been shown to be an important characteristic that influences behaviors of groups and individuals within an organization. This study seeks to examine the relationships among various organizational values, staff engagement, staff wellbeing, and patient satisfaction in community hospitals.

Participants And Methods: Organizational values and engagement data were retrieved from all-staff survey results from 387 clinical units at Mayo Clinic Health Systems.

Relationships Among Organizational Values, Employee Engagement, and Patient Satisfaction in an Academic Medical Center.

Objective: To examine the relationships among various organizational values, employee engagement, and patient satisfaction in an academic medical center.

Participants And Methods: Organizational values and engagement data were retrieved from 2015 all-staff survey results from 1876 clinical units at Mayo Clinic. For patient satisfaction data, Press Ganey scores from visits from July 1, 2015, through January 1, 2016, were matched with data for 26 outpatient units from the all-staff survey.

Cross-Site Scheduling of Endoscopic Procedures Improves Efficiency While Maintaining Patient Safety.

Background And Aim: Accuracy in scheduling complex procedures is improved through technology to aid nonmedically trained allied health professionals. We used a new computer technology to assess whether a single coordinator could schedule endoscopic procedures across sites of a multisite academic medical institution, thus improving efficiency within the clinic overall.

Methods: A multidisciplinary team designed a cross-site scheduling model.