Hospital design has little effect about patient satisfaction, according to a fresh study.
Experts analyzed studies of more than 5,600 hospital individuals in both newly renovated facilities and older facilities.
"Our team desired to know how important looks are to a patient's encounter with care. So we looked at studies from individuals before and after a move. We then compared those results to satisfaction studies from individuals becoming cared for on related devices that experienced not undergone a move to a fresh facility," said study author Dr. Zishan Siddiqui. He is definitely an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University or college School of Medicine.
"We originally thought fresh and pleasing surroundings would improve patient satisfaction scores with physicians, healthcare professionals and overall care, but our study showed this is definitely not the case," Siddiqui said in a Hopkins news launch.
The study appears in the Mar issue of the Journal of Hospital Medicine .
Some hospital officials believe that increasing their facilities to be more patient-focused will automatically improve individual satisfaction.
"Not so. Hospital market leaders will have to stop blaming poor patient satisfaction scores on ageing buildings and devices," Siddiqui said.
"Although we did see significant improvement in facility-related satisfaction scores [in newer facilities], we did not see significant switch in satisfaction related to care, or overall satisfaction, for that matter," he added.
More effective ways to improve patient satisfaction include teaching health care companies about personalized care, educating individuals, and involving families in care decisions, the experts said.
