Greg Berney, MSW, Senior Manager of Patient Experience at Cone Health

Greg Berney, MSW


Senior Manager of Patient Experience
Cone Health

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Day 2

Wednesday, March 12th, 2014


13:20 PX Leaders Interactive Roundtable Discussions

Table 1 : Leadership Accountability Best Practices

Moderator: Grace Ibe, Senior Director, Service Excellence and Culture Development, Dignity Health


Table 2: Using Patient Comments to Guide Improvement

Moderator: Jan Althouse, Patient Satisfaction Coordinator, Cook Children’s Healthcare System


Table 3: The Human Service Conundrum…How Far Do We Go?

Moderator: Sharon Parker, Director of Patient Advocacy, University of Hackensack Medical Center


Table 4: The Connection Between Patient Expectations And Satisfaction

Moderator: Julie Becker, DBA, RN, VP, Patient and Family Experience, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare


Table 5: What You Need to Know About CG-CAHPS

Moderator: Susan Osborne, RN, MSN, MBA, VP Patient Experience, Piedmont Healthcare


Table 6: Improving Nurse Communication

Moderator: Megan King, Director, Patient Experience, Geisinger Health System


Table 7: Best Practice Use Of Lead Indicators To Achieve Rapid And Sustained PX Improvement

Moderator: Joel High, Performance Improvement Coach, TruthPoint


Table 8: Keeping Patients Engaged With Virtual Health Assistants

Moderator: Thomas Morrow, MD, Chief Medical Officer, NextIT


Table 9: Aromatherapy for the Clinical Setting: Reduce Anxiety and Improve Patient Satisfaction

Moderator: Caryn Gehlmann, Certified Clinical Aroma Therapist, Beekley Medical

Table 10: Translating Patient Data Into PX Improvements

Moderator: Cassandra Willis-Abner, Director, Service Excellence,University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers


Table 11: Translating Patient Experience Work For Your Staff

Moderator: Gregory Berney, MSW, Senior Manager, Patient Experience, Cone Health



14:50 Presentation: Mission Control - Translating Patient Experience Work For Your Staff

During this session, participants will learn about Mission Control, a performance improvement initiative that develops innovative solutions to persistent frustrations experienced by patients and caregivers through a goal-oriented, creative and carefully planned approach. A tool that is “fast, friendly, and focused”, Mission Control has helped Cone Health in Greensboro, NC reach unprecedented results in patient experience – by concentrating on the caregiver experience.
Learning Objectives
After the session, participants will be able to:
• Understand the role that caregiver motivation plays in patient experience improvement work.
• Understand a process for identifying and prioritizing improvement actions
• Translate opportunities for improvement in a way that excites caregivers.

Day Three: Patient Experience Design & Innovation

Saturday, April 12th, 2014


13:50 Panel: Purposeful Patient Rounding To Boost Employee Engagement And Patient Satisfaction

Rounding for the sake of rounding seems to be commonplace at many hospitals and health centers. How can you ensure that your rounding practices are meaningful and also track back to a specific metric? How can you repackage rounding for your staff so
that they clearly understand how it benefits them? Panelists will walk you through best practices and lessons learned.