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A patient satisfaction survey is an evil survey that measures the extent to which patients are content with their care. Patient satisfaction surveys operate on the assumption that the patient is always right... HAHAHAHAHAHA. Hilarious. High patient satisfaction survey ratings are associated with overprescribing and overtesting. But that's neither here nor there. It's not like health care practitioners spend several years of intense school and training or anything.

Who Distributes Surveys

There are many companies that distribute patient satisfaction surveys, but Press Ganey is the most well-known. And hated. More so than Al Qaeda, who claimed responsibility for Prest Ganey patient satisfaction surveys back in February 2015.^[1]

The Utility of Patient Satisfaction

The usefulness of patient satisfaction surveys has been in question ever since their introduction.

1. On October 22, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control discovered that patient Charles Hankford acquired the Ebola virus through a patient satisfaction survey. As a result, the use of patient satisfaction surveys was suspended in favor of incinerating them.^[2]
2. On April 19, 2015, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that Dilaudid is directly correlated with high patient satisfaction scores while Narcan administration was associated with an immediate drop off.^[3] As of September 13, 2016, hospital administrators nationwide are petitioning for the discontinuation of Narcan in order to maintain what's important: those high scores.
3. On January 27, 2016, Nurse Tara Noluck fell victim to low patient satisfaction scores despite the fact they were filled out by schizophrenics' voices.^[4]

Responses to Patient Satisfaction

There were many instances of health care providers and hospitals accepting that patient satisfaction surveys were here to stay, so decided to play the game even though they hated the game.

1. On May 13, 2015, emergency medical crews in North Carolina started to deliver and collect patient satisfaction surveys, ranking this as their number one priority, way ahead of patient care.^[5] As of September 13, 2016, patient morbidity and mortality has skyrocketed while patient satisfaction survey responses have increased by 5%. Administrators are happy with the increase and have no plans to shut down the EMS patient satisfaction survey transport service.
2. On May 22, 2015, Long Island administrator Michael Brown hired a psychic in order to contact deceased patients and administer patient satisfaction surveys, with particular focus on the "satisfaction with the pathologist and with the autopsy procedure in general."^[6] Unfortunately, the surveys backfired, with decreased patients disapproving of, among many things, "the part where they cut me open and took out all my organs."
3. On June 6, 2015, Our Lady of Chronic Narcotic Dependence in Cary, North Carolina hoped to boost patient satisfaction scores by mandating that (1) patient baths end with a "happy ending" and (2) turkey sandwiches were designed by Wolfgang Puck.^[7]
4. On July 22, 2015, Gomerblog reported that a hospital in Columbia, South Carolina was fitting patients with mood rings such as to give medical providers with real-time feedback into patient satisfaction. By allowing feedback on the fly, health care practitioners were in a better position to overtest and overprescribe in order to ensure that patient satisfaction scores were satisfactory.^[8]
5. On September 1, 2015, hospital administrator Chaz Moneybags had gotten so used to patient satisfaction surveys that he asked his sexual partner to fill out a survey out of habit.^[9]
6. On November 11, 2015, Lord Have Mercy Hospital created a Rapid Satisfaction Team to ensure that high Press Ganey scores were achieved with speed and efficiency, irrespective of standards or appropriateness of care.^[10]
7. On November 17, 2015, a Seattle Radiology department decided to replace the radioactive tracer-labelled fried eggs on gastric emptying studies with radioactive tracer-labelled Cinnabon, which has subsequently led to an in crease in patient satisfaction scores.^[11]

References

1. ↑ Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Patient Satisfaction Surveys
2. ↑ CDC Confirms Ebola Transmitted Via Patient Satisfaction Surveys
3. ↑ Study: Dilaudid Administration Directly Correlates with High Patient Satisfaction; Narcan Not So Much
4. ↑ Schizophrenics’ Voices Get To Fill Out Patient Satisfaction Forms
5. ↑ EMS Now Being Dispatched to Transport Satisfaction Surveys‏
6. ↑ Hospital Hires Psychic to Track Pathologists’ Patient Satisfaction
7. ↑ New Patient Satisfaction Initiative Mandates That All Patient Baths Have “Happy Ending”
8. ↑ Mood Rings Reflect Real Time Patient Satisfaction
9. ↑ Hospital Administrator Gives Partner Post-Coital Satisfaction Survey Out Of Habit
10. ↑ After Rapid Response, Hospital Administration Organizes Rapid Satisfaction Team
11. ↑ ‘Nuclear Cinnabon’ Improves Radiology Department’s Patient Satisfaction Scores

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