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# On January 30, 2015, children were devastated when [[Doc McStuffins|Doc McStuffins]] was not renewed for a new season after her '''patient satisfaction surveys''' failed to reveal any "excellent" ratings. The empty slot was filled by Adam McBriefcase, the animated hospital administrator who fired her.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/01/doc-mcstuffins/ Doc McStuffins Forced to Resign Due to Dismal Patient Satisfaction Scores]</ref>
# On March 21, 2015, 23,000 hospitalized patients were polled to determine what factors are associated with a high Press Ganey score. The results are show in Figure 7.
# On April 17, 2015, a rival to Press Ganey named Prezz Gainey released [[Administration Administrator Satisfaction Survey|administration satisfaction surveys]] (or ASS) that made sure to keep the essence of '''patient satisfaction surveys''' by being a superficial and oversimplified metric that were "meticulously calibrated to correlate inversely with clinical outcomes and efficient allocation of resources."<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/04/hospital-administrator-survey/ Prezz-Gainey Releases Hospital Administrator Satisfaction Survey]</ref>
# 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.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/04/narcan/ Study: Dilaudid Administration Directly Correlates with High Patient Satisfaction; Narcan Not So Much]</ref> 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.
# 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.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/05/ems-now-being-dispatched/ EMS Now Being Dispatched to Transport Satisfaction Surveys]</ref> 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.
