The Beryl Institute Opens Applications for 2014 Patient Experience Grant and Scholar Programs
Dallas, TX (PRWEB) July 22, 2014 -- The Beryl Institute announces its fifth annual Patient Experience Grant Program and third annual Institute Scholar Program. These offerings reinforce the Institute’s commitment to support the growing importance of the patient experience in healthcare and the need for rigorous research to understand and address its impact.
The grant and scholar programs are intended to encourage and support research into the:
• Value of focusing on the patient experience before, during and after care (e.g., ROI, satisfaction or quality outcomes)
• Impact of service efforts on the healthcare experience
• Influence of culture on the patient experience, service and outcomes
• Integrated review of key factors that support positive healthcare experiences
“The mission of the annual programs is to support research efforts to expand the conversation, learning and sharing around improving the patient experience in the healthcare industry,” said Jason Wolf, President of The Beryl Institute. “The opportunity to learn from one another provides the greatest of potential outcomes for all.”
Healthcare leaders and staff engaged in managing or improving patient experience, or graduate students, and/or university faculty members may apply. Research should be relevant to the topics outlined by the grant program and can be in proposal stage, in process or near completion.
All recipients will be required to complete their research within one year of the grant being awarded and to develop a research paper, to be published through the Institute. Recipients will also be asked to present their findings at The Beryl Institute Patient Experience Conference.
The deadline to apply for each program is September 26, 2014. Recipients will be announced by October 2014.
To access the Grant /Scholar application, overview and list of previous grant recipients, visit: http://www.theberylinstitute.org/?page=GrantProgram.
About The Beryl Institute:
The Beryl Institute is the global community of practice and premier thought leader on improving patient experience in healthcare. The Institute is committed to improving the patient experience by serving as a resource for shared information and proven practices, an incubator of leading research and new ideas and a connector of leaders and practitioners. The Institute is uniquely positioned to develop and publicize cutting-edge concepts focused on improving the patient experience, touching thousands of healthcare executives and patients.
The Beryl Institute defines the patient experience as the sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization’s culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care.
Stacy Palmer, The Beryl Institute, http://www.theberylinstitute.org, +1 (817) 785-5003, [email protected]
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