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Director

Press Ganey has a lot of movement, so we'd like to have someone who's going to be there for the long...

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Director

I like the innovation with Patient Experience. The vendor is constantly creating new applications,...

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Director

Despite some of the difficulties with support due to people moving around, Press Ganey is a large...

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Director

It seems like Press Ganey is a turnover machine. We're constantly getting new people. We spend time...

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Manager

Press Ganey tests and validates its tools, uses standard scales, and provides psychometric reports....

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Manager

We've come a long way with Press Ganey. We have a negotiated contract, and it covers everything that...

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Manager

Press Ganey is trying really hard to be my friend. What I love about them is that I meet with them...

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COO

When Press Ganey presents something new, we are really data geeks with all this stuff and have our...

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COO

Press Ganey has been very good when it comes to partnership, and I would recommend them. There are...

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VP/Other Executive

The requests I make go through our patient experience department because it's fairly big, so I don't...

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VP/Other Executive

Regarding Press Ganey’s support people, they don't come directly to me and say they are from Press...

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VP/Other Executive

Apparently, Press Ganey is supposed to be coming out with something that gives us more of a...

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VP/Other Executive

With Patient Experience, I don't mind monitoring numerical trends, but purely for monitoring. I use...

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VP/Other Executive

I would buy Patient Experience again, probably because there are limited options. Press Ganey is big...

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Director

Press Ganey offers great support. They have online support. We have regular calls. Our regional...

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Director

The solution could still be a little more user friendly for our people who are not data smart or analytical....

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Director

I personally am a very hands-on person. I like to take notes and actually see things. I like...

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Director

The solution is very easy to use. The vendor has really worked hard over the last couple of years...

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CNO

We have been a Press Ganey shop forever. They have assisted us with more things in the last little...

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CNO

While Press Ganey's product is good, I feel like it is a little behind the times with technology....

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CNO

With the tool, there are a lot of ways to pull individual reports, but that often depends on user...

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CNO

I have been satisfied with Press Ganey. The one thing that could be better is the level of...

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Manager

We rolled out iRound this last year, which is a variation of Press Ganey's solution, and we have had...

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Manager

Press Ganey is definitely impactful to decisions that are being made. We look at the surveys pretty...

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Manager

I do not know whether Press Ganey's solution has this capability or whether it is something they...

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Manager

Press Ganey is integrated with MEDITECH, and all the patient information flows to the EHR. Even as a...

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Manager

We get very low response rates with Press Ganey, and I do not like the lack of visibility into which...

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Manager

I have never gotten training from Press Ganey. Press Ganey relies heavily on a train-the-trainer...

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Manager

I don't know what other options are out there, but I don't love Press Ganey. However, the solution works....

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Manager

I haven't had any trouble with Press Ganey's system. It's always been so great that I can just set...

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Manager

I love being able to break out the data, and I love the way that it's laid out in the solution.

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Manager

I can look at our survey response rates by service line in Press Ganey's system, and that is great,...

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Manager

Press Ganey’s people do great, and they get back to us and resolve issues the same day we report...

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Director

There are area regional representatives that are our primary contacts, and then there are consulting...

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Director

We’d like some sort of real-time recognition tool where a patient could recognize their nurse while...

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Director

Press Ganey is somewhere between moderately and strongly sensitive to ad hoc or customization...

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Director

The PGFusion reporting tool is very robust and also extremely customizable to our own ad hoc query...

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Director

Patient Experience is a good tool, depending on what our goals are. If we were really interested in...

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Director

We are going to move away from Press Ganey. They are pretty pricey, so cost is a factor. We are...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Application support from Press Ganey has been inconsistent. We initially had one assigned contact,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Overall, with Press Ganey, we have brought on a significant number of new providers, and getting...

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Analyst/Coordinator

There was no training from Press Ganey over the past year, partly because I did not reach out due to...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We sometimes consider whether we should look at other programs, but when we have compared options in...

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Director

Press Ganey has so many different tools. For example, employee engagement and patient satisfaction...

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Director

The tools in Patient Experience are great, and they talk to each other. The whole experience is...

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Director

The engagement work with Press Ganey was fair overall. This was our first engagement survey in a...

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Director

With Press Ganey offering so many services, their training is now primarily online. They have a lot...

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Director

Press Ganey has no connection to Epic because the services we use from them do not tie into our EHR.

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Director

Patient Experience is easy to use. As things change and technology advances, it is nice to see that...

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Director

We have had some challenges around data transmission in Patient Experience, and Press Ganey has had...

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Director

I enjoy working with Press Ganey. Patient Experience is easy to use, and it is easy to run data in...

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Director

Getting comments regularly from Press Ganey is very useful. Their NarrativeDX tool is pretty...

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Director

We are working with Press Ganey to improve how we are tying survey data to operational metrics, and...

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Director

We have access to a lot of people at different levels of Press Ganey, and they have all been very...

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Director

The upgrades for Patient Experience are all web-based, so they are seamless. We don’t have to do...

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VP/Other Executive

Press Ganey is in the early stages of integrating some of the Patient Experience data into Epic...

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VP/Other Executive

I am satisfied with the solution. I want to understand what Press Ganey’s road map looks like. I...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Press Ganey keeps all their promises eventually. That rarely happens as quickly as we want it to,...

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Analyst/Coordinator

Regarding the ease of use for end users, we have a few areas where our users tend to need a little...

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Analyst/Coordinator

We have had a lot of turnover with our representative who we are supposed to work with to make sure...

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Analyst/Coordinator

I think the UX just changes. The vendor does have training. It is hard for users to get to and find....

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Analyst/Coordinator

Right now, we are integrating all our different levels of care into the system. I think we finally...

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Manager

Press Ganey tends to promise new solutions and innovations, but they don't execute on time. They...

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COO

I have learned that Press Ganey and Epic are working to pull data into Epic's solutions, and it is...

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COO

Press Ganey is responsive. We sit down with them regularly in their strategic business sessions and...

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COO

Press Ganey's training doesn't touch a lot of physicians. We are just working with a small group and...

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COO

Whether Press Ganey avoids charging for every little thing depends on who is asked. I would say they...

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COO

I like Press Ganey. We have been on their platform for years. I like their tool, their benchmarking,...

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COO

We launched our Google Reviews with Press Ganey, so we started managing our star ratings and...

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VP/Other Executive

I don't know that Press Ganey has continued to advance the tool a lot since we have had it.

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VP/Other Executive

The ease of the system depends on who the end user is. For patients, I would score it higher than...

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VP/Other Executive

We are very satisfied with the system. We are getting a lot of great insights, not just from the...

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VP/Other Executive

I always recommend Press Ganey. The product is easy. My team uses it well, and we have no issues....

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VP/Other Executive

I would like Press Ganey to proactively reach out more with the CMS changes. They do a pretty good...

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VP/Other Executive

We have had executives visit our organization and speak, so the executive involvement from the...

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VP/Other Executive

I really like Press Ganey’s integrated platform. Organizations often use something for patient...

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VP/Other Executive

The thing that Press Ganey doesn’t do well is that they often have new products. I like the...

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Manager

I think the people at Press Ganey who handle our account on a day-to-day basis don't know how to...

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Manager

Press Ganey is terrible at being proactive. Things just appear and are changed and come out of left...

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Manager

Press Ganey was the most willing to work with us on our price, so I initially felt like I must be...

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Manager

Press Ganey is always updating the product. I like that. They are always improving. They absolutely...

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Director

We have a great relationship with Press Ganey, and we can negotiate things or settle on some things...

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Director

We are a development partner with Press Ganey, so if something doesn't work as promised or promoted,...

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Director

Press Ganey does very well with implementations and upgrades. The only thing that we have issues...

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Director

We use Press Ganey’s system for all our patient experience surveys and regulatory surveys. It...

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Director

When we meet with Press Ganey, we can talk about how we are going to serve our patients better...

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Director

Press Ganey always seems to be a little behind the curve with some of their technology. To catch up,...

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Director

Once we get on Press Ganey’s case about things, they are more proactive. However, we have to...

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Director

We would like more of an ability to do automated reporting and graphs without having to jump into...

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Director

With this solution, it is very challenging for someone new to come on board and know what to do. It...

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Director

Press Ganey is the leader in the industry. Based on all the other companies that I have worked with...

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Director

There is a lack of proactive communication from Press Ganey to individual users. We are part of a...

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Director

We have had trouble with the integration between Press Ganey and our data. We have struggled with...

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