• DocumentCode
    1666639
  • Title

    Call Centers in Health Care: Effect on Patient Satisfaction

  • Author

    Strother, Judith B.

  • Author_Institution
    Florida Inst. of Technol., Melbourne, FL
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    291
  • Lastpage
    298
  • Abstract
    Call centers in health care services provide a variety of communication challenges. This case study of a call center for a health care plan in Central Florida correlates survey results on customer satisfaction with employees´ self-reported customer-oriented behaviors, and management ratings of employee attitudes
  • Keywords
    call centres; customer satisfaction; health care; call centers; customer satisfaction; employee attitude; employee self-reported customer-oriented behaviors; health care services; management ratings; patient satisfaction; Communication industry; Companies; Costs; Customer satisfaction; Customer service; Hospitals; Industrial relations; Internet telephony; Management training; Medical services; customer satisfaction; customer service communication; health care;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    International Professional Communication Conference, 2006 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Saratoga Springs, NY
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9777-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0-7803-9778-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCC.2006.320362
  • Filename
    4114173