At our Ear Care Centre, we recognize that our patients deserve more than mere transactions—they deserve compassionate care. Here’s why we prioritize the patient experience:
Healthcare vs. Boiler Repair: Healthcare isn’t just a service; it’s a deeply human endeavor. Unlike hiring a professional to fix a boiler, being a patient involves vulnerability, trust, and well-being.
Seeing Patients as People: We intentionally view our patients as individuals, not customers. This mindset ensures that decisions prioritize overall health rather than adhering solely to business protocols.
Patients are not Customers: Let’s clarify: customers exchange money for goods or services, while patients seek healing and support. Our commitment lies in healing, not transactions.
Patients or Clients?: The terms “patients” and “clients” often intertwine. As a clinic, we straddle two roles: business service providers and medical caregivers. Our complex healthcare system demands both specialization and empathy.
The Unchosen Path: Patients don’t choose illness; they’re compelled to seek care. Social norms aside, their well-being hinges on our compassion.
Humanity Over Customer Service: Remember, the patient is a person, not a customer. Approach each case with empathy, not transactional efficiency.
Together, let’s redefine healthcare—one patient at a time.
It’s interesting that in the mind of many, clinician and non-clinician, the terms are used interchangeably or even simultaneously. Important to note that as a provider of a Medical Service, we are, on one hand, a business service for ‘customers and, on the other, a medical organization caring for patients. We are living in a society with a complex healthcare system where the norm is specialisation. Yet, each specialised area relies on and influences others within the very human business of healthcare, as it happens with ear care. Patients do not choose to buy the service and as it shows they have been forced to seek service, in most cases.
The patient is a person, not a customer and we need to approach each patient with humanity and not customer service.
