BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Press Ganey today announced that it has entered into a collaboration with Jean Watson of Watson Caring Science Institute to offer the Watson Caritas Patient Score® (WCPS) as optional questions to Press Ganey clients. With a shared commitment to nursing excellence, Press Ganey and the Watson Caring Science Institute will provide health care organizations with expanded measurement capabilities that can assess caring practices at the bedside to strengthen the patient–nurse relationship.
“Throughout her distinguished career in nursing, Jean Watson has been devoted to advancing the practice of compassionate human caring,” said Christy Dempsey, Press Ganey Chief Nursing Officer. “Her groundbreaking work in understanding, measuring and supporting caring behaviors adds another critical dimension to Press Ganey’s commitment to supporting nursing and patient care excellence.”
In addition, the two organizations will jointly develop research to further understand the connection between caring science and the delivery of safe, high quality, patient-centered care.
“The nurse–patient relationship has a profound impact on the patient care experience,” said Jean Watson, PhD, founder and director, Watson Caring Science Institute. “By combining the practices of human caring with Press Ganey’s principles of Compassionate Connected Care™, we can continue to advance the industry toward optimal nursing practices.”
About Press Ganey
Press
Ganey pioneered the health care performance improvement
movement more than 30 years ago. Today, Press Ganey offers an integrated
suite of solutions that enable enterprise transformation across the
patient journey. Delivered through a cutting-edge digital platform built
on a foundation of data security, Press Ganey solutions address safety,
clinical excellence, patient experience and workforce engagement. The
company works with more than 33,000 health care facilities in its
mission to reduce patient suffering and enhance caregiver resilience to
improve the overall safety, quality and experience of care.
About Watson Caring Science Institute
Watson Caring Science
Institute (WCSI) is an international nonprofit organization created to
advance the philosophies, theories and practices of human caring. The
theory and science of human caring seeks to restore the profound nature
of caring-healing, and bring the ethic and ethos of love back into
health care. WCSI is dedicated to help the current health care system
retain its most precious resource—competent, caring professional
nurses—while preparing a new generation of health professionals in a
broader model of Caring Science.