hospital complaints and grievances

What CMS’s 2025 Rule Updates Mean for Hospital Complaints and Grievances

CMS's October 2025 Complaints Tracking Module updates for health plans signal the structured data standards hospital surveyors increasingly expect. Learn how Quality leaders can align their hospital complaints and grievances systems with evolving regulatory best practices.
complaint management system

When A Fragmented Complaint Management System Signals the Need for Strategic Modernization

Survey preparation, leadership transitions, and hospital mergers can expose critical weaknesses in fragmented complaint management systems. Learn how to evaluate when system replacement moves from "someday" to "now," and plan modernization that protects compliance, patient safety, and organizational trust.
grievance tracking software

7 Questions Hospital Leaders Should Ask Before Choosing Complaint and Grievance Tracking Software

For hospital quality, risk, and patient experience leaders evaluating complaint and grievance software, the right questions matter more than a feature checklist. This framework helps you assess whether a platform will eliminate survey preparation stress, connect complaints to financial impact, and transform reactive documentation into proactive pattern identification.
Hospital grievance

Beyond Compliance: Using Hospital Grievance Data to Improve Quality and Reduce Risk

Hospitals are discovering that grievance data offers more than compliance value. Learn how leading organizations use patient complaints and grievance tracking software to strengthen quality, reduce risk, and build patient trust.
Survey readiness

The Overlooked Link Between Safety Culture and Survey Readiness

Survey readiness is more than organized documentation. It reflects how well a hospital’s safety culture turns policies into reliable daily practice. Learn how measuring and strengthening culture creates consistent performance and confident survey outcomes.
Grievance training

Grievance Training: Aligning People, Processes, and Data to Reduce Risk and Improve Patient Experiences

Effective grievance training turns policy into consistent action. Learn how hospitals align people, processes, and data to meet CMS and Joint Commission requirements, resolve cases faster, and strengthen patient trust.
complaint management

Hospital Complaint Management: Addressing the Sharp Rise in Patient Concerns

Hospital complaints have surged 79% in five years, placing significant pressure on Quality and Patient Safety teams. This guide provides evidence-based strategies to strengthen complaint management systems, from technology implementation to staff training.