With
Horizon Health asking for patient feedback and Provincial Health
Minister Ted Flemming's wish for patient centred care, the New Brunswick
Health Council has released the results of its own survey of patients.
C-E-O
Stephane Robichaud tells Tide News there could be better communication
with patients when it comes to transitioning from hospital to their
homes and about the proper use of their drugs.
Robichaud
says the main area for improvement would be cleanliness. Only 53.2 per
cent of patients across the province say their room and washroom were
always kept clean. That percentage is lower than it was in a similar
survey done back in 2010.
Three out of four patients give their hospital stay a thumbs up.