Ilene B. Benator M.D.

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Revisiting “My Own Private Press Ganey Hell”

By Ilene B. Benator M.D. August 28, 2019

In 2009 I wrote about my first-hand frustrations as a physician with Press Ganey patient satisfaction surveys. A decade on, has my hell gotten worse?

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