Houston, TX -- (SBWire) -- 12/21/2015 --On November 24, 2015, Press Ganey, a provider of patient experience measurements in the healthcare industry, announced that they have official approval to begin administering surveys to Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Outpatient & Ambulatory Surgery (AOS) CAHPS Survey is for hospital-based outpatient surgery departments, as well as for free-standing ambulatory surgery centers, and its primary focus is to discover how patients feel about the care they receive and, through that, discover ways to improve the patient experience. In practice, this survey will have a similar effect on surgery centers that the HCAHPS had on hospitals, meaning that it will serve to increase focus on overall patient satisfaction. On a larger scale, this is the most recent in a series of developments that clearly show the increasing importance of patient experience in the healthcare industry, as patients become more aware of the quality of the care they receive.

ImageFIRST Houston, a premier provider of products from linen and patient gowns to nurse uniforms and medical scrubs in Houston, TX, specializes in supporting their clients in improving the patient experience at their facilities. The company has multiple products and services designed specifically with the patient experience in mind, but it's all exemplified by ImageFIRST Houston's Plush Promise. This promise reflects the company's confidence in the high quality of their products and the difference that they can make, as it promises that if the ImageFIRST Comfort Care products don't improve the patients' perception of the facility by at least 50% after switching from their current patient gowns, the client facility will receive a free month of service.

There is more information available about ImageFIRST Houston, their various products from linen and patient gowns to scrub uniforms in Houston, TX, and the Plush Promise on the company website or by calling 1-800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the outpatient medical market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 5,500 medical offices every week, providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and much more while partnering with facilities to better manage linen inventory. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality linens and remarkable service: their Comfort Care gowns product line increases patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%.

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