Frontline Lessons from ISCAS: What Complaints Are Teaching Clinicians – Defensive vs Professional

How clinicians influence the process
FLI#3.3: Defensive vs Professional

With years of experience and trend analysis, ISCAS has identified a consistent pattern: complaints are resolved more quickly when they are managed effectively at the very first moment they arise.

There’s a fine line between:

  • Being professional
  • Sounding defensive

Patients can tell the difference instantly at that point trust may be lost.

ISCAS Defensive vs Professional Graphic