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What Makes a Great Patient Experience?

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Providing a positive patient experience gives you an increased ability to attract and retain patients. But it can be difficult to know where to focus time and resources for maximum effect. In this article, we’ll examine why it’s worth it to invest in positive patient experiences and share four practical ways to improve overall patient satisfaction.

Why Improve the Patient Experience

Hospitals, medical practices, and other providers have much to gain from improving the patient experience. Here are three reasons why it’s beneficial to focus on the patient experience.

Better patient health outcomes

When patients have a good experience, they generally have more positive health outcomes as well. When someone feels taken care of and respected, they’re more likely to actively participate in their care, reaping the benefits that come with a proactive approach.

Improved reputation

When it comes to healthcare, patients have options for where they choose to receive care. The internet has given patients the ability to research providers and find various options for selecting their care team. Reputation can play a significant role in the choice of one hospital or physician over another.

Greater profitability

When it comes to the business side of healthcare, patients are the customers. And customers vote with their dollars. Accenture research highlights this point: hospitals with superior customer experience ratings have net profit margins 50% higher than those with average ratings.

4 Ways to Provide a Great Patient Experience

When patients have a positive experience, everyone benefits. But providing a great patient experience requires focused attention and the resources to implement strategic changes in the way care is provided. Here are a few practical ways we’ve seen providers improve the patient experience.

1. Evaluate the entire system

Providing quality healthcare involves much more than just the time a patient spends interacting with their physician. A multifaceted approach to the patient experience includes assessing things like how easy it is to schedule appointments, complete required paperwork, access medical records online, and communicate with providers, as well as how patients are treated by critical support staff like those working in the front office.

2. Supplement patient satisfaction metrics with other data sources

It’s possible for healthcare organizations to do everything right and still not achieve what a patient views as a positive outcome. The way patients view their experiences may be influenced by factors beyond anyone’s control. A difficult diagnosis, painful procedure, or a prolonged recovery can negatively impact patient perception. That’s why it’s important to avoid an over-reliance on patient satisfaction ratings. Instead, using this data in combination with other data sources such as average length of stay and readmission rates will help determine where improvements are needed.

3. Focus on boosting staff engagement

Patients encounter many staff members as they move through the various touchpoints of a healthcare experience. Empathetic, helpful staff can go a long way to help patients feel respected and cared for. Staff training and an organizational focus on improving patient-staff interactions are vital for improving the patient experience.

4. Expand the use of health technology

Health tech provides an easy and cost-effective way to improve the patient experience. Online scheduling tools allow patients to schedule or reschedule appointments at times that work for them, increasing the likelihood they can keep appointments. Providing an option for patients to message providers in-between visits can also help to strengthen the connection they have with their care team.

Remote patient monitoring programs are another powerful way to increase patient engagement. Knowing that key health metrics like weight, blood pressure, and sleep patterns are being actively monitored can increase the feeling of being cared for. Additionally, connected health devices provide patients with access to their own health data, increasing the likelihood that they will engage as more active participants in improving their health outcomes.

How Withings Health Solutions Helps Providers Deliver a Great Patient Experience

Offering remote patient monitoring technology is an easy way to improve patient satisfaction. Withings offers a full line of medical-grade connected devices that are easy to use, providing a wealth of actionable health data to patients and their providers.

Intuitive device designs: Withings devices are ready to use right out of the box, making it easy for habitual use. Designed to easily integrate into patients’ daily lives, these user-friendly devices reliably deliver vital participant data to professionals overseeing their care. As an example, 94% of users are still using their scales one year after their purchase.

Metrics dashboard: Built for practitioners, the Withings RPM dashboard provides accurate, patient-centric data to better monitor health parameters and efficiently manage participants. Patients can also communicate with secure in-app communication.

Full range of devices: Withings offers a full portfolio of medical-grade devices. Our smart scales, blood pressure monitors, sleep mat, and activity trackers collect a wealth of actionable patient health data, allowing healthcare providers and patients to more accurately monitor key health measures.

Variety of connectivity options: With WiFi, cellular, and Bluetooth connectivity options, Withings’ connected devices cater to a wide range of technical proficiencies and expand access to healthcare.

Providing A Superior Patient Experience Benefits Everyone

The way a patient perceives the care they receive impacts health outcomes and practice sustainability. When patients feel cared for and valued, they’re more likely to actively participate in their care. The ripple effects extend beyond the patients themselves, creating new opportunities for medical organizations to grow, improving their reputation, and expanding their ability to offer that same level of care to new patients.

Discover how Withings Health Solutions can help you deliver an exceptional patient experience.

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Introduction

Sleep is an essential pillar of health and well-being. The clinical gold standard for sleep assessment, polysomnography or PSG, provides a detailed analysis of sleep architecture but is impractical for routine or long-term monitoring. Its reliance on complex equipment, high cost, and typically in-lab application make it an intrusive process. The proliferation of consumer wearable and nearable devices offers more accessible alternatives, yet their accuracy often lacks rigorous scientific validation, particularly in home environments.

 

A recent study sought to address this gap by evaluating the accuracy and reliability of the Withings Sleep Analyzer (WSA). This contactless sleep mat, placed under the mattress, was compared directly against simultaneous PSG recordings in a large and diverse group of individuals in their own homes. This research investigates the sensor's performance in real-world conditions, offering critical insights into the current state of consumer sleep-tracking technology.

 

Methods

The study involved 117 healthy participants, with 69 women, and a mean age of approximately 40 years. Each participant slept in their own bed for one night with both the PSG equipment and the under-mattress device active. This setup allowed for a direct, epoch-by-epoch comparison of the data recorded by the consumer device against the clinical reference standard. The analysis focused on two primary objectives: the accuracy of distinguishing sleep from wakefulness and the precision of classifying distinct sleep stages, including light, deep, and REM sleep. Performance was assessed using standard classification metrics to ensure a robust evaluation.

 

Results

The investigation found that the contactless device performs effectively in identifying sleep and wake states. It achieved an overall accuracy of 87% in this core task, demonstrating a high sensitivity of 93% for detecting sleep and a moderate sensitivity of 73% for detecting wakefulness. A key strength observed was the sleep mat's consistent performance across various subgroups. The accuracy of sleep-wake detection remained stable regardless of participant age, BMI, sex, mattress type, mattress thickness, sleep quality or the presence of a bed partner.

 

Challenges emerged in the classification of specific sleep stages. The sensor's mean accuracy for staging sleep was 63%, with a Cohen’s Kappa of 0.49. The primary difficulty was in distinguishing between light and deep sleep. This led to systematic biases in sleep duration estimates; the device tended to slightly overestimate total sleep time by an average of 20 minutes but substantially overestimated light sleep by 1 hour and 21 minutes. Conversely, it moderately underestimated REM sleep by 15 minutes and deep sleep by a more significant 46 minutes.

 

Notably, a notable proportion of misclassifications made by the sensor mirrored disagreements found between the expert human reviewers who scored the PSG data, especially concerning the boundary between light and deep sleep. Furthermore, participants reported that their perceived sleep quality was significantly altered for the worse on the night they used the PSG equipment, highlighting the intrusive nature of the gold standard itself.

In a comparative context, the Withings Sleep Analyzer exhibits highly competitive performance in sleep-wake discrimination relative to other devices on the market. For the more nuanced task of sleep stage classification, its accuracy is comparable to that of similar products. This level of performance is particularly noteworthy given the systemic challenges in sleep staging.

 

Conclusion

For individuals seeking to understand their sleep over weeks and months, the primary benefit of a device like the Withings Sleep Analyzer lies in its practicality. Its contactless, 'set-and-forget' nature eliminates the nightly burden of wearing a device and avoids the discomfort that can disrupt sleep, a notable issue even with the clinical gold standard. While the sensor's accuracy in distinguishing specific sleep stages requires further refinement, its strong performance in tracking overall sleep and wake times provides reliable insights into sleep duration and consistency. This capability for accessible, unobtrusive, and longitudinal monitoring is where at-home sensors currently provide the most value, empowering users with meaningful data on their long-term sleep trends.

 

Poster Session: Time and Location

“Evaluation of a Contactless Sleep Monitoring Device for Sleep Stage Detection against Home Polysomnography in a Healthy Population”

 

Session Title: Poster abstract group 2

 

Session Date: Monday, September 8, 2025

 

Presentation Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm (Presenting authors will be present near their assigned poster board throughout the scheduled one-hour presentation window.)

 

Poster Board Number: 531

 

Location: Posters will be displayed in the exhibit hall on Level 4 and accessible during regular congress hours.

About Marie-Ange Stefanos

Marie-Ange Stefanos is a  Machine Learning Research Scientist and a PhD candidate pursuing a joint doctorate in Computer Science and Neuroscience from Université Paris Cité (France) and Reykjavik University (Iceland). Building on her background with an Engineering degree in Signal Processing from Grenoble INP - Phelma and an M.Sc. in Machine Learning from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, her path into health research was driven by a central question: how can my technical background be best applied to solve meaningful challenges in human health?

 

Her doctoral research focuses on insomnia, where she develops algorithms using data from wearables and self-reports to identify predictive biomarkers and differentiate subtypes of the disorder. This work depends entirely on data integrity, which is why she believes the rigorous validation of consumer devices, as discussed in this article, is the essential first step in translating complex signals into reliable, actionable insights for users.

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Chronic Kidney Disease stage 5 on dialysis (CKD5D) presents one of the most complex and high-risk scenarios in modern medicine. Among the many challenges faced by these patients, cardiovascular disease (CVD) stands out as the leading cause of mortality—a stark reminder of the systemic stress that accompanies kidney failure and dialysis.

 

But what if technology could help bridge the gap between dialysis sessions, offering clinicians a window into the patient's health in real-time? An article in Frontiers in Nephrology explores exactly that—highlighting the transformative potential of digital health technologies to monitor and manage CKD5D patients beyond the clinic.

 

The Hidden Risks Between Dialysis Sessions

For CKD5D patients, the risks of CVD are amplified by both traditional and disease-specific factors:

 

  • Traditional risks like hypertension, diabetes, and obesity.

  • CKD-specific risks such as inflammation, fluid overload, protein-energy wasting and vascular calcification.

  • The dialysis process itself, which induces rapid fluid shifts, blood pressure fluctuations, and metabolic imbalances.

Current clinical care models often focus on in-center dialysis data, leaving a crucial blind spot during the interdialytic period—a time when many adverse events begin to develop unnoticed.

 

A New Monitoring Paradigm: The Withings Toolkit

The article introduces a compelling case for home-based, connected health technologies—specifically, the Withings toolkit. This suite of medical-grade, consumer-friendly devices allows CKD patients to monitor key health indicators in the comfort of their homes:

 

  • Weight, body composition and ECG monitoring with the BodyScan smart scale.

  • Blood pressure, heart rate and survey responses for added context via BPM Pro 2.

  • Sleep quality and breathing event metrics using the Sleep Rx.

All data is seamlessly uploaded to the Withings Remote Patient Monitoring platform, providing healthcare providers and researchers with real-time, longitudinal insights into a patient’s well-being.

 

Why This Matters: Real-World Clinical Benefits

1. Early Detection of Complications

Weight gain could signal fluid retention, but muscle loss could indicate protein-energy wasting. A sudden spike in blood pressure or irregular heartbeat might indicate arrhythmias or volume overload. Poor sleep patterns could reflect apnea or restless leg syndrome—conditions with known ties to CKD.

2. Personalized, Data-Driven Care

These devices enable a dynamic view of health trends, allowing clinicians to tailor treatments proactively rather than reactively. Medication adjustments, fluid restrictions, or further diagnostics can be made with greater confidence.

3. Patient Empowerment

When patients can see and understand their own data, they become more engaged in their care. This promotes better self-management, increased treatment adherence, and a stronger sense of control over their condition.

4. Systemic Healthcare Advantages

Remote monitoring can reduce emergency visits and hospitalizations, easing the burden on overtaxed healthcare systems and offering a cost-effective alternative to frequent in-person evaluations.

 

The Future: Digital Tools as Standard of Care?

While still in its early stages, this integration of digital health into CKD care reflects a broader movement toward remote, preventative, and personalized medicine. The Withings case study serves as a promising example of how everyday technology can be adapted to serve complex clinical needs.

 

However, as the authors note, more clinical trials are needed to validate these tools in nephrology settings, establish protocols for data use, and ensure equitable access across diverse patient populations.

 

Final Thoughts

As we face growing rates of kidney disease and limited nephrology resources, connected health technologies offer a lifeline—not just to patients, but to an entire care infrastructure in need of modernization.

 

The Withings toolkit is more than a gadget suite; it's a glimpse into the future of chronic disease management, where data flows continuously, care is adaptive, and patients are active participants in their own health journey.

 

References
Article: Frontiers in Nephrology, 2023 - DOI: 10.3389/fneph.2023.1148565

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Introduction

 

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are a major and often debilitating complication of diabetes, contributing significantly to patient morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. Despite advancements in diabetes care, the incidence of DFUs remains high, with a substantial impact on quality of life and healthcare resources. A recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Endocrinology compared the use of electrochemical skin conductance (ESC) to the current standards in DFU detection. The current method for assessing DFU risk primarily involves clinical examination, including the monofilament test, which is subjective and dependent on the examiner’s skills. Therefore, there is a need for objective, reproducible, and reliable methods for early detection of at-risk patients.

 

One of the many complications of diabetes is peripheral neuropathy, which, if left untreated, can lead to DFUs. Electrochemical Skin Conductance (ESC) is a promising non-invasive diagnostic tool that can be used to assess autonomic nerve activity. ESC is measured in-clinic using Sudoscan, which assesses small fiber peripheral neuropathies, specifically the innervation around the sweat glands, by stimulating the glands and measuring the conductance (in µS) of chloride ions contained in the sweat. Lower ESC values indicate more severe neuropathy. This study investigates the association between ESC and DFU risk stratification, offering a potential new approach to managing and preventing diabetic foot complications.

Methods

 

This study was a retrospective analysis involving 2,149 diabetic patients from four clinics in Greater Paris University Hospitals, the largest hospital system in Europe and one of the largest in the world. The primary aim was to evaluate the relationship between ESC measurements and DFU risk, as classified using the 2016 International Working Group on Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) grading system. This grading system assigns DFU risk based on clinical evaluation, including the presence of neuropathy, ulceration, and other factors.

To assess the predictive performance of ESC in DFU risk stratification, the study incorporated a range of factors: age, sex, type of diabetes, and results from the monofilament test, which is a standard assessment of peripheral neuropathy. The study employed regression and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analyses to explore the predictive value of ESC measurements for different DFU risk categories.

 

Results

 

The study revealed a significant correlation between ESC values and DFU risk grades (p<0.001). Specifically, lower FESC values were associated with higher grades of DFU risk, suggesting that reduced sweat gland function, indicative of small fiber neuropathy, plays a role in the progression of foot ulcers in diabetic patients.

 

One of the most noteworthy findings of this study was that ESC measurements were able to identify patients at risk for DFUs who would not have been classified as high risk using the standard IWGDF grading system. Specifically, ESC detected autonomic dysfunction and small fiber nerve involvement in 43% patients classified as grade 0 (13% with severe cases of neuropathy), who otherwise showed no obvious signs of risk through traditional assessments, showing better granularity in the lower grades for better risk stratification.

 

The findings of this study suggest that Electrochemical Skin Conductance (ESC) provides a valuable, reproducible, and operator-independent tool for assessing DFU risk. ESC measurements offer an objective method for identifying early signs of small fiber neuropathy, a critical factor in the development of DFUs. Unlike traditional risk stratification, which relies heavily on clinical judgment and may overlook early-stage neuropathy, ESC can detect subtle changes in nerve function that precede visible foot ulcers.

 

The ability of ESC to detect at-risk patients in the grade 0 category, who would otherwise be overlooked by conventional classification methods, highlights its potential role in preventing DFUs. By identifying patients with early-stage nerve dysfunction, ESC could facilitate earlier intervention, potentially reducing the incidence of foot ulcers, amputations, and associated healthcare costs.

 

The ability to detect DFU risk early using ESC shows promise for the prevention of amputation.Therefore, we conclude that feet skin conductance is a relevant parameter for detecting diabetic foot syndrome, specifically at an early stage when there is still no presence of feet ulceration or wounds. A recent meta-analysis on ESC supports this conclusion, indicating that ESC, when combined with temperature measurements, serves as a valuable tool for the early detection of diabetic foot syndrome. ESC can be measured in-clinic, using Sudoscan, and at home using Withings Body Pro 2. Measuring ESC through home use of the Body Pro 2 scale allows for additional data collection and better assessment of trends and progression between appointments. Through this enhanced monitoring of DFU risk, care teams can better risk-stratify and provide targeted care that could prevent amputations and complications.

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Introduction

Sleep is an essential pillar of health and well-being. The clinical gold standard for sleep assessment, polysomnography or PSG, provides a detailed analysis of sleep architecture but is impractical for routine or long-term monitoring. Its reliance on complex equipment, high cost, and typically in-lab application make it an intrusive process. The proliferation of consumer wearable and nearable devices offers more accessible alternatives, yet their accuracy often lacks rigorous scientific validation, particularly in home environments.

 

A recent study sought to address this gap by evaluating the accuracy and reliability of the Withings Sleep Analyzer (WSA). This contactless sleep mat, placed under the mattress, was compared directly against simultaneous PSG recordings in a large and diverse group of individuals in their own homes. This research investigates the sensor's performance in real-world conditions, offering critical insights into the current state of consumer sleep-tracking technology.

 

Methods

The study involved 117 healthy participants, with 69 women, and a mean age of approximately 40 years. Each participant slept in their own bed for one night with both the PSG equipment and the under-mattress device active. This setup allowed for a direct, epoch-by-epoch comparison of the data recorded by the consumer device against the clinical reference standard. The analysis focused on two primary objectives: the accuracy of distinguishing sleep from wakefulness and the precision of classifying distinct sleep stages, including light, deep, and REM sleep. Performance was assessed using standard classification metrics to ensure a robust evaluation.

 

Results

The investigation found that the contactless device performs effectively in identifying sleep and wake states. It achieved an overall accuracy of 87% in this core task, demonstrating a high sensitivity of 93% for detecting sleep and a moderate sensitivity of 73% for detecting wakefulness. A key strength observed was the sleep mat's consistent performance across various subgroups. The accuracy of sleep-wake detection remained stable regardless of participant age, BMI, sex, mattress type, mattress thickness, sleep quality or the presence of a bed partner.

 

Challenges emerged in the classification of specific sleep stages. The sensor's mean accuracy for staging sleep was 63%, with a Cohen’s Kappa of 0.49. The primary difficulty was in distinguishing between light and deep sleep. This led to systematic biases in sleep duration estimates; the device tended to slightly overestimate total sleep time by an average of 20 minutes but substantially overestimated light sleep by 1 hour and 21 minutes. Conversely, it moderately underestimated REM sleep by 15 minutes and deep sleep by a more significant 46 minutes.

 

Notably, a notable proportion of misclassifications made by the sensor mirrored disagreements found between the expert human reviewers who scored the PSG data, especially concerning the boundary between light and deep sleep. Furthermore, participants reported that their perceived sleep quality was significantly altered for the worse on the night they used the PSG equipment, highlighting the intrusive nature of the gold standard itself.

In a comparative context, the Withings Sleep Analyzer exhibits highly competitive performance in sleep-wake discrimination relative to other devices on the market. For the more nuanced task of sleep stage classification, its accuracy is comparable to that of similar products. This level of performance is particularly noteworthy given the systemic challenges in sleep staging.

 

Conclusion

For individuals seeking to understand their sleep over weeks and months, the primary benefit of a device like the Withings Sleep Analyzer lies in its practicality. Its contactless, 'set-and-forget' nature eliminates the nightly burden of wearing a device and avoids the discomfort that can disrupt sleep, a notable issue even with the clinical gold standard. While the sensor's accuracy in distinguishing specific sleep stages requires further refinement, its strong performance in tracking overall sleep and wake times provides reliable insights into sleep duration and consistency. This capability for accessible, unobtrusive, and longitudinal monitoring is where at-home sensors currently provide the most value, empowering users with meaningful data on their long-term sleep trends.

 

Poster Session: Time and Location

“Evaluation of a Contactless Sleep Monitoring Device for Sleep Stage Detection against Home Polysomnography in a Healthy Population”

 

Session Title: Poster abstract group 2

 

Session Date: Monday, September 8, 2025

 

Presentation Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm (Presenting authors will be present near their assigned poster board throughout the scheduled one-hour presentation window.)

 

Poster Board Number: 531

 

Location: Posters will be displayed in the exhibit hall on Level 4 and accessible during regular congress hours.

About Marie-Ange Stefanos

Marie-Ange Stefanos is a  Machine Learning Research Scientist and a PhD candidate pursuing a joint doctorate in Computer Science and Neuroscience from Université Paris Cité (France) and Reykjavik University (Iceland). Building on her background with an Engineering degree in Signal Processing from Grenoble INP - Phelma and an M.Sc. in Machine Learning from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, her path into health research was driven by a central question: how can my technical background be best applied to solve meaningful challenges in human health?

 

Her doctoral research focuses on insomnia, where she develops algorithms using data from wearables and self-reports to identify predictive biomarkers and differentiate subtypes of the disorder. This work depends entirely on data integrity, which is why she believes the rigorous validation of consumer devices, as discussed in this article, is the essential first step in translating complex signals into reliable, actionable insights for users.

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