Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/26/2018 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists shares observations on trends in the healthcare industry that have been discussed throughout the past year.

The ongoing growth and consolidation of health systems have had an impact on facilities' operations and how medical personnel react to a changing work environment, making change management essential.

One of these trends is centered around increased consumerism in healthcare. Consumerism drives competition, which in turn means that those who provide high-quality care at lower prices will attract more customers. Patients are adopting consumer-like behaviors by beginning to share their experiences of healthcare facilities through mobile applications and online platforms.

Another trend revolves around changes with insurance plans. When it comes to new insurance plans, more than two-thirds of them are high deductible plans. The instances of these plans are expected to grow and will eventually represent the majority of plans covering the population. High deductible plans will increase consumerism and encourage people to look for quality and value when searching for healthcare providers.

As the industry continues to change, medical facilities and their staff must change along with it. In order to ensure staff are not distracted by changes, medical leaders and department heads are encouraged to involve them on adopting these changes. When employees are able to input or be involved with change implementation, research shows that change management becomes more effective, as staff become part of the solution. Ultimately, the aim is for changes to have a minimal impact on the delivery of quality care to patients.

ImageFIRST's services are tailored to help medical staff keep up with changes in the industry and focus on the patient experience. They offer quality linens and programs to help facilities provide attentive care to their patients. The healthcare laundry specialists provide hospital privacy curtain services and many more similar programs in Toledo, OH, and other cities throughout the country.

To learn more about ImageFIRST's linen inventory management programs, or to rent sheets (and other products) from ImageFIRST for healthcare facilities in Detroit, MI, and surrounding areas, interested parties can call 1-800-932-7472 or visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com/.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com/.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/30/2017 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, provider of scrub uniforms in Lansing, MI, and throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, offers comprehensive, fully-managed programs for health systems departments designed to alleviate staff's workload with inventory management and cost control.

Their wide range of solutions was developed for health system departments such as sleep centers, maternity wards and nurseries, imaging and breast centers, and much more. The programs they provide free up medical facility staff from managing linens, allowing them to focus on caring for their patients. More information can be found on the ImageFIRST website at www.imagefirst.com/hs-solutions.

The medical linen rental and laundry provider serves facilities and offices all throughout the continental United States and Puerto Rico. They service a variety of medical offices including outpatient facilities (radiology, pediatrics, gastroenterologists, cardiology, and more) family practitioners, ambulatory surgery centers, and more.

ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists pairs each customer with a dedicated associate representative known as a Custom Advocate. Customer Advocates, in addition to delivering and picking up linen, also assist with inventory management. They perform quarterly assessments and adjust inventory accordingly so that customers remain in control of their costs.

All linens provided by the company adhere to a strict laundering process that meets or exceeds the industry standards set by OSHA and the CDC.

To learn more about ImageFIRST or to order healthcare bed linens in Detroit, MI and elsewhere throughout the country, visit them at http://detroit.imagefirst.com/ or call them at 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 healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/30/2017 -- ImageFIRST, an industry-leading provider of healthcare uniforms in Toledo, OH, and other locations throughout the country, recently released a document about the impact that medical staff engagement has on patients.

The complimentary document, entitled "The Impact of Staff Engagement on Patients" discusses how the engagement of nurses, doctors, and other healthcare staff has a direct impact on the health of patients under their care. It consists of advice, tips, examples, and research to support this claim. Additionally, it offers strategies that medical leaders can use in order to get their staff more engaged in their careers and their patients.

This document is available for download on ImageFIRST's website at www.imagefirst.com/cost-of-staff-engagement-to-patients.

"The Impact of Staff Engagement on Patients" is a transcript of a 60-minute event sponsored by ImageFIRST. The event featured a presentation by Martie Moore, chief nursing officer of Medline Industries, Inc., called "Is Anybody Listening? The cost of employee engagement to patients and organizations." During the presentation, Moore shared anecdotes and research, and encouraged medical leaders to implement new techniques in order to get their staff engaged and increase patient satisfaction.

This event was held in response to the healthcare industry's growing focus on the patient experience. The impact of nurse engagement, specifically, has been proven to have a significant impact on patient satisfaction.

To help medical facilities invest more time and resources into the patient experience, ImageFIRST offers patient gowns, scrubs, medical uniforms, and other medical linen products in Detroit, MI, and throughout the country. Their Customer Advocates deliver and pick up linen each week, as well as assist medical staff with linen inventory management, and help with invoices and billing.

Medical leaders and staff can learn more about staff engagement, patient satisfaction, and ImageFIRST's linen services by visiting http://detroit.imagefirst.com/ 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 healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com/.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/12/2017 -- ImageFIRST, a provider of scrubs and medical uniforms in Detroit, MI, and other locations throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, continuously makes improvements to their Online Customer Portal.

With these updates, medical facilities that partner with ImageFIRST have the opportunity to easily access their account information at any time of day.

The Online Customer Portal was re-launched in the middle of 2016, based on feedback from existing users. The updated Portal features a more user-friendly interface and simpler navigation.

Through the Online Customer Portal, which is available 24/7, customers can gain immediate access to copies of invoices, details of their current linen inventory, and downloadable certification information for compliance documentation. Additionally, they can send inventory adjustment requests directly to ImageFIRST's Service team, as well as request paperless invoices and statements (a feature that was added this year).

The Online Customer Portal emerged as a response to the unconventional work hours of staff in medical facilities. The Portal's 24/7 availability allows customers to immediately access account information without waiting for an e-mail response, or calling in the request.

The Portal is a complimentary service for all ImageFIRST customers and their staff. Customers who are interested in gaining access to the improved Online Customer Portal can contact the ImageFIRST Customer Care team by filling out the form at www.imagefirst.com/Contact-Us, by dialing 800-368-3676, or by emailing customerservice@imagefirst.com.

ImageFIRST provides medical uniform linen service in Grand Rapids, MI, and beyond, and strives to be the cost-effective solution to greater patient satisfaction for all of their customers. For more information about ImageFIRST, interested parties can call 1-800-932-7472 or visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com/.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://www.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/28/2017 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists explains how their service differs from others with an example from their Detroit team. This branch of ImageFIRST provides medical facilities with linen management services, and products like patient gowns and medical scrubs in the Detroit, MI, area

An ImageFIRST Detroit Customer Advocate named Kris Rossbach surpassed expectations to accommodate the needs of a local facility. As a Customer Advocate, one of Rossbach's duties is to deliver medical linen to ImageFIRST customers.

One of the medical facilities that Rossbach serves had a power outage when he arrived for delivery. This particular customer is located on the third floor of a building and had ordered a large supply of inventory. The power outage did not stop Rossbach from delivering the linens. He took several trips up and down the stairs to successfully hand-deliver all of the linens to the customer on time, reportedly impressing the staff of the medical facility.

After completing this first delivery, Rossbach delivered linens to another 13 accounts within the same building during the power outage. Most of these customers were on the second or third floors, but Rossbach persisted and successfully brought all inventory to the designated medical facilities.

Additionally, Rossbach went out of his way for another one of his customers. As a Customer Advocate, Rossbach establishes personal relationships with the employees of medical facilities. He developed a friendship with a surgeon at a vascular center who lost his favorite Batman surgical cap. When Rossbach saw how upset his customer was about losing his favorite cap, he took the time to search online and purchase a similar one for him.

ImageFIRST Customer Advocates such as Rossbach, as well as other staff members, are determined to deliver exceptional service to all of their customers.

To learn more about more about ImageFIRST Detroit and their medical uniform linen service in Grand Rapids, MI, and surrounding areas, visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com/ or call 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST
Founded in 1967, ImageFIRST® is the largest and fastest growing national linen rental and laundry service specializing in the healthcare market. ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide serve over 11,000 medical facilities every week providing linen, patient gowns, scrubs and more while managing their clients' linen inventory for cost management. With a customer retention rate of over 95%, ImageFIRST is dedicated to improving patient satisfaction through quality products and remarkable service: their Comfort Care® line of gowns are proven to increase patients' favorable perception of a facility by more than 50%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://www.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/12/2017 -- ImageFIRST, a provider of medical uniform linen services in Grand Rapids, MI, announced that the ImageFIRST Denver location was honored as a recipient at Discover Goodwill's Annual Dinner in April, the organization's highest-profile event of the year.

Over 700 "Goodwill Ambassadors" attended the dinner, including donors, local businesses, community partners, honorees and others. Each year, Discover Goodwill selects a few local businesses on which to bestow the 2016 "Extending Goodwill" award. The award recognizes those who have supported Discover Goodwill and embraced its mission to help improve the lives of others, especially those with developmental and economic disadvantages.

Discover Goodwill wants to help people gain both personal and economic independence by eliminating barriers that might inhibit their ability to find job opportunities. With over 20 different types of programs, the organization offers job training and employment placement to those who lack work experience or who have disabilities.

ImageFIRST, one of three recipients of the "Extending Goodwill" award, provides laundry services and linen rentals to medical facilities. Their products and services allow healthcare professionals to focus on providing quality care for their patients, rather than worrying about medical linen and inventory management.

ImageFIRST partnered with Discover Goodwill's Fresh Start Laundry to provide job training and placement to disadvantaged individuals in a service-oriented environment. ImageFIRST occasionally outsources their work to help give individuals like these a fresh start in life.

ImageFIRST considers itself more than just a provider of medical uniform scrubs in Toledo, OH, and beyond; the ImageFIRST Purpose states the company's intention to build a great company by positively impacting the lives of their associates, their community, their customers and their customers' patients. To learn more about ImageFIRST, visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com/.

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 6,000 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/21/2017 -- ImageFIRST, which provides medical linen services to Detroit, MI, and many other locations across the United States, has announced that they will participate in the fourth annual Patient Experience Week, which takes place from April 24 to 28, 2017.

The event is led by The Beryl Institute, a global community of practice dedicated to improving the patient experience through collaboration and shared knowledge. ImageFIRST locations nationwide will be taking the time to focus on how they positively impact the patient experience and what they can do to continue to improve it.

During Patient Experience Week, ImageFIRST will recognize and show appreciation for their associates, who frequently go the extra mile to assist their customers. The event serves as a reminder that associates ultimately help to shape the patient experience through their efforts.

By providing quality linen services, including delivery, inventory management and stocking, ImageFIRST allows its customers in the medical field to direct more of their attention to providing exceptional care to their patients.

Patients are at the heart of the ImageFIRST purpose, along with their associates, their customers and the community. In addition to the services that the company offers, their products also serve to enhance the patient experience. A study conducted nationwide with over 1,000 patients indicated that medical facilities that began using ImageFIRST's exclusive line of Comfort Care patient gowns improved their patient perception of their facility by at least 50 percent.

ImageFIRST provides medical uniform linen services in Grand Rapids, MI, and neighboring communities. To learn more about how ImageFIRST products and services aim to be the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com/.

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 6,000 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/06/2017 -- For the fourth year in a row, ImageFIRST, a linen service and provider of medical uniforms in Grand Rapids, MI (and communities across the US and Puerto Rico), celebrated ImageFIRST Day on January 27, 2017. This company-wide event is a day set aside to participate in community giving events and honor ImageFIRST associates, who are at the heart of the company's purpose.

At ImageFIRST Detroit and all other locations, ImageFIRST associates who are recognized as going above and beyond by their peers are nominated to become "All Star" associates. Out of the associates who are ultimately chosen as All Stars, the top performers are then nominated to become members of the "Council Of Excellence."

Associates who are selected to be on the Council Of Excellence are honored with a video viewed by all associates on ImageFIRST Day, and are also awarded with a trip to an exotic location. This year, the destination was a resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico.

During the second half of this year's ImageFIRST Day, the company's associates participated in community giving activities.

ImageFIRST Day is just one of the many things that the company does to honor its associates. To learn more about what their associates do, or what it takes to join the ImageFIRST team, please visit the Careers page of their site.

Now in its 50th year of service, ImageFIRST promises to be the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction to healthcare facilities all over the United States and Puerto Rico. Their thousands of customers include family practices, women's health centers, imaging centers and much more.

To learn more about how to become a partner with ImageFIRST or the medical scrubs and uniforms that ImageFIRST offers to customers in Lansing, MI, and other areas, visit their website or call 800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Detroit
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 6,000 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/25/2017 -- ImageFIRST Detroit, a provider of patient gowns and medical scrubs in and around Detroit, MI, announced the relaunch of their complimentary downloadable guide titled "3 Critical Steps to Ensure Clean and Safe Healthcare Laundry."

The guide, which can be downloaded on the company's website here, describes what characteristics administrators and managers of medical facilities should look for in their medical linen and laundry provider before committing to a vendor partner.

Specifically, "3 Critical Steps to Ensure Clean and Safe Healthcare Laundry" encourages medical facilities to partner with a healthcare laundry provider that sets high standards for infection prevention (for example, going beyond the insufficient term "hygienically clean") and has an intimate understanding of the medical industry's challenges. The guide also presents readers with a three-step plan that they can use when they are looking for a new laundry company.

ImageFIRST Detroit and all other ImageFIRST locations across the United States and Puerto Rico strive to help medical facilities improve infection prevention procedures and be a solution for greater patient satisfaction.

ImageFIRST exclusively works within the medical industry. One of their highest priorities is to ensure that their clients are informed of important changes and developments within the medical industry.

To learn more about ImageFIRST Detroit and the patient gowns, medical scrubs and uniforms they provide to facilities in Lansing, MI, and the surrounding communities, please visit their website today.

About ImageFIRST Detroit
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 6,000 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/24/2016 -- ImageFIRST Detroit, the healthcare laundry specialist, continues to be on the forefront of the medical linen and laundry industry by emphasizing small but important details. The company believes that a little kindness can go a long way. The Vice President of the Southeast Region and National Service Director of ImageFIRST, Jay Juffre, recently spoke out about the approach he and his colleagues take to ensure patient satisfaction. He shared an inspirational story about practicing spontaneous generosity and being what he calls a "daymaker."

Juffre states, "One thing I miss about the old way of doing things on toll roads is something I used to do to entertain the kids (and myself as well for that matter). If the toll was a fixed amount and say under two dollars, we would occasionally pay for the car behind us (who happened to be a perfect stranger)." Typically, the motorist behind Juffre's car would realize what had happened and catch up to give a wave and smile in gratitude for Juffre's friendly gesture. "In some cases," writes Juffre, "I am sure it also made their day…[W]e should encourage our team to take the same with their patients."

What can healthcare providers learn from this anecdote of authenticity, selflessness and kindness? By learning from Juffre's example, healthcare providers can encourage their team members to take the same approach of "daymaking" with their patients, vendor partners and coworkers. And when it comes to healthcare linen services around Kalamazoo, MI and throughout the nation, it is clear that ImageFIRST mimics Juffre's generous behaviors by putting patient experience and client satisfaction at the top of their priority list.

One of the many ways ImageFIRST Detroit achieves that goal is using their high quality standards when providing sanitary scrubs and medical uniforms across the Detroit, MI, metropolitan area and beyond. To learn more about how ImageFIRST Detroit's products and services visit http//detroit.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Detroit
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 6,000 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/09/2016 -- Infection prevention is paramount in the medical industry. ImageFIRST Detroit, the premier medical uniform linen service around Grand Rapids, MI, recognizes the importance of properly protecting from infection and reinfection within healthcare facilities. ImageFIRST has over 50 years of expertise in providing clean, comfortable linens and gowns to medical facilities across Detroit. The company is effective when preventing infection of their linen and often share resources and studies on the matter to their partners.

There are many studies that are shining light on the problematic issue of inpatient and outpatient workers improperly following medical protocols. One study reported in the American Journal of Infection Control (AJIC) experimented with altering screen saver formatting with hopes of improving hand hygiene behavior by reminding medical personnel to wash up before procedures. There were two strategies to subconsciously influence this behavior. The first approach focused on gaining attention, and the second was to apply peer pressure. The conclusion of the research was that screen savers designed according to scientific propositions for visual attention and peer pressure have the potential to alter hand hygiene behavior.

In another study noted in the AJIC, results showed that 37% of staff members studied used no hand hygiene, shedding light on the ongoing problems occurring at inpatient and outpatient organizations. This is an ongoing challenge that facilities across America face on a daily basis. ImageFIRST is progressive when it comes to applying best practices and improving sanitation protocol. All of the company's healthcare bed supplies around Toledo, OH and beyond undergo a 5-Point Quality System check which assures patients that their linens are clean, safe, and comfortable. Additionally, ImageFIRST has a Triple BioShield Protection process in place, which kills up to 99.999% of pathogens.

The medical linen and laundry company services Detroit and the surrounding communities. ImageFIRST employs highly qualified Customer Advocates who are alongside the client through every step of the way. The company manages inventory, delivers the medical products, and helps healthcare facilities organize the linen to free up time for medical workers. To learn more about other creative solutions from ImageFIRST, interested parties are encouraged to visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com or call 1-800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Detroit
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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/27/2016 -- Preventing hospital-acquired infections continues to be one of the healthcare industry's critical points of concern. According to the CDC, roughly one in 25 hospital patients has a healthcare-associated infection (HAI) on any given day. Over the past several years, the CDC has observed a decrease in the overall HAI rate, but there is still much work for providers to do in order to bring that rate down to zero. Increasingly, this ongoing challenge has providers seeking infection prevention solutions in innovative ways. ImageFIRST Detroit, a medical laundry, uniform and linen service in Grand Rapids, MI, recently shared an example of creative infection prevention that reflects their own values as an innovative medical linen and laundry vendor.

An article in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests that creative motivational factors can contribute to infection prevention. The article described a study that was designed to encourage hand-washing hygiene behavior. Proper hand hygiene is a cornerstone of infection prevention within any healthcare facility, but it is sometimes difficult to regulate. However, the study suggested that using gain-framed messages extolling the benefits of hand-washing leads to an increase in staff following hand-washing procedures. In the study, it was found that screensavers with messages that encourage hand hygiene and include images of peers and patients, are effective at capturing subjects' attention and creating an effect of peer pressure, which then increases their likelihood of following hand hygiene procedures. The study is an example of creative solutions that have an immediate impact on the behavior of industry professionals, which can in turn improve the infection prevention rate.

As a provider of medical linen, laundry, patient gowns and uniforms in Detroit, MI, ImageFIRST Detroit is a key partner for healthcare providers who are seeking innovative solutions to their infection prevention goals. ImageFIRST's Triple BioShield process is a frontline defense against bacteria: A sanitizing wash process kills up to 99.999% percent of known pathogens, and a protective coating adds an extra layer of protection to linen and garments once they leave ImageFIRST's laundry facility. While all products that leave their laundering facilities are encased in plastic, patient gowns come individually wrapped in a plastic bag, for protection and assurance that patients can see.

Other innovative services from ImageFIRST are designed to free up healthcare staff from the tasks of linen inventory management so that they can focus on patient care and prevention best practices. For example, ImageFIRST's Customer Advocates are much more than delivery drivers. ImageFIRST has expanded this role into one resembling an extra team member who takes care of inventory control, stocking and overall support. Plus, services like ImageFIRST's Instant Service App, Same-Day Linen Rescue program and the Online Customer Portal streamlines the linen management process with creative solutions.

ImageFIRST's innovations thrive on customer feedback. Those interested in suggesting their own improvements or simply learning more can visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Detroit
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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/06/2016 -- In the past decade, the healthcare industry has experienced some of the most significant changes compared to other industries that inevitably bring with them corresponding challenges. Some of the challenges that healthcare providers face entail the ongoing improvement of infection prevention, the patient experience, and cost management. As a leading healthcare linen provider of medical scrubs and other products in Detroit, MI, ImageFIRST addresses the challenges of the medical field with their topnotch processes and services.

ImageFIRST Detroit recognizes that a variety of factors are the causes of the growing trend of consumerism in the healthcare industry, which has led to a changing landscape. The administering of CAHPS surveys, the Affordable Healthcare Act of 2010, and the transparency of online communication for patients have resulted in rising obstacles that healthcare facilities must face, which is why the laundry specialist designs their services specifically to aid busy administrators.

Enhancing the patient experience is a main focus of healthcare facilities looking to improve their environment. Just like the passion of their customers, ImageFIRST puts patients at the center of everything they do. For example, the company has a line of quality gowns called Comfort Care, which are fabricated with extremely soft material so that patients can feel warm, comfortable, and cozy during treatment.

ImageFIRST Detroit also aims to assist their customers with adhering to infection prevention standards. Healthcare facilities continue to look for improvements of infection prevention efforts, and this focus is especially demonstrated in the recent creation of a new position at the Joint Commission, titled Patient Safety Officer, of which Ronald M. Wyatt, MD, MHA was appointed. Sharing the same passion as the medical facilities they serve, the laundry specialists provide their customers with AssuranceFIRST, which eliminates worry concerning infection prevention in regards to their products. The company assures that their products meet infection prevention standards with their exceptional processes such as the encasing of products in plastic and an advanced wash that kills up to 99.999% of common pathogens.

Last but not least, ImageFIRST Detroit, the provider of nurse scrubs in Grand Rapids, MI, aims to be the cost-effective solution for medical linen and laundry products. Healthcare facilities who need to improve their cost management strategy can benefit from partnering with ImageFIRST. The laundry provider puts ValueFIRST in regards to their renting, delivering, and cleaning services. ValueFIRST allows healthcare facilities to concentrate fully on their patients through ImageFIRST Detroit's inventory control and management, flat billing, and transparent invoices.

To find out more about how ImageFIRST's services, products, and processes can help overcome industry challenges, visit their website or dial 1-800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Detroit
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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/24/2016 -- ImageFIRST Detroit is always looking for, and admiring, innovative work in the medical industry. In fact, the company was pleased to discover the implementation of the concept integrated facility design at The Children's Hospital of Michigan – Troy. Recently, a team of about 100 physicians, nurses, and other support staff from the hospital embraced integrated facility design, a Lean technique, to maximize efficiency and improve the overall patient experience.

What interests ImageFIRST Detroit about The Children's Hospital of Michigan – Troy's endeavors in integrated facility design was the focus on efficiency, a concept that ImageFIRST Detroit holds dear. Specifically, the hospital's focus on efficiency lines up with ImageFIRST Detroit's goals to improve patients' experience, because it goes hand-in-hand with the company's efforts to redefine patient comfort. For the hospital, efficient processes for admitting and accommodating patients' needs improves patient satisfaction; for ImageFIRST Detroit, improving patient comfort comes from their innovative line of remarkably soft Comfort Care products.

Innovations in the healthcare industry need to be patient-oriented with a specific focus on the patient experience. ImageFIRST Detroit knows this, and the company is pleased to accommodate the needs of the medical industry's growing consumer base. This takes a special approach because these consumers are becoming more and more savvy; therefore, their expectations are becoming more and more demanding for medical facilities. However, medical facilities that work with ImageFIRST Detroit need not concern themselves because ImageFIRST Detroit offers everything from comfortable and cozy gowns for patients to medical scrubs in Detroit, MI and its surrounding areas that are specially designed with the patient experience in mind.

Those interested in ImageFIRST Detroit's patient experience-oriented approach to healthcare laundry services, like their providing uniform scrubs in Lansing, MI, are encouraged to visit the company's website for more information.

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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/21/2016 -- Pathogens that cause healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) can creep into many locations in a hospital, including those that even experienced healthcare professionals may not expect. According to a recent report from the American Journal of Infection Control, 92% of the hospital privacy curtains – also known as "cubicle curtains" – tested by a research group were contaminated with dangerous bacteria, including MRSA and VRE within a week of their last laundering. Frequently touched by staff but infrequently cleaned, cubicle curtains have become a veritable nightmare for those determined to prevent the spread of disease.

At ImageFIRST Detroit, a provider of scrubs, linens, gowns, and nurse uniforms in Detroit, MI, an innovative cubicle curtain program is available to healthcare providers in order to help stop the spread of infection in a manner that is convenient for hospital staff.

The healthcare laundry provider's specially-designed curtains – rented to facilities, who accordingly need not worry about capital expenditures – are easily changed in just seconds, a task completed by dedicated ImageFIRST associates in order to cut down on the amount of time and labor required from the facility's staff, giving them more time to focus on patient care. These curtains feature RFID technology which the ImageFIRST associate will scan in order to document infection prevention efforts and track the curtains' location, and are routinely changed by ImageFIRST staff on a rigorously-upheld schedule to ensure their sanitation.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST cubicle curtain program, available at select locations nationwide, or to inquire about receiving scrubs, gowns, linens, and medical uniforms in Detroit, MI from the ImageFIRST Detroit location, visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/15/2015 -- Patients' reported satisfaction in their overall medical experience is of increasing importance when it comes to finding ways to improve performance and reduce patient discomfort and, in November, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reflected this trend by approving the administration of a CAHPS survey directed specifically at Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery (OAS) facilities. Centers and surgery departments that fall into these categories will be required to administer the survey after 2017 – meaning an increased focus on enhanced patient experience is now happening across the nation. While many factors can influence a patient's experience during their care, there's one that's easy to change: comfort. With healthcare laundry services and uniquely cozy gowns from ImageFIRST Detroit's Comfort Care line, hospitals can make a major impact on overall patient perception of their facilities by switching to this innovative, unbelievably soft product.

ImageFIRST Detroit, supplying healthcare laundry products such as medical scrubs in Detroit, MI, has developed products and processes tailored uniquely to suit the needs of medical outpatient facilities as well as hospitals. Their remarkable services target cleanliness (with their Bright White standard for all linen), sanitation (through their Triple BioShield Protection system and more), customer care and patient comfort, all factors shown to affect patient perception of a facility. ImageFIRST designed its Comfort Care line to be uniquely cozy, warm and comforting, helping patients to feel more at-ease in a clinical setting.

Other ImageFIRST clients have already reported incredible success with their Comfort Care items; in just one example, the Eastside Medical Center in Cedar Rapids saw a 500% increase in patient satisfaction after switching to our Comfort Care line – truly a remarkable change.

To learn more about how ImageFIRST Detroit's healthcare laundry services can help improve patient experiences in, and perception of, healthcare facilities, or to inquire about subscribing to their services providing scrubs, linens, gowns and nurse uniforms in Detroit, MI, visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/17/2015 -- At ImageFIRST, a nationwide provider of healthcare laundry services to hospitals and outpatient facilities, the company's customers and the communities in which they live and work are at the heart of their purpose. ImageFIRST locations across the country choose charitable causes to sponsor and work with through company-wide volunteer days; these causes are often customers of ImageFIRST, who work hard to provide remarkable healthcare services to their patients. ImageFIRST Detroit has recently announced that they will be sponsoring the Euro-Peds Foundation's First Step Gala at the Detroit Athletic Club.

The event, which will take place on Friday, November 20, between 6:00 and 10:30 p.m., will follow last month's ImageFIRST Detroit participation in the Euro-Peds Family Fun day. The First Step Gala helps raise funds for children with neuromuscular disorders, such as traumatic brain injuries, cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other issues, in order to help them take their first steps towards improving their mobility at the Euro-Peds National Center for Intensive Pediatric PT. The event will feature live entertainment, cocktails and dinner for the guests, as well as a silent auction, the proceeds from which will go directly towards providing these crucial medical services to children affected by mobility-related diseases.

ImageFIRST Detroit also works with the Euro-Peds Foundation to provide the facility with healthcare laundry linens, gowns, scrubs, robes and more. ImageFIRST Customer Advocates work to ensure that the facilities to which they supply linens, gowns, scrubs and uniforms in Lansing, MI, and surrounding areas, will never find themselves short on the necessary laundry supplies, and go the extra mile to ensure that medical providers don't need to worry about their healthcare linens and can instead focus on what counts: their patients.

To learn more about the remarkable healthcare laundry services offered by ImageFIRST Detroit, which supplies gowns, robes, linens and uniform scrubs in Lansing, MI, and nearby, visit http://www.detroit.imagefirst.com.

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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/20/2015 -- At the Euro-Peds Foundation in North Oakland, Detroit, children requiring intensive physical therapy are able to receive progressive physical therapy (PT) that was formerly only available in Eastern and Western European countries. Founded at the urging of parents whose daughter showed remarkable improvements after participating in such a program in Poland, the Euro-Peds Foundation now brings the same medical knowledge closer to home, and also provides home-care education to caretakers of children with non-progressive neuromuscular disorders. ImageFIRST Detroit, which provides healthcare laundry services to the Euro-Peds Foundation and many other local healthcare facilities, is proud to announce its volunteer participation in the annual Euro-Peds Family Fun Day.

The ImageFIRST Detroit team met first, early in the morning, in order to fortify themselves with a hearty breakfast and plan out the best ways to make the outing a special, fun occasion for every patient. The team then spent the day working in collaboration with Euro-Peds volunteers to set up games and stands, as well as do face-painting. Both ImageFIRST Detroit and the Euro-Peds Foundation are happy to announce that the day was a huge success, and provided an excellent means for patients and families working with the foundation to have an opportunity to meet, play games and have fun.

ImageFIRST Detroit will also be sponsoring a table at the Euro-Peds Foundation's 1st gala fundraiser, to be held on November 20th at the Detroit Athletic Club. Proceeds from this gala will aid children with neuromuscular disorders, such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida and traumatic brain injuries, to improve their mobility with the help of the Euro-Peds National Center for Intensive Pediatric PT.

For more information on the volunteer activities of ImageFIRST Detroit, or to learn more about the healthcare laundry services provided nationwide by ImageFIRST, visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com.

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/02/2015 -- There is a proven link between the satisfaction of environmental services staff with the culture of their company, and the quality of the products and services they provide – especially in the healthcare industry. A variety of empathetic leadership tactics, including asking employees for their insight on problems, have been shown to be successful at inspiring workers, solving common issues and improving sanitation. Often, one of the improvements suggested is that sanitary measures be made easier and faster to implement on the part of hospital staff, to ensure more time is available for patient care. ImageFIRST Detroit, providing healthcare laundry services to Michigan-area hospitals and outpatient facilities, helps medical staff to apply themselves fully to their patients and less to ancillary tasks by providing easy, convenient access to sanitary healthcare laundry linens and other products.

By providing personalized care to all clients, ImageFIRST Detroit eliminates the need for medical staff to spend time managing and stocking linens themselves, a job that is taken care of by their ImageFIRST representative, called a Customer Advocate. Careful inventory tracking on the part of these Customer Advocates ensures that operations need not be interrupted by shortages of gowns, linens, scrubs, jackets or other products rented and laundered by ImageFIRST.

The company as a whole has placed a heavy emphasis on both customer care and quality of product as the differentiating factors of their services, which they believe begins with implementing forward-moving management built on trust and integrity. ImageFIRST Customer Advocates often develop close relationships with their clients, going above and beyond to ensure that your staff experience a higher sense of job satisfaction – something patients benefit from, too.

For more information on the ImageFIRST ethos, or to find out more about the Detroit-area healthcare laundry services provided by the company, visit http://detroit.imagefirst.com

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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, MI, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com

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Detroit, MI -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/03/2015 -- The risk of healthcare-associated infections continues to be a challenge and a major focus for hospitals and medical facilities across the US. Recently, studies have shown that one of the places where potentially dangerous viruses and bacteria are likely to quickly and frequently accumulate is on the privacy curtains of hospitals, putting the patients at risk. The ImageFIRST Detroit location has announced it is now offering a new Cubical Curtain Program to help hospitals prevent the spread of potentially dangerous bacteria, a program also available through many other of the company's other locations nationwide.

With ImageFIRST's Cubicle Curtain Program, medical facilities and hospitals benefit from a fully-managed and comprehensive program including the installation of specially-designed curtains with no up-front purchase. A company associate will regularly visit the facility to replace dirty curtains with newly sanitized ones. Along with this replacement service, the ImageFIRST representative will scan the removed curtains with a handheld device right as they pick up the dirty curtains, for the purpose of tracking each panel for documentation. The company's exclusive Triple BioShield Protection process, which goes beyond regulatory requirements and is a standard feature in all of their laundry services, includes a special wash processes that kills bacteria on contact, a bacteria-inhibitor coating softener, and cleaned products encased in plastic.

Since 1967, ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists services the continental U.S. medical market, and provides over 5,500 medical offices with weekly laundry services. By offering laundry service, a variety of quality healthcare products, inventory management, and government compliance, ImageFIRST is able to provide top-to-bottom healthcare laundry services nationwide. As a major player in the industry and rapidly growing, the company puts their customers and their patients at the heart of their purpose.

For more information on the ImageFIRST Detroit's new Cubical Curtains Program, or on the other services offered by the company, visit http://www.detroit.imagefirst.com or call 1-800-932-4742.

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%. For more information about ImageFIRST, your cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction, please visit http://www.detroit.imagefirst.com.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Detroit, please visit their website at http://detroit.imagefirst.com .

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