Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/22/2017 -- Throughout the month of October, associates at several ImageFIRST branches showed their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month in a variety of ways. ImageFIRST is a provider of medical laundry services in Cleveland, OH and across the continental United States and Puerto Rico.

Associates at ImageFIRST's Los Angeles and San Francisco locations did their part in raising breast cancer awareness by wearing pink for the entirety of the month. Associates from all different departments participated, including Customer Advocates, plant associates, and members of the leadership team.

Both locations participated by placing pink ribbon stickers on each bag of clean linen being delivered to customers in the area. Additionally, ImageFIRST Customer Advocates, plant managers and service managers showed their support for Breast Cancer Awareness month by wearing embroidered pink polos all month long.

Processing plant associates for ImageFIRST showed their support by wearing full pink attire every Tuesday during October. ImageFIRST gave their associates an assortment of pink bandanas, bracelets, and other pink accessories to encourage company-wide support.

"The associates within the plant were very engaged with this initiative, as there was pink everywhere," reported the ImageFIRST office manager. "This effort [also] produced awareness among all associates."

ImageFIRST is a supplier of medical laundry services in Columbus, OH and beyond, that aims to build a great company by making a positive impact on the lives of their associates, community, customers, and their patients. Learn more by calling 800-932-7472 or visiting http://cleveland.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://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/17/2017 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, which provides medical laundry services in Columbus, OH, and across the United States and Puerto Rico, are continuously making improvements to their online customer portal.

The ImageFIRST Online Customer Portal was originally developed as an additional benefit for medical facility staff members who work outside of traditional 9 to 5 hours. The Online Customer Portal's 24/7 availability gives customers immediate access to information about their account without the need to reach out by phone or email.

Through the Online Customer Portal, customers can access their account information, receive copies of invoices, review details of their inventory, and download certification information needed for compliance documentation purposes. Customers can also make requests for inventory changes through the Portal, which are directly sent to ImageFIRST's Service team.

In mid-2016, the portal was relaunched after a focus group of existing users offered suggestions on how to make it better from a customer usability standpoint. The portal was designed to be more user-friendly with an interface that provides readily available, simple navigation 24/7. ImageFIRST continues to make improvements to the portal based on customer feedback; this year, features like the ability to sign up for paperless invoices were added to the portal.

ImageFIRST's Online Customer Portal is a complimentary service for all existing and new ImageFIRST customers. Anyone interested in gaining access to the Portal should contact their customer care team by dialing 800-368-3676, emailing customerservice@imagefirst.com, or filling out a Contact Us form at www.imagefirst.com/contact-us.

As a provider of medical linen and laundry products and services like medical uniforms and scrubs in Columbus, OH, ImageFIRST promises its customers to be the cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction. For more information, call 800-932-7472 or visit http://cleveland.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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website, http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/22/2017 -- ImageFIRST Healthcare Laundry Specialists, a medical laundry service to Columbus, OH, medical facilities and customers across the nation, participated in Patient Experience Week, led by The Beryl Institute, a global community of practice that aims to help better patients' experiences in the healthcare industry overall.

Patient Experience Week 2017 ran from April 24 to 28, and ImageFIRST associates engaged in activities that varied from location to location. The goal of the annual Patient Experience Week celebration is to provide designated time for healthcare facilities and providers to celebrate their accomplishments, reenergize their efforts and honor those who impact the patient experience.

The ImageFIRST Corporate Office conducted an exercise in which associates read patient testimonials aloud, after being asked to consider how what they do every day helps medical facilities and, in turn, helps improve the patient experience. Associates were given "I am the patient experience" coloring pages to fill in, and enjoyed both chocolate and vanilla cupcakes with their choice of frosting.

Associates at the ImageFIRST Corporate Office also discussed the mission of Patient Experience Week, and how it relates to ImageFIRST's Purpose and Values. Making a positive impact on patients is one of the central points of ImageFIRST's Purpose.

Meanwhile, associates at ImageFIRST's New York and New Jersey locations also took part in the coloring page activity and reflected upon how their work impacts the patient experience.

Through quality products like its Comfort Care line of premium patent gowns and built-in services like inventory management and transparent billing, ImageFIRST seeks to be the cost-effective solution to greater patient satisfaction. To learn more about ImageFIRST and their medical uniform and scrub services in Columbus, OH, and throughout the nation, please visit their website.

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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website, http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/16/2017 -- ImageFIRST, a provider of medical laundry services in the Columbus, OH, region (and throughout the US and Puerto Rico), has announced that it will attend The Beryl Institute Patient Experience Conference 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Denver in Denver, CO, from March 20 to March 22, 2017.

The Patient Experience Conference 2017 is the largest independent, non-provider hosted event that gathers together healthcare leaders and practitioners from around the globe to expand the dialogue on how to improve the patient experience through keynote speakers, networking opportunities and breakout sessions. Attendees have the opportunity to make lasting connections with peers and discover new ways to foster an excellent patient experience.

The Beryl Institute is a global community of practice dedicated to improving the patient experience through shared knowledge and collaboration. The Institute promotes the elevation of the importance of the patient experience across all care settings, as well as generating and sharing ideas that will enhance the patient experience.

ImageFIRST is dedicated to being a cost-effective solution for greater patient satisfaction. Keeping patient comfort top of mind, ImageFIRST provides medical linen products and laundry services backed by a quality assurance process that includes hand inspections of all products. Their ComfortFIRST advantage is exemplified by their Comfort Care line of patient gowns, which are made from an exceptionally cozy and luxurious fabric. ImageFIRST promises that switching to the Comfort Care line will improve patients' perception of a medical facility by at least 50% compared to previous medical gowns.

Those who wish to learn more about ImageFIRST, their quality medical uniform scrubs in Columbus, OH, or their attendance at events such as The Beryl Institute Patient Experience Conference 2017 can browse their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/ or call 1-800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Cleveland
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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website, http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/22/2016 -- ImageFIRST, the leading provider of medical uniforms and scrubs in Columbus, OH, and throughout the United States, goes above and beyond being a linen company. From their remarkable service of quality linens to participating in community giving events, ImageFIRST consistently strives to build a great company that positively impacts the lives of their associates, community, customers and patients.

ImageFIRST's purpose was in action during a massive flood that hit the Cedar Rapids community at the end of September. The community was bracing for what would become the second highest crest of the Cedar River in history. The highest crest in history occurred in 2008, when the river went 20 feet over flood stage and caused massive devastation - the sixth worst natural disaster in United States history.

ImageFIRST partnered with the community to minimize the damage to local homes and businesses. On September 23rd, Mike Marion, Service Manager for ImageFIRST Cedar Rapids, took the company's 26-foot delivery truck to a customer's facility, which was located one block from the river.

The ImageFIRST Cedar Rapids staff, with the help of the customer's staff and volunteers, packed everything from their clinic into the delivery truck and moved it to a storage facility across town for safety. The next day, Marion took one of the company's smaller trucks and helped other businesses evacuate their belongings in preparation for flooding. Additionally, that Sunday, September 25th, Mike and the ImageFIRST staff helped stack sandbags for several hours around local homes and businesses.

ImageFIRST goes the extra mile and well beyond supplying healthcare linen, uniform rental and laundry services to their customers. They put their community first and strive to make it a better place for everyone.

Those who wish to learn more about ImageFIRST's dedication to communities across the country, or who want to find out how to purchase quality medical scrubs in Columbus, OH, can call 1-800-932-7472 or visit online at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

About ImageFIRST Cleveland
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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website, http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/23/2016 -- Patients come first. That's the core principle that drives medical facilities everywhere. It is also what drives the leading medical laundry provider, ImageFIRST® Cleveland, to supply the highest level of laundry services. With patients at the heart of everything they do, the laundry specialists provide top-notch rental, delivery and laundry services that help their customers to focus on patient care, not manage linen inventory.

Behind their elite medical laundry services are their dedicated associates, Customer Advocates and leaders. With a keen understanding of how much medical laundry, such as medical scrubs and uniforms in Mansfield, OH, plays an integral role in establishing positive impressions, ImageFIRST®'s leaders constantly encourage medical facilities to show their patients how much they care.

Recently, Vice President of South East Region and National Service Director of ImageFIRST® Jay Juffre, provided advice on how to wow patients. Juffre urged medical facilities to get to know their patients and then act on it. This tactic not only makes patients feel special, but also goes a long way in building patient trust and satisfaction.

ImageFIRST® Cleveland's remarkable medical laundry services are designed with the patient in mind. That's why when a patient prefers two sheets instead of one, or a particular gown over another, medical facilities can meet their needs always by relying on ImageFIRST®. The supplier's laundry characteristics such as bright white linens, individually wrapped gowns and soft, comfortable fabrics can factor into the way medical professionals treat their patients with the utmost care.

To partner with ImageFIRST® Cleveland for laundry products such as uniform scrubs in Mansfield, OH and nearby communities, go to http://cleveland.imagefirst.com or dial 1-800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST® Cleveland
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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/19/2016 -- ImageFIRST Cleveland, the provider of medical laundry services and products such as linens and healthcare uniforms to medical facilities in Cleveland, OH and beyond, is pleased to announce that their new Online Customer Portal has launched. The Customer Portal was recently redesigned to provide personalized access for staff members, have a more user-friendly interface, and provide instant admission to important information. Healthcare facilities who partner with the laundry specialists can now use the Customer Portal at any time by visiting http://cleveland.imagefirst.com and clicking the "Customer Login" button located in the upper-right corner of the page.

ImageFIRST opted to improve their Customer Information Center last year. The company performed an assessment on the Customer Information Center they provided to their customers, and, based on customer feedback, redesigned the Center and officially launched the new, improved Customer Portal from ImageFIRST. The Customer Portal features enhanced functionality and an improved online user experience. Medical professionals have 24/7 access to the Customer Portal so that they can quickly retrieve important data such as invoice copies, inventory details, and downloadable certification information.

The revamped Online Customer Portal is just one of the many ways in which the medical laundry specialists at ImageFIRST relentlessly continue to improve their processes and services. Making the lives of their customers much easier is a top priority at ImageFIRST Cleveland, which promises to be the cost-effective solution to greater patient satisfaction. The new Customer Portal also demonstrates the company's drive of using innovative concepts to enhance and perfect linen management.

For more details about the healthcare laundry services available at ImageFIRST Cleveland, supplier of medical scrubs and uniforms in Mansfield, OH and beyond, visit http://cleveland.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Cleveland
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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/28/2016 -- With the impact of CAHPS survey and increased communication transparency with social media, patients are starting to rate the healthcare facilities they were treated at on location-based social media websites such as Google and Yelp. Patients are sharing their personal experiences of the treatment they received online as well as in person. These reviews, which focus on issues such as wait time, billing errors, and unprofessional office staff, demonstrate why enhancing the patient experience is essential for medical facilities that want to provide the best level of care.

Consumer-like behavior among patients - such as their willingness to share their personal accounts - is just one healthcare industry shifts of many that need to be addressed. Along with the medical facilities they serve, ImageFIRST Cleveland, the provider of healthcare uniforms in Cleveland, OH, joins in the widespread discussion of how to address the consumerism challenge in the field by making their quality laundry services known.

ImageFIRST Cleveland aims to be the cost-effective solution for improving patient satisfaction by providing patient-focused medical laundry renting, cleaning, and delivering services. Medical facilities are kept adequately sourced with linen, gowns, towels, and scrubs at all times with the assistance of the provider's assigned Customer Advocate, who not only delivers the products, but also helps with managing inventory and controlling it. The burdens of handling medical laundry are relieved from healthcare staff, who can put their main focus on patient care with ImageFIRST's dedication to putting patients at the heart of their purpose.

Patients can feel comfortable in the Comfort Care line, which is a collection of exceptionally soft fabric gowns exclusively offered by ImageFIRST that are specifically designed to provide warmth and coziness. A partnership with ImageFIRST Cleveland also ensures that the laundry exceeds the standards of infection prevention, which help protect reputation and image.

To learn more about the topnotch medical uniform and linen service available in Cleveland, OH, at ImageFIRST, visit http://www.imagefirst.com or call 1-800-932-7472.

About ImageFIRST Cleveland
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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/06/2016 -- To provide increasingly better care, healthcare providers are shifting their focus to improving the patient experience. Enhancing the patient experience is possible when medical professionals come together to share ideas and collaborate. That's why ImageFIRST Cleveland, the laundry provider of nurse scrubs in Dayton, OH, will be present at The Beryl Institute's Patient Experience 2016 in Dallas, TX, from April 13 through 15. The healthcare linen rental and laundry specialists take pride in being an organizational sponsor of The Institute and look forward to building relationships and networking with other leaders in the healthcare field while there.

Medical professionals will come together on an international level to collaborate and brainstorm new ways to enhance the patient experience at the Beryl Institute's Patient Experience 2016. The conference is the most prevalent, independent non-provider and vendor hosted event that is specifically designed for leaders and practitioners to learn and discover how to improve the patient experience. At the event, ImageFIRST Cleveland will experience presentations, receptions, workshops, and speeches by keynote speakers all centered on enhancing the patient experience.

The conference is held by The Beryl Institute, which is a worldwide organization comprised of medical leaders who share their insights, background, and perspectives on the effort to enhance the patient experience. The group is fully dedicated to sharing useful knowledge that will assist healthcare facilities in achieving their objectives. This level of collaboration is the same kind that led the institute to create a definition for the term "patient experience", which is noted on their website as all interactions combined that are molded by an entity's culture, resulting in the impact of patient perception across the continuum of care.

ImageFIRST Cleveland anticipates participating in The Beryl Institute's Patient Experience 2016 and looks forward to teaching others about, as well as learning about, the patient experience. The patient experience remains at the center of the laundry specialists' services and processes so that their customers can fully focus on their patients.

For more information about partnering with ImageFIRST Cleveland for products such as medical scrub uniforms in Dayton, OH, visit http://cleveland.imagefirst.com.

About ImageFIRST Cleveland
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 Cleveland, OH, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

About The Beryl Institute
The Beryl Institute is the global community of practice dedicated to improving the patient experience through collaboration and shared knowledge. They define patient experience as the sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization's culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care.

To learn more about the Institute, please visit http://www.theberylinstitute.org.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/11/2016 -- Brian Urlacher, who played thirteen consecutive seasons with the NFL's Chicago Bears, is one of the best-known and most prestigious athletes of all time. He recently made the news when he underwent a procedure to reverse one of his most iconic physical features—his baldness.

ImageFIRST Cleveland, the nation's leading provider of healthcare facility products, ranging from linens and patient gowns to medical uniforms in Columbus, OH and elsewhere in the state, is excited to announce that the news item featuring Brian Urlacher included shots of him sporting one of their famous patient gowns.

ImageFIRST Cleveland's high-quality gowns are designed with the patient's experience in mind, helping medical facilities ensure that their perception of the facility is positive from the first impression. Made from top notch fabrics, the ImageFIRST patient gowns come in a wide range of selections and colors, ensuring that everyone can wear a robe that makes them feel comfortable and cozy.

ImageFIRST Cleveland also has a special family of premium gowns called the Comfort Care Line, which comes with the promise that if switching to them does not improve the patients' perception of the facility by at least fifty percent within the first month, they will provide a month of complimentary service.

Those who are interested in more information on high-quality patient gowns, linen, scrubs or nurses' uniforms in Akron, OH, or nearby areas are welcome to visit the company website or to contact ImageFIRST Cleveland directly by calling 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Cleveland, OH, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/25/2016 -- 2015 ended with some interesting news as the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the approval of new CAHPS Surveys starting in 2016. The new surveys, called Outpatient & Ambulatory Surgery (AOS) CAHPS Surveys, will be administered to free-standing ambulatory surgery centers and Medicare certified hospital-based outpatient surgery departments.

The surveys will have thirty-seven questions that focus on finding out more about how the patients feel about their care experience. The questions will cover a wide variety of issues from cleanliness and privacy to more general topics like overall ratings and willingness to recommend. This information will be useful not only in forming a perception about the facility's ability to provide a positive patient experience, but also in identifying ways in which to improve performance. The facilities that participate in the surveys will be expected to set a minimum target of three hundred completed surveys per year.

Just as the HCAHPS survey did with hospitals, the new OAS CAHPS survey will serve to highlight the importance of patient satisfaction in free-standing ambulatory surgery centers and Medicare certified hospital-based outpatient surgery departments. The survey will be launched in 2016 on a voluntary basis, and national implementation will follow in 2017. According to Press Ganey estimation, facilities that start the survey measurements early are likely to outperform facilities that wait until the national implementation.

ImageFIRST Cleveland, a leading provider of healthcare laundry products from robes and linen to nurse uniforms and unisex medical scrubs in Cleveland, OH, is acutely aware of the importance of the patient experience, and has designed products specifically for the purpose of improving the patients' experience, in turn positively impacting their perception of a medical facility. For example, their Comfort Care Line of Premium Patient Gowns consists of luxurious, comfy gowns that can make a big difference in the comfort levels of patients. In fact, surveys demonstrate that investing in high-quality patient gowns can increase patients' favorable impression of a medical facility by more than forty percent.

A recent case study that ImageFIRST conducted with Eastside Medical was a perfect example of what high-quality laundry products can do to help with improving the patient experience. Eastside Medical is a 300-bed facility that stresses the importance of patient welfare and had worked hard to improve it, but was not aware of what a difference a change in patient robes and gowns can make. That's where ImageFIRST stepped in. Eastside Medical stopped working with their previous provider, whose garments had not only felt of low-quality, but also came with issues like ineffective inventory management, missing ties and poor quality assurance. Surveys made before and after the switch to the ImageFIRST Comfort Care line of gowns saw a staggering 500% increase in patients who reported a favorable impression with the facility.

Anyone interested in ImageFIRST Cleveland's Comfort Care line or other high-quality products from linen to scrubs uniforms in Cleveland, OH, is welcome to either visit the company's website for more information or to call them directly at 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Cleveland, OH, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/17/2015 -- One of the most popular topics for conversation and debate within the healthcare industry in recent years has been the rising importance of the patient experience. Most recently, this was evident at the HBS Healthcare Alumni Association's annual conference in November. While there, several leading healthcare industry figures shared their thoughts on the future of the industry, and much of it concentrated on the rise of consumerism and the part that the patient experience will play in it, as patients increasingly approach healthcare facilities through consumerism. For example, Keith Pitts, who is the Vice Chairman of Tenet Health, stressed that contemporary consumers are looking for quality, service and price when they make decisions about their healthcare providers. Similarly, Josh Flum, the Executive VP of Pharmacy Services at CVS, brought up his views on how consumers will continue to have more voice, telling providers what they think or want, and voting with their feet depending on the service they receive.

ImageFIRST Cleveland has, from the start, been focused on assisting their customer facilities in finding ways to improve the patient experience. As a leading provider of high-quality laundry services for products ranging from patient gowns and linens to scrubs and nurse uniforms in Akron, OH, the company has created various services that cater specifically to the patient experience. One of these is the Comfort Care Line of Premium Patient Gowns, a luxurious line of patient clothing designed to make a patient feel cozy and comfortable during their visit.

Anyone interested in more information about the various ways in which ImageFIRST Cleveland can help their clientele achieve a better patient experience, or someone looking for high-quality products like unisex scrubs in Cleveland, OH, is welcome to visit the ImageFIRST Cleveland website or contact them directly by calling 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Cleveland, OH, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/16/2015 -- The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for improving the safety of working conditions across all industries, both by setting and enforcing standards as well as through training, education and assistance. In a recently published report regarding workplace safety in the healthcare industry, several violations of OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogen Standard were discovered. This standard protects hospital employees, from delivery workers to facility cleaners, against bloodborne hazards and, as such, any violations of it present serious risks. Because of the seriousness of potential consequences when these standards are not adhered to, OSHA does inspections both when given a reason to do so as well as randomly. These inspections concern all OSHA standards, not just the Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, and they play a crucial role in ensuring facilities are aware of risks they may accidentally be exposing their employees to.

ImageFIRST Cleveland is committed to helping their clients create a safe and well-functioning work environment with exceptional healthcare laundry services for items such as linens, robes and medical uniforms in Cleveland, OH. That's why they have created services like the Triple Bioshield Protection system. It consists of three steps designed to ensure the possibility of infection is minimized. First, the linens and garments go through a sanitization process that adheres to the highest sanitizing standards. Then the items are coated with the Bac Stat Bioshield, which protects the products after they leave the ImageFIRST facility. In the third step, all items are delivered to the customer in plastic wrap. By strictly following these steps, ImageFIRST Cleveland can make a difference in helping create a safer work environment for a client's hospital, as well as in improving overall patient impression by decreasing the likelihood of readmissions due to healthcare-associated infections.

Anyone interested in more information on ImageFIRST Cleveland and the wide variety of laundry services they provide, from patient linens to medical scrubs and uniforms in Mansfield, OH, can either visit the company website or call 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Chicago, IL, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/20/2015 -- Improving the patient experience can be perceived as expensive to hospitals, particularly when the focus is on training or retraining staff. However, in a recently published article, results from six years of data suggest that a comprehensive approach to improving the patient experience, with a focus on the communication between patients and their caregivers, can be both efficient at reducing readmission rates as well as inexpensive. According to this approach, investing in material improvements at the hospital is a part of creating a positive working environment that, in turn, promotes better communication between patients and caregivers.

ImageFIRST Cleveland specializes in healthcare laundry services and they understand both the crucial part healthcare laundry plays in creating a positive work environment as well as the importance of communication. ImageFIRST wants to be a part of creating a culture of constructive communications, which is why the company provides every facility that partners with them a Customer Advocate, a dedicated personal connection that supports the client with all healthcare laundry needs. ImageFIRST also offers the Instant Service App for smartphones. If the client needs anything, the app connects them directly to a qualified professional who can address the problem or concern; their Customer Advocate, or a member of the Service team. This way the staff and management of a hospital can concentrate on the wellbeing of their patients in a positive and well-organized working environment with promptly delivered, high-quality and sanitized linens and garments.

Hospitals that see improving the overall functionality of their work environment as a part of improving the patient experience are invited to contact ImageFIRST Cleveland to discuss the wide range of services and personalized options ImageFIRST offers for their clientele. With almost 50 years of experience in the industry, ImageFIRST can take full responsibility for all healthcare laundry related organizing and issues for their customers. Anyone looking for more information can either visit the ImageFIRST Cleveland website or contact them directly 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%.

To learn more about the ImageFIRST in Chicago, IL, please visit their website at http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/.

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Cleveland, OH -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/05/2015 -- In the healthcare industry, workplace hygiene affects much more than the medical professional themselves, it affects patients, visitors and even their families and friends at home. A recent study on employee hand hygiene shows compelling data that company culture and peer/supervisor attitudes strongly affect compliance with regulations.

Maura P. Smiddy, MPH, a researcher working with the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College Cork in Ireland explained that, to measure employee compliance with hand hygiene, they had to rely on observational, interventional and self-reporting approaches. In the end, the information they gathered strongly supported their original thesis. The research team extrapolated data from ten articles, from Australia, the Netherlands, Canada, Taiwan and the USA.

ImageFIRST Cleveland recognizes that workplace culture impacts staff and individual behavior regarding hand hygiene and cleanliness. Sanitized medical apparel and linens, prevailing staff attitude, cleaning supplies and strong enforcement together can help healthcare offices prevent the spread of infection. To help their customers be successful with proper sanitation standards, ImageFIRST devotes its services to providing quality linens and garments that are sanitized to meets or exceed regulation standards.

ImageFIRST Cleveland's linens and patient gowns are manufactured to the height of comfort and cleaned to the best sanitation possible. All their products are sterilized and protected with their Triple BioShield Protection process, which means that linens, scrubs and patient gowns are not only clean, inhibit bacteria that may land on them from growing.

Their products include patient apparel such as gowns and robes, scrubs and medical apparel such as warm-up jackets, lab coats, surgical gowns, bed and bath linens, as well as linen storage, hampers and more. Their products arrive remarkable and unquestionably clean, delivered by a Customer Advocate. Each time, their linens and gowns are professionally cleaned by their skilled associates, helping to promote cleaner environments in practices of all sizes. Their Customer Advocates are fully trained in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's blood-borne pathogen regulations and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, in order to further promote privacy and cleanliness amongst their clientele and associates alike.

ImageFIRST Cleveland helps clientele put their best foot forward, offering freshly sanitized and wrapped linens in vibrant white to show that the extra attention to the quality and safety of their linens.

Outpatient healthcare facilities looking to enhance their patient experience can contact ImageFIRST Cleveland by phone at 800-932-7472 or fill out a contact form right on their website.

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 Cleveland is one of ImageFIRST's 36 locations nationwide, serving 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 Cleveland, please visit http://cleveland.imagefirst.com/

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