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Anxiety is part of the journey. Design for it.

Referral, appointment, treatment and discharge are navigated by people who are worried and often not deciding for themselves. René models the emotional state alongside the clinical pathway.

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Pathway templates

Referral, outpatient, inpatient and discharge journeys, pre-structured.

appointment no-shows −18%
appointment no-shows −18% · pre-approval wait 9d → 6d · follow-up completion +14 pts
The problem

The clinical pathway is documented. The patient's experience of it is not.

Care quality is measured rigorously. Whether the patient understood what happens next, or called three times because results never arrived, sits outside the clinical record entirely.

  • Patient experience surveyed after discharge, when the journey is over
  • Companions and family decision-makers absent from the model
  • Follow-up communication generating avoidable call volume
“I was booking for my mother, not myself. Every screen assumed I was the patient and none of it made sense.”
Companion interview, specialist booking · choose stage
The operational fact

In a substantial share of healthcare journeys the person navigating the system is not the patient, yet the journey is modelled for the patient alone.

What changes, measured*

Appointment no-shows−18%reminders carry preparation, not just a time
Pre-approval wait9d → 6dpayer documents requested once, up front
Follow-up completion+14 ptsdischarge instructions tied to a booked next step
Journey Index+5access to follow-up, measured as one pathway

* Based on heuristics. These figures are modelled from the René method and observed sector patterns, not reported client results. Your own numbers replace them once a journey is measured.

What it costs to leave alone

The case for acting now
01Anxiety treated as a side effectClinical quality can be excellent while the experience of reaching it produces avoidable distress that shows up as complaints and no-shows.
02Follow-up volume at clinical costCalls chasing results are answered by staff whose time was budgeted for care.
03The companion nobody designed forWhen the decision-maker is invisible in the model, every intervention is aimed slightly past the person who actually chooses.

How René handles it

4 capabilities
01
Pathway templatesReferral, outpatient, inpatient and discharge journeys, pre-structured.
02
Emotion alongside clinicalThe patient's state at each step, modelled with the care pathway.
03
Companion archetypesThe person booking for a parent or child, as a distinct journey.
04
Discharge and follow-upThe stages after the visit, where most avoidable contact originates.

12 journey templates, ready to map

Clinical pathways with patient and companion archetypes pre-branched
Specialist appointment — self
6 stagesBooking completion · no-show · follow-up calls
Specialist appointment — companionCompanion archetype
6 stagesBooking completion by decision-maker
GP referral to consultationCross-provider
7 stagesReferral-to-seen days · drop-out
Outpatient procedureEmotion critical
8 stagesPreparation adherence · anxiety score
Admission to discharge
9 stagesDischarge comprehension · readmission
Results & follow-upLargest contact driver
5 stagesFollow-up calls per visit · clarity score
Chronic condition managementLong horizon
7 stagesAdherence · sustained engagement

Patient experience

TodayWith René
Surveyed after dischargeMeasured through the pathway
Patient onlyPatient and companion modelled
Follow-up as adminFollow-up as a designed stage
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Questions we get asked

Residency per region, isolated tenancy, audit logging, and no model training on customer content. Most teams work from de-identified feedback and operational data.

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