Care Experience Lab helps healthcare organizations transform complex patient, caregiver, staff, and leadership communication into clear, human experiences — grounded in health literacy principles, patient experience expertise, healthcare operations knowledge, nursing leadership, and responsible AI.

Why we exist

Healthcare information is often accurate — and still difficult to understand. That gap creates confusion, erodes trust, and shows up in avoidable phone calls, missed steps, and a patient experience that doesn’t reflect the quality of the care behind it. We help leaders close that gap.

Cheri Clancy, MSN, MS, RN, NEA-BC, CPXP

Founder of Care Experience Lab, Cheri Clancy is a nurse executive, certified patient experience professional, author, and speaker with more than 30 years in healthcare leadership. She has served as Assistant Vice President of Patient Experience for a three-hospital health system and as a professor of leadership at Rutgers University, and she is the author of Critical Conversations in Healthcare, published with Sigma Theta Tau, the International Honor Society of Nursing.

Her work brings together clinical expertise, health literacy science, and responsible AI to help healthcare organizations communicate in ways people can understand, trust, and act on.

What we believe

  • Clear communication is a clinical and operational responsibility — not an afterthought.
  • Patients and families deserve information designed around how they actually read and decide.
  • AI should support and accelerate human expertise, never replace clinical judgment.
  • Better understanding leads to better experiences — and better outcomes.

Work with us

The best place to start is a Communication Clarity Audit — a focused review of your most important materials, with prioritized, evidence-based recommendations you can act on right away.

Patient-Centered Approach

We put patients at the center of every communication and experience.

Health Literacy Focused

We make complex content easier to read, understand, and act on.

AI
AI That Supports—Not Replaces

We use AI responsibly to enhance workflows, content, and decision support.

Measurable Impact

We deliver solutions that improve understanding, engagement, and outcomes.

Our Approach

A Simple Process.
Meaningful Results.

We combine clinical knowledge, health literacy science, and AI tools to help your organization communicate more effectively and improve the experiences that matter.

How We Work
1. Discover
Discover

Understand your audience, challenges, and goals.

2. Design
Design

Create clear, engaging solutions rooted in evidence and best practices.

3. Implement
Implement

Integrate into workflows with practical support.

4. Measure
Measure

Evaluate impact and refine for continuous improvement.

Solutions That Make a Difference

Explore how we help healthcare organizations improve communication, education, and experiences—at every level.

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Patient Experience

Improve communication and education to build understanding, trust, and better experiences.

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Health Literacy

Make content easier to read, easier to understand, and easier to act on.

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AI
AI-Safe Workflows

Use AI responsibly to enhance workflows, content, and decision support.

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Use Cases

See real-world examples of transformation, including our GI Patient Education Toolkit.

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BEFORE
Dense patient instructions
AI-Assisted
AFTER
Clear infographic output

WHY CARE EXPERIENCE LAB

From Complexity
to Clarity

Healthcare information is often accurate—but difficult to understand.

Care Experience Lab helps healthcare organizations transform dense patient instructions, educational materials, staff communications, and operational content into clear, visual experiences grounded in health literacy principles and enhanced by responsible AI.

We don't replace human expertise. We use AI responsibly to make communication clearer, more accessible, and easier to follow.

30+ Years Healthcare Leadership
Health Literacy Expertise
Patient Experience Certified
Responsible AI Design

Let's create better experiences—together.

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