Coloplast emerged as the overall winner for the fourth straight year and takes top spot in four of six indicators. Coloplast was ranked ahead of competitors like Medtronic (3rd place), St. Jude Medical (4th) and Convatec (5th).
The survey measures the reputation of the medical device industry overall and respondent patient groups were asked to rate each company in terms of six indicators:- Does the company have an effective patient-centred strategy?- Does the company provide high-quality information for patients?- The company's record on patient safety- Are the products useful to patients?- The company's record of transparency with external stakeholders- Does the company act with integrity?
“To us the best kind of recognition is that from our users and we're proud and very excited to be given this recognition for the fourth straight year,” said Susan Sheppard, Head of Customer Care, Coloplast Ltd..
"We're pursuing a strategy that puts the user in the centre and we want to deliver innovative, discreet products and services that make impactful improvements in the lives of people who use our products. We can only do that by listening to their needs and involving them in our product innovation”.
About Coloplast Ltd
Coloplast Ltd. employs more than 350 people in the UK and has its headquarters in Peterborough. Coloplast develops products and services that make life easier for people with very personal and private medical conditions. Coloplast Ltd has for five years in a row been listed in The Sunday Times ‘top 100’ league table of the best companies to work for.
About the PatientView survey
Top 5 overall rankings in 2014-15 survey
Coloplast A/S
Roche LifeSciences
Medtronic
St Jude Medical
Convatec
The 28 companies surveyed were:
3M Healthcare
Abbott Laboratories
Alcon
Bausch + Lomb
Baxter International
B. Braun Melsungen AG
Becton, Dickinson and Company
Biotronik International
Boston Scientific
Coloplast A/S
ConvaTec
Fresenius Medical Care
GE Healthcare
Hartmann Group
Johnson & Johnson
Kimberly-Clark
Medtronic, Inc
Mölnlycke Health Care
Novo Nordisk A/S
Olympus Medical Business
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Inc
Philips Healthcare
Roche Diagnostics
Sanofi
Siemens Healthcare
Smith & Nephew
St Jude Medical
Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation
The 463 respondent patient groups cover a wide range of specialisations, including neurology, cancer, diabetes and mental health. The largest contingent (10.2 per cent) were from Germany, 9.5 per cent were from Spain while 9.3 per cent were from the UK and 8.9% per cent of the patient groups were from the USA.
The survey was conducted in the period from March to June 2015.
The survey measures the reputation of the medical device industry among the respondent patient groups, who were asked to rate each company in terms of six indicators:
- Does the company have an effective patient-centred strategy?
- Does the company provide high-quality information for patients?
- The company's record on patient safety
- Are the products useful to patients?
- The company's record of transparency with external stakeholders
- Does the company act with integrity?