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How Patients Want to Engage With Their Medical Providers
Reading Time: 5 minutesAs a patient-centered practice, you want to exceed patients’ expectations at every step in the process. In order to accomplish this, it’s important to first meet patients where they are in terms of technological expectations. In this day in age, many patients expect to engage with their providers faster and easier, thanks to the many…
Read MorePlanning Ahead For 2023 – How to Solve For Operational Inefficiencies
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen looking ahead to 2023, it’s important to consider ways to improve the function and success of your practice in the new year. Determining the best ways to solve your practice’s operational inefficiencies will improve your practice’s ability to minimize waste in terms of time, effort, and materials, while still providing high-quality patient care. The…
Read MoreHow Medical Practices are Adjusting for Changes in Credit Score Reporting
Reading Time: 4 minutesNew changes to the way credit reporting companies calculate creditworthiness have many medical practices and hospital systems on alert. Medical practices are having to combat these changes to ensure that there is not a collection crisis down the road. These changes are a result of a new way that many of the most common credit…
Read MorePromoting Patient Participation in Clinical Trials
Reading Time: 4 minutesThere are roughly 74,000 registered clinical trials currently underway in the US to help aid advancements in medicine. However, only 3% of the nation’s physicians and patients participate, per the FDA. It’s most common for large health systems to conduct these trials. As a result, in the trials, there is often less representation of medically…
Read MoreThe Power of Phone Appointment Reminders
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s happened to all of us. Life is busy, you’re going about your day and then bam, you get a phone call from your doctor’s office letting you know you missed your appointment. You’re not alone, a study reported that 52% of patients who missed their appointments simply forgot! But as a practice owner, missed…
Read MoreGetting Patients Excited About Using Self-Scheduling
Reading Time: 5 minutesPatient self-scheduling software can be a practical and useful patient engagement tool that can help both your practice and your patients. More and more industries have introduced the self-serve concept and consumers have shown they are fans. In fact, consumers have increasingly reported they want easy access to be able to schedule their medical appointments.…
Read MoreStaff Burnout Challenges? How to Hire Help
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn today’s environment, businesses are hearing more and more that their employees are feeling burnt out, under-appreciated and overworked. The great resignation, off the heels of COVID, has especially challenged the healthcare industry. That’s left healthcare practices scrambling to fill openings and keep operations running smoothly. Just last week, we dropped in at a practice…
Read MoreWhy Cardiology Practices Benefit From Using Digital Patient Access
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhat is Digital Patient Access? Digital patient access encompasses many tools and integrations that can aid your patients in scheduling appointments, simplifying check-in and keeping your cash flow consistent. Patient experience is at the heart of every cardiology practice, so it is vital to prioritize a simple, intuitive interface that your patients can use. Producing…
Read MoreHow Partnerships Can Increase Patient Appointments
Reading Time: 4 minutesPartnerships such as physician referral programs and insurance partnerships are an extremely beneficial process for both your medical practice and your patients. If you have already implemented partnerships, then you have likely witnessed the many positive attributes they offer including an increase in appointments from referrals. Strengthening these referral relationships can provide your medical practice…
Read MoreThe Digital Healthcare Options Baby Boomers Want
Reading Time: 4 minutes Baby Boomers are the generation of people born in the US between 1946 and 1964. After millennials, they’re now the second-largest age demographic. The majority of this generation had planned to work past the age of 65. But the COVID pandemic changed this. Many boomers chose to retire, looking to focus on their quality…
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