Healthcare It News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

"For example, patients often request additional information from clinicians before signing a consent form. If we provide that digitally – the timing of a procedure or the post-op care plan – we can relieve a bottleneck in the patient experience," explained Srisawan Hospital COO Dr Varis Vimolchalao.

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NCQA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Improve the Patient Experience. Raise awareness about the patient experience and literacy with virtual-visit technology. The program has been invaluable in identifying and addressing both our strengths and areas of needed improvement within our organization. Create Structure. Focus on Equity.

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Medical GPS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Since 1995 I have had the privilege of working with physician practices to help improve the patient experience. Making the patient experience more patient-centered was being talked about but implementing change and making process improvements to the patient experience was a rarity within physician practices.

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HIT Consultant

MARCH 17, 2024

Payers have the added complexity of managing accurate directories that include information about retail health centers, fragmented medical histories, and patient engagement. By working together with authentic data, both payers and retail health centers have a unique opportunity to significantly impact patient care.

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Sequence Health

MARCH 13, 2024

Benefits in Terms of Efficiency and Patient Care The implementation of call center forecasting in healthcare settings offers numerous benefits, directly impacting both operational efficiency and patient experience. By accurately predicting call volumes, healthcare organizations can optimize their staffing resources.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Take the example of LeanTaaS’s iQueue, a system that optimizes operating room schedules and has been credited with reducing patient wait times by up to 30% while improving resource utilization by ~25%. One of his recent major projects was the development of a state-of-the-art Ambulatory Surgery Center and Specialty Clinics.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2022

And for the patient, more D2C-enabled care can mean a more disjointed, episodic patient experience, without any one provider having a holistic view of their health and well-being. That begins by treating patients like consumers and offering personalized experiences.

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HIT Consultant

JULY 5, 2023

How can IoT be leveraged to streamline traditionally siloed hospital processes and provide higher-level operational insight for the C-suite? What impact will smart hospital technology have on the patient experience? Valentine: Smart hospital technology benefits the patient experience in many ways.

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Clearwave Inc

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Reading Time: 4 minutes To keep up with the patient demand and increasing competition, dermatology practices are constantly seeking innovative ways to enhance patient experience, streamline operations and boost profitability. By leveraging dermatology patient check-in software.,

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HIT Consultant

JUNE 24, 2024

Conversation data can help enhance the patient experience and provide relief against burnout as healthcare professionals manage various administrative requests and tasks alongside patient care.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

So they’re distracted during the conversation and then have to spend non-patient time typing up summaries. Imagine the patient experience if the representative could focus solely on empathizing and explaining. Imagine that same interaction if the representative didn’t have to multitask.

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Etactics

APRIL 19, 2024

These tools shed light on a patient’s insurance coverage and services provided. Closely monitoring this metric of the healthcare revenue cycle management system helps you improve your financial status. It also helps you streamline billing processes. And, you foster a positive patient experience and build professional trust.

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Medi Leadership

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In our work with healthcare clients we frequently see organizations seeking breakthrough improvement in one or more performance indicators by implementing tactical programs that have proven successful elsewhere.

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Sequence Health

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Developing and Implementing Strategies : To improve customer service skills and call center operations, the supervisor develops and implements effective strategies. This includes training programs, process improvements, and motivational initiatives.

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Medi Leadership

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In our work with healthcare clients we frequently see organizations seeking breakthrough improvement in one or more performance indicators by implementing tactical programs that have proven successful elsewhere.

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The Beryl Institute

MARCH 7, 2019

In 2011 when the Institute was still learning to crawl as a community committed to improving patient experience, I had the opportunity to meet Dr. David Feinberg. It is not just about process improvements, though we aspire to realize them. It is not just about operational efficiencies, though we need them.

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Vie Healthcare

APRIL 24, 2024

One thing I had been educated in is process improvement for hospitals, but not for ambulatory care systems. And so when I started seeing a lot of the work being done there and how we could improve things, I got really excited in that. I took some courses at Johns Hopkins for process improvement in patient care management. (02:20):

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Vie Healthcare

JULY 26, 2023

I find that interesting because my mom in the hospital can’t clearly even remember that she broke her hip and/or femur, and yet you’re now sending her an after-patient survey. ” Are you getting what you need to process improve? Those are those clinical quality and patient experience surveys.

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Vie Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Why the roles of health coaches and care co-ordinators are essential to engage with consumers and bridge the gap in the patient experience. The three continuums of the healthcare digital transformation journey and why hospitals need to reimagine virtual care. What’s your end stage? Can we talk a little bit about that?

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Patient Safety Movement

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Approximately 25% of patients experience an adverse event in US hospitals, with over 40% caused by preventable errors. But many years before it was the nurse Florence Nightingale who taught us the importance of recording and contemporaneous note taking and even more importantly the analysis of outcome data to drive improvement.

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