Finding the perfect doctor for your needs can be a long and arduous process. A patient-physician relationship is a delicate and extremely private one; it takes a great deal of time and trust to build. Naturally then, most patients prefer to do their own extensive research before taking the first step and booking an appointment. Read more…
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5 Reasons Advance Care Plans are Better For Patients
End of life discussions with patients can be incredibly difficult for physicians. Some view it as a failure; the care they provided was not enough to save the patient’s life, not considering factor such as the illness, condition or patient age. For others having these discussions is simply too uncomfortable to stomach. These conversations are Read more…
3 Reasons your Mental Health Practice is Struggling to Collect Patient Payments
The healthcare industry is locked in a never-ending struggle with collecting payments. The burden placed on patients is growing, with rising insurance deductibles and premiums increasing the difficulty faced by patients to actually make their payments. According to a recent report by the Kaiser Family Foundation, nearly half of all insured adults in the US Read more…
How Value Based Care Increase the Care Quality
Value-based healthcare is a care delivery model where providers are paid based on patient health outcomes. It is designed to improve the quality of care patients receive by incentivizing providers to do focus on delivering high-quality care rather than serving the highest possible quantity of patients. This is achieved by making a few changes to Read more…
6 Areas to Work on to Reduce Physician Burnout
Physician burnout has been a growing problem in the healthcare industry for some time now. While the COVID-19 pandemic did exacerbate the issue, burnout among physicians had been growing even in the years before. The growing realization of this problem and the increased enthusiasm for finding solutions at a systemic level is encouraging, there is Read more…
Using Telehealth to Engage Senior Patients
Senior patients have, by and large, embraced telehealth. Surveys have found that over 60% of Medicare eligible seniors enthusiastically took to telehealth during the pandemic, and that senior usage of telehealth services increased by 300% over the course of the pandemic. Telehealth has, in many ways, already gotten senior patients more engaged in their healthcare; Read more…
3 Benefits of Automated Payments for Specialty Practices
Collecting payments can be difficult and complex for specialty practices. Receiving timely payments, managing and coordinating all the different types of payments used by patients and communicating with patients effectively are just a few of the challenges specialty providers have to navigate. This leads to cash flow issues and inefficiency in the practice as a Read more…
Healthcare Social Media Trends for 2022
The ever- growing popularity of social media has led it to over 4 billion users worldwide, with 72% of Americans using some type of social media in 2021. This growth has made it essential for any medical practice to have a social media marketing strategy. As part of this strategy, you need to be aware Read more…
3 Signs it’s Time to Rebrand Your Medical Practice
Branding is one of the most important aspects of any business. It is one of the most powerful tools at your disposal for influencing customer choices and decisions. By setting a high bar for quality you can make it so that consumers associate your very brand with high quality products or services. In healthcare, high Read more…
4 Strategies to Boost Patient Engagement
The healthcare industry is constantly evolving, and each new evolution brings with it a shift in how patients interact with their providers. The current trend is patient engagement; patients nowadays expect and demand to be involved in near every aspect of their healthcare. They play a far greater role in their own healthcare decision making Read more…