Telehealth as a service has seen a massive surge in adoption and usage over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. The primary reason behind this recent growth is, of course, the fact that it has allowed patients to continue seeing their providers in a remote and safe fashion, circumventing the need to visit a healthcare Read more…
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6 Strategies to Optimize Your Waiting Room Experience
What’s the worst part of going to the doctor? Waiting. Sitting in an uncomfortable chair in a boring, sterile room, next to someone watching a loud video on their smartphone for an hour before you get to your appointment is not the best experience. You can’t help but wonder: how many of the other people Read more…
Why Having Your Own Private Practice Blog is Important
The schedule of a private practice owner is incredibly hectic. You’re dealing with billing, finances, employees and struggling to even find the time to see patients. You might be wondering, then, why you should find the time to start your own blog? The last thing you want to do with such a tightly packed schedule Read more…
DOs and DON’Ts of Physician Contract Negotiations
Despite minting large sums gleaned from tuition fees and massive student loans, medical schools continue to be ineffective in teaching aspiring physicians elaborate strategies required to actually achieve success in their field. Arguably, the pursuit of this profession is primarily driven by the noble aim of helping humanity in times of sickness; this altruistic undertone Read more…
A Guide to Improving Patient Satisfaction Scores
Physician reimbursement rates continue to fall, while what little reimbursement they do receive is tied heavily to patient satisfaction scores. While this might once have been a problem that only hospitals had to worry about, it has now come to affect practices of all sizes; and getting those scores up is becoming harder than ever.
The Most Popular Websites for Patient Reviews
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…
7 EHR Features That Can Help to Eliminate Medical Errors
Staffed by some of the best clinical professionals in the entire world, the US healthcare system is, unfortunately, still plagued by medical errors. A 2016 study by Johns Hopkins showed there were more than 250,000 deaths attributed to medical error per year over an 8-year period, nearly 10% of all deaths, earning it third place Read more…
3 Ways to Follow Up with Missed Payments
COVID-19 has brought about a global recession. Considering how poorly the world was prepared for the pandemic itself, its safe to say that most people were not prepared for the financial crisis, either. For medical practices this means expenses go up, and revenue goes down as patients struggle to pay. In the absence of an Read more…
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…
4 Steps to Improve Cashflow at Your Practice
The healthcare industry was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. With fewer patient visits, revenues fell to historically low levels, and now, with the pandemic continuing, providers are still struggling to improve cashflows and collections. With healthcare reimbursements evolving, providers must adjust and focus on doing what they can to increase payments and reduce A/R Read more…