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…
Patient Engagement
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
5 Strategies for Patient Acquisition in 2022
Competition among healthcare providers is fiercer than ever. What this means for small practices is that they must be looking for and implementing innovative new strategies for acquiring new patients ahead of the competition. Patient retention is just as important as before of course, but new patient acquisition is equally as important, maybe even more Read more…
4 Easy Strategies to Improve Patient Engagement
Patient engagement is an oft-repeated phrase in modern healthcare and the definition can be nebulous. Despite the confusion surrounding what it actually means, most providers are expected to maintain high levels of it in order to achieve the best possible patient outcomes and provider truly patient-centric care. Let’s start by unraveling the mystery behind this Read more…