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 Retention
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…
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…
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…
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…
8 Tips & Tricks for Improving the Patient Experience
Providing high quality care is now simply one aspect of building a successful and thriving practice. Providers now also have to pay attention to little things, providing a high quality and efficient patient experience. The patient journey is a long one, and it offers many opportunities for practices to show patients that they offer a Read more…