When talking about increasing access, it’s essential to remember that there is a difference between making healthcare more accessible and simply increasing patients’ access to appointments, pointed out Lee Schwamm, chief digital health officer at Yale New Haven Health System. In this article, he explains three steps hospitals can take to actually boost accessibility.
A health system's failure to offer patients with digital payment options could lead to slower collection times, create a disjointed patient financial experience, and result in decreased patient satisfaction and loyalty. At HIMSS23, Atrium Health's vice president of revenue cycle management shared how his system integrated payment into its digital front door and gave pointers to hospitals looking to do the same.
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One’s bank, for example, doesn’t ask a customer to download and mange three different apps for checking, savings and loan accounts. Today more than ever, “screen creep” is setting in amidst an increasingly frustrated healthcare consumer base.
A new report revealed key trends about patient preferences, including information about how they prefer to schedule appointments and choose providers. The trends uncovered in the report lend themselves to some key recommendations that healthcare providers should consider, such as improving post-ER communication and putting a greater emphasis on online reputation management.
UNC Health recently partnered with Gozio Health and WELL Health to add new features to its app. Patients can now download the app via a link sent in appointment reminder texts, view a map of immediate care options near them and access appointment wayfinding via their mobile phone calendar.
Providers' digital profiles must be robust in order to best attract and retain patients, according to a new report. Nearly all providers included in the study said that it is important for the hospitals or health systems that employ them to take a more active role in managing their profiles.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
We’re past the point of technology being a Band-Aid to get practices through a pandemic. Investing in the right digital tools can help practices attract new business, get them paid faster and provide better patient care.