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Improving the Patient Experience Starts with These 7 Steps
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At one time, providing high quality of care was enough to build a successful healthcare practice. Today, however, doctors and their staff must also provide high-quality, efficient service to attract new patients and achieve high patient retention. The road from potential patient to loyal, returning patient is long — beginning with an online search for...
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A Guide to Chronic Care Management with CRM
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Six in ten adults in the United States suffer from chronic disease, according to the CDC. Four in ten adults live with two or more chronic illnesses. Americans spend about $1.8 trillion on the management and treatment of chronic diseases such as asthma, diabetes, cancer, and heart disease each year. By definition, chronic diseases are...
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Gaps in Care: Why They Happen and How to Close Them
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As healthcare workers treat new and growing emergencies, while simultaneously working to update legacy systems, it can be difficult to stay on top of existing patients’ health status. Especially if patients themselves aren’t proactive. Recurring appointments for health and wellness can be postponed or cancelled, and if no followup occurs to reschedule, this creates a...
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Patient 360: Why a Complete View of the Patient Matters
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Providers need access to the right patient data at the right time and in the right format to provide the best possible care. Easier said than done, of course. Shifting toward value-based care requires providers to evolve the way they coordinate to deliver care across multiple organizations and specialties. With this transition comes the need...
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How to Deliver Better Behavioral Health Online
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2020 put a spotlight on behavioral health. It is important to remember that a person’s mental health can change over time, depending on many factors. When the demands placed on a person exceed their resources and coping abilities, their mental health could be impacted. Mental illnesses are among the most common health conditions in the...
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5 Major Healthcare Industry Trends Providers Need to Know in 2021
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Providers and healthcare leaders of today focus on improving the quality of patient care and engagement. The shift to value-based care means patients expect providers to deliver personal, targeted care with changing delivery and payment models, increased competition, and new technologies — all while navigating the biggest healthcare crisis of our time. The top healthcare...
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6 Ways Interoperability in Healthcare Helps Providers
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Providers often deal with multiple systems to handle patient data. Between EMRs, lab data, patient contact information, paper intake forms, and more, it’s difficult to provide coordinated and efficient patient care. With the steady influx of information systems, and the associated sharp increase in the volume of medical data for each patient, a new challenge...
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Realizing the Benefits of Care Coordination
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The number of Americans with at least one chronic health condition is rising. These patients have higher than average healthcare utilization rates, making the management of their care particularly vital, yet complicated. The successful management of patients with care conditions requires care that is well-coordinated between providers, patients, and the care team. Care coordination is...
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5 Benefits of Predictive Analytics in Healthcare
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Healthcare providers today can access a wealth of data at their fingertips. From EHRs/EMRs, medical images, insurance claims, medical devices, and administrative data — there’s no shortage of information about patient healthcare data. The question is, what to do with it? For many healthcare systems and organizations, the sheer size and number of data sources...