Patient Flow - Inside Healthcare article
Aug 12, 2019
Improving the patient experience is one of the biggest focal points in healthcare today. Time is a person’s most valuable commodity and the dreaded wait time at a physician’s office can significantly impact customer service. Happy patients translate into increased loyalty and thereby protect an institution’s...
The EMR Crisis
Jul 29, 2019
What started with good intentions for digitizing medical records has presented greater challenges than anyone would've imagined. Electronic medical record systems have the great potential to ease the cost of health care as immediate accessibility of medical records and their transfer from one health center to...
10 Tips to Improve Patient Service in Healthcare
Nov 27, 2018
Every industry faces the challenge of providing exceptional patient service. In the ever-evolving healthcare industry, the quality of patient service is more pivotal than ever. In fact, with the advent of value-based care, patient experience tops the list of concerns of healthcare administrators who must balance...
Achieving Excellence through Continuous Improvement
Oct 15, 2018
Healthcare is at a point of a complete transformation. Providing practices with the tools to succeed and excel is what MGMA focuses on and provides to its members. In a recent MGMA report, results from the DataDive Better Performers and Analysis Report shows how medical practices can achieve increased...
Practice Transformation to Improve Patient Experience
Sep 13, 2018
Practice Transformation is on the minds of everyone in healthcare these days. As this article states clinical quality and patient experience are 2 of the factors needed to complete the transformation of any healthcare organization. According to a recent report from Press Ganey, healthcare is in great need of...
Using Analytics to Improve Patient Flow and Satisfaction
Aug 28, 2018
Enduring extended wait times to see a provider has been part of the culture of healthcare for years. Now with the boom of social media, those wait times are impacting the bottom-line of clinics everywhere. A recent article in HealthData Management discusses studies that as a result of long wait times, have found...
Real-Time Patient Experience Surveys
Jul 30, 2018
Chief Experience Officers (CXOs) are currently trying to find ways to capture patient input on recent clinic visits in a timely manner. Traditional methods aren’t meeting the needs of current CXOs. CG CAHPS surveys are mandated in order to receive CMS reimbursement, but these surveys are mailed up to 30 days...
Actionable Data in Value-Based Healthcare
Jul 10, 2018
In a recent article, Richard Royer and David Conejo discuss the crucial nature of actionable data in the era of Value-based care. As financial incentives are being set by CMS, and soon to be adopted by private payers, data will be necessary to show evidence of quality improvement. Understanding the data life-cycle...
Quality Data Is Necessary to Improve Patient Flow Efficiency
Jun 11, 2018
According to provider Ed Corbett, MD in a recent article, the patient experience can be greatly improved by quality patient flow data. “It’s the data that empowers physicians and care teams to engage their patients,” (Corbett, May 24, 2018). As we become more dependent on managing patient...
