National Men’s Health Week is this week, leading up to Father’s Day on Sunday. It’s a great time to remind men to take the necessary steps to be healthier and that they don’t have to do it alone. Keeping patients engaged is critical to their overall health, and utilizing key events can help promote awareness and preventive care.…
A common challenge for today’s healthcare providers is finding ways to increase revenue in order to maintain the financial well-being of their practice. While increasing the number of routine and preventive care appointments to drive revenue seems like a no brainer, the reality is that Americans are currently using routine care at only half the recommended rate, which means that providers are missing out on potential preventive care revenue.…
As we approach Memorial Day Weekend, it’s a great time to educate patients about the importance of heat safety, whether it’s during work or play. Seasonal wellness and prevention campaigns are a great way to increase patient engagement and improve patient communication. Whether you have a small practice or are part of a larger healthcare system, there are many tactics you can use to empower patients to take a more active role in their health.…
May is National Stroke Awareness month and a great time to educate patients about the importance of preventive care by using infographics on your website and social accounts. You could just tell patients that strokes kill about 140,000 Americans each year or that someone dies of a stroke every 4 minutes, but why not give them an eye-opening visual that’s easier for them to digest? Here are four ways you can use infographics to teach patients how to recognize stroke symptoms and ways to help prevent strokes.…
With the ever-growing popularity of YouTube, Pinterest and video on Facebook, more and more people are preferring illustrated information like infographics over the written word. Infographics allow patients to digest complex information faster and more easily. In fact, 1/3 of your brain is involved in visual processing.¹ Here are six reasons why it’s a good idea to include infographics within the content of your website and social media accounts to help educate patients.…
Both providers and patients have realized the convenience and flexibility that text communications provide, and healthcare practices are beginning to embrace texting as an essential tool for increasing provider-patient engagement and improving patient experience. As mobile phone usage continues to increase, text communications are not only more Iikely to be considered acceptable by patients—texting is becoming the preferred channel for patient communications as well.…
May is Healthy Vision Month and a great time to raise awareness about eye health and promote strategies to help prevent vision loss and blindness. Many Americans get a physical every year, but 23 million adults have never had their eyes examined, according to a national survey conducted by the National Eye Institute (NEI).…
Numerous chronic care patients are lacking better follow-up from their healthcare providers, resulting in higher hospital readmission rates. Contacting patients to monitor symptoms and pain, assess their readmissions risk and provide them with additional support or intervention can help avoid this. According to a recent West study, patients welcome more communication and support from their healthcare provider.…
Although many healthcare practices have not yet embraced automated patient communications, studies show that patients are increasingly more accepting of and prefer automated communications from their providers and healthcare teams. In fact, 76 percent of Americans are interested in receiving automated communications from their healthcare providers. An appointment reminder strategy that incudes elements for increased acceptance, higher response rates and automation offers a number of advantages, including improved patient experience, increased staff efficiency and reduced no-shows.…
The burden of chronic disease weighs heavily on America. According to the CDC, chronic diseases are the leading cause of death, disability and healthcare costs in the United States. Unfortunately, half of adults have one chronic disease and one in four adults has two or more. ¹ That’s why the CDC and other policymakers are focused on finding new, more effective ways to control chronic disease.…
