by Holly Meyer | Mar 15, 2023 | Patient Access, Patient Communication, Patient Engagement, Telehealth
It’s been about two years since the use of telehealth skyrocketed in the United States, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. In just the first quarter of 2020, there was a 154 percent increase in these virtual visits. The utilization of telehealth has continued in the...
by Holly Meyer | Jan 19, 2022 | Patient Access, Patient Engagement, Telehealth
Patient volumes are near 2019 levels for many healthcare providers, even as they continue to be impacted by waves of COVID-19 cases due to newly emerging variants. Some of the approximately 40 percent of Americans who delayed medical care during the height of the...
by Holly Meyer | Nov 10, 2021 | Patient Access, Patient Engagement, Population Health, Telehealth, Uncategorized
Focusing on patient engagement offers a multitude of advantages for healthcare providers, from improved clinical outcomes and lower costs to better reimbursement. It also aids in improved operational efficiency and boosts population health and value-based care...
by Lisa Blue | Oct 13, 2021 | Patient Engagement, Telehealth
Innovations in computer science and data science are on track to revolutionize almost every sector of the economy — including critical fields like healthcare. Big data, AI and smart technology all provide organizations with better access to data than ever before, as...
by Lisa Blue | Mar 2, 2021 | Patient Access, Patient Communication, Patient Engagement, Patient Outreach, Population Health, Telehealth
Conducting population health management is challenging for most health care entities. Doing it during the COVID-19 pandemic makes it exponentially more difficult. Provider support of chronic care patients has been achieved via telehealth more over the past year than...
by Lisa Blue | Jan 19, 2021 | Patient Communication, Patient Outreach, Population Health, Secure Messaging, Telehealth
There’s no denying that the healthcare industry in the United States has been hit especially hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to many physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals being on the front line caring for patients who contracted the virus,...