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Carl Knopke, MD, FOMA, FAAFP is the medical director of Inland Empire Weight Loss in Riverside, California. He is board certified in Obesity Medicine and Family Medicine. He is an assistant professor of Family Medicine at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine and a member of the Board of Trustees for the 

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Managing patient access, appointment volume, and operational workflows can be overwhelming with the sheer volume and complexity of healthcare data. This eBook shows how practices can turn these challenges into opportunities for growth by focusing on the data that matters the most. It outlines how specific metrics reveal scheduling gaps, reduce patient wait times, and ultimately boost both revenue and patient satisfaction. By optimizing provider schedules and enhancing patient experiences, this guide provides a clear approach to making data work more effectively for healthcare operations.

Key Takeaways:
- Identifying metrics that reveal scheduling gaps and improve patient access.
- Understanding how data can help reduce patient wait times.
- Strategies to increase appointment volume and satisfaction.

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Managing patient access, appointment volume, and operational workflows can be overwhelming with the sheer volume and complexity of healthcare data. This eBook shows how practices can turn these challenges into opportunities for growth by focusing on the data that matters the most. It outlines how specific metrics reveal scheduling gaps, reduce patient wait times, and ultimately boost both revenue and patient satisfaction. By optimizing provider schedules and enhancing patient experiences, this guide provides a clear approach to making data work more effectively for healthcare operations.

Key Takeaways:
- Identifying metrics that reveal scheduling gaps and improve patient access.
- Understanding how data can help reduce patient wait times.
- Strategies to increase appointment volume and satisfaction.

Empowering Healthcare Leaders: How to Leverage Data for Growth and Success

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 they deal with on criteria including practice communication and  customer service.

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ana Siegal, Vice President of Risk Management and Analytics at Coverys, to discuss solution oriented strategies that health care providers can use to reduce errors and malpractice claims.

Solution oriented strategies to reduce errors and malpractice claims

Minimizing medical malpractice and the resulting claims has always been paramount for health care providers. 

 sat down with Dana Siegal, Vice President of Risk Management and Analytics at Coverys, to discuss solution oriented strategies that health care providers can use to reduce errors and malpractice claims.

Dana Siegal, Vice President of Risk Management and Analytics at Coverys, discusses solution oriented strategies that health care providers can use to reduce errors and malpractice claims.

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Physicians Practice sat down with Dana Siegal, Vice President of Risk Management and Analytics at Coverys, to discuss the utilization of data in identifying high-risk areas for malpractice and strategies healthcare providers can implement to mitigate these risks.

Vulnerabilities in Care Delivery Based on Claims Data History

Minimizing medical malpractice and the resulting claims has always been paramount for health care providers. As data analytics and AI continue to progress the industry’s ability to self-assess vulnerabilities, technology has becoming increasingly intertwined with the goal of reducing diagnostic errors and improving patient outcomes. 

 sat down with Dana Siegal, Vice President of Risk Management and Analytics at Coverys, to discuss the utilization of data in identifying high-risk areas for malpractice and strategies health care providers can implement to mitigate these risks.

Dana Siegal, Vice President of Risk Management and Analytics at Coverys, discusses using data to identifying high-risk areas for malpractice.

Learn solution-oriented strategies and interventions based on the claims data trends

This white paper explores diagnostic challenges in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings. In this paper, we investigate:

How often diagnostic errors are occurring, and in which settings, based on data from closed malpractice claims.

Why EDs are particularly vulnerable to diagnostic error.

Where errors typically occur, and which diagnoses are most likely to be missed.

Details about how diagnostic errors occur in infection, vascular, and orthopedic cases – the top three categories revealed by Coverys data.

Recommendations to help reduce diagnostic errors in your ED.

A self-assessment to help identify systems and educational opportunities.

This white paper explores diagnostic challenges in emergency, ambulatory, and hospital settings.

Hidden In Plain Sight: Exposing the Drivers of Diagnostic Error

There are many reasons that patients don’t follow treatment protocols. Among other factors, they may be forgetful, distracted, or face barriers to reaching their health goals related to income, transportation, literacy, or racial bias. Regardless of the underlying reasons, the result is often a suboptimal outcome.

This report explores the reasons behind patient noncompliance and offers solutions that can be used to increase patient activation and engagement, including:

How patient satisfaction, engagement, and activation are linked.

Why outcomes are affected by patient activation levels.

Top allegations, injury severity, and other key data from events in which a lack of patient engagement was a significant factor in the alleged medical error and related outcomes.

The complexities involved with managing patient engagement.

Proactive strategies to increase patient engagement before, during, and after treatment encounters.

This report explores the reasons behind patient noncompliance and offers solutions that can be used to increase patient activation and engagement.

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