November 7th 2024
These are the real reasons consumers prefer telehealth, and they might surprise you.
November 1st 2024
Evidence shows that patients who feel they are not heard or respected by their doctors experience poorer outcomes.
October 14th 2024
Five tips to ensure better documentation and, along with it, better patient care and improved reimbursement.
September 17th 2024
Physicians, and employers, need to start taking financial toxicity seriously.
August 23rd 2024
Providing patients a positive experience, especially toward the end of the doctor-patient encounter, can pay dividends.
Practice tip of the week: Going the extra mile to make patients feel welcome
Your weekly dose of wisdom from the Physicians Practice experts.
Leveraging data to enhance the care, lives of seriously ill patients
Transferring seriously ill patients to a different care setting at the right time may be the greatest prescription a provider can offer them.
Improving colorectal cancer screening rates
These ideas should also help GI practices improve their performances as well.
Poll: Clinicians say COVID-19 testing remains critical
Two-thirds report conducting on-site testing.
6 Benefits of digital front doors
As patient volumes grow, digital front doors can be a boon to your practice.
3 Things physicians should consider when treating long Covid
One significant challenge facing physicians is that the most prominent symptoms of long COVID have been traditionally among the most challenging to treat.
Close partnerships between primary and virtual care providers needed to deliver optimal chronic disease care
Clinicians and their care teams lack the time and resources to manage chronic diseases optimally.
Crisis-proofing specialty therapies: Sophia’s journey
Maintaining treatment for patients with chronic conditions during a crisis requires healthcare technology that keeps everyone connected.
Food security is the missing link in managing chronic conditions
A healthful diet can help people diagnosed with chronic conditions manage their diseases and prevent complications.
Practice tip of the week: Creating a patient satisfaction improvement plan
Practice tip of the week: 10 Customer Service Habits for Your Medical Practice
Practice tip of the week: Seven communication sins every practice should avoid
Practice tip of the week: Six things to never say to a patient
Practice tip of the week: Why you should know your patient’s behavioral styles
Practice tip of the week: Humility
Practice tip of the week: How to support LGBTQ+ patients year-round
Practice tip of the week: How to evaluate waiting room furniture
5 Tips to retain patients
These tips can help keep your patients coming back.
Streamlining credentialing to boost provider satisfaction, patient access
Inefficient provider credentialing processes, credentialing mistakes that increase costs, and lengthy onboarding procedures are just some of the hurdles to hiring healthcare staff.
How healthcare practices can resolve the common reasons behind patient attrition online and offline
Practices can mitigate attrition by investing in automated tools and implementing patient relations training.
Rigorous outpatient safety protocols as a best practice for infection control
Research shows medical offices and clinics are vulnerable to inadvertent spread.
Why you should stress empathy and gratitude in your practice
Although times of true crisis may challenge our ability to experience and express gratitude and empathy, such difficult times also demand that we work on enhancing our capacity for doing so.
Top six ways to increase patient visits
Patient visits have a direct impact on the success of your independent practice. Here are six tips from the experts to put into action.
Retain more patients with these four tips
These four tips can make current patients long-term ones.
How physicians and patients are partnering to evolve the decentralized clinical trial model
Technology is allowing physicians to bring research into almost any clinical setting.
COVID-19 Vaccines: Effective patient communication strategies
How to talk with patients about vaccine concerns.
Improving Patient Engagement: Seven ways texting can make a difference
If your practice isn't already communicating with patients via texting, consider how adding the mechanism could help with your efforts to enhance engagement.
Building the optimal digital patient journey
Their journey begins long before entering your practice.
Why you should know your patient’s behavior styles
Understanding your patients' behavioral styles can help you customize their practice experience and boost satisfaction. Here's how.
Mapping your patient experience
A great patient access experience is made up of several factors implemented consistently across the board.