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.
Training clinicians and residents to succeed in value-based care
How do we guide the next generation of clinicians to prioritize value over volume?
Going the extra mile to make patients feel welcome
Making patients feel secure and cared for is what we strive for every day.
Managing online reputation with a virtual care strategy
How reputation management has been key to attracting more customers for one virtual care program.
How one concierge practice adapted to virtual care
How one practice managed the transition to virtual care before the pandemic.
How the healthcare industry is addressing bias
Some of the ways the industry is addressing these issues in medical school and beyond.
Collecting past-due patient balances
Every medical practice will have patients with unpaid balances, but those that have smart collection strategies in place will be better off.
Patient biases can also affect care delivery and outcomes
Patients can hold biases toward physicians in the same way that physicians can be biased in their care delivery.
How value-based care helped our independent practice survive 2020
Our experience shows how key features of value-based care can position practices to be more resilient, adaptable, and future-oriented.
Conscious vs unconscious bias in physician practices
The difference between a ‘conscious bias’ and an ‘unconscious bias’ and how they are measured.
What biases in medicine means for physicians
What bias means for physician’s everyday work experiences.
Communicating bad news to your patients
Giving bad news is not fun, but as a doctor, it is something you'll have to do from time to time. Here are some tips on how to do it.
Expert tips to create a concierge-style patient experience
With consumer-driven business models running the show, your existing call-handling systems and protocols are likely not contributing to the patient loyalty you need for a thriving practice.
Planning for the best RCM strategy in 2021
What practices should be planning for to make the best RCM strategy this year, from David Cohen, chief product and technology officer of Greenway Health.
Rural Healthcare Access: The providers and the challenges
Some providers are taking steps to serve those that have historically been neglected.
Value-based incentives improve clinical connectivity
How reinforcing care coordination can create value and improve patient outcomes.
How billing and telehealth services have changed throughout the pandemic
How billing for telehealth services have changed throughout the pandemic.
Benefits and challenges of integrating telehealth with an EHR
The benefits and challenges involved with integrating a telehealth system with an EHR.
Can You Discharge Patients with Unpaid Balances?
A physician asks whether he can legally refuse treatment to a patient with an unpaid balance. Here are five legal considerations.
Returning to care in a “Not-Quite-Post Pandemic” world
How will physicians manage the increasing demand as patients return to care without getting burned out in the process?
Integrated telehealth solutions
The concept of integrated telehealth solutions and how this impacts workflows.
How physicians can stay abreast of new standards of care
How physicians can remain updated with standards of care.
What to expect from point solutions in 2021
Will point solutions continue to emerge, or will there be a widespread consolidation of programs and services?
Questions physicians should ask about emerging point solutions and what to expect in 2021
How providers should take issues into consideration when exploring point solutions for their patients.
“Point Solution Fatigue”: What it is, how to overcome it
The phenomenon of ‘point solution fatigue’ affecting physicians, providers, and payers.
Physicians should be modernizing practice operations
Now is the time for decisive COVID-19 recovery.
Physician burnout, COVID-19, and the patient safety challenge
The pandemic has placed greater burdens on physicians, providers, and staff.
Problems with standards of care and finding solutions
The shortcomings of current standards of care and why finding solutions might be so challenging and complex.
What ‘standards of care’ means for physicians
What we mean by ‘standards of care’ are, as well as how they are developed.
RTA: A metric for value-based care
How a high "Referral-to-Appointment” benefits everyone by scheduling patients and supporting the current and future healthcare ecosystems.
Primary care is good for more than the heart
How an independent physician managed to lower his patients’ risk of stroke, heart disease, and other life-threatening conditions.