Valant

JUNE 19, 2024

The concept of telemedicine dates back several decades, but recent advancements in digital communication hardware and software have revolutionized its implementation. Convenience: Patients can schedule appointments at their convenience, sometimes even during non-traditional hours. Download Template

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Valant

AUGUST 1, 2024

Not needing to worry about the minutiae of insurance claims or appointment scheduling frees up time for clinical work. Download Whitepaper What to Know About Opening Your Own Practice Choosing between opening your own practice and working at a group practice is a decision that requires careful consideration of the pros and cons.

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Valant

MAY 3, 2024

Forms communicate expectations, which can help avoid problems. policies for no-show appointments). Cancellation Policy Form This form should explain expectations for timely attendance of appointments, policies for rescheduling, exceptions for extenuating circumstances, and penalties imposed, such as a cancellation fee.

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Pre-Visit Communication: Ensure patients receive all necessary information before their appointment, including directions or telehealth instructions. Centralized Scheduling: Implement a centralized patient scheduling system to manage appointments effectively and reduce issues such as overbooking or no-shows.

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Valant

JULY 25, 2024

It encompasses various communication channels, including secure electronic messaging. The Importance of Effective Messaging Clear, empathetic communication fosters trust, encourages treatment adherence, and reduces stigma. Personalized Reminders: Use automated reminders for appointments, medication adherence, and self-care.

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Valant

MARCH 30, 2024

Comprehensive documentation also facilitates communication and collaboration among members of a patient’s whole treatment team. Automated workflows and reminder notifications save time on administrative tasks and allow for better patient communication. These should facilitate open and honest communication.

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Valant

MARCH 25, 2024

Communication Is Key Effective, timely communication with patients should play a central role in your EHR transition plan. In your communications, be clear about how this EHR migration will impact the patient experience for the better. Here are some key considerations for minimizing disruption for patients during an EHR switch.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

For instance, monitoring appointment scheduling and wait times helps streamline administrative processes and reduce patient wait times. Thus, by analyzing data on appointment wait times, cancellations, and scheduling bottlenecks, practices can identify areas for improvement and optimize their scheduling workflows.

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Valant

JULY 3, 2024

For many patients, med management offers distinct advantages of efficiency and convenience, whereas frequent and lengthy therapy appointments may be costly and difficult to fit into a busy schedule of work and family obligations. Integration with pharmacies ensures seamless communication and reduces manual errors. Download Template

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Valant

JULY 5, 2024

Features that improve the scheduling flow might include patient-initiated appointment requests, automated reminders, and waitlist management. An appointment request feature allows patients to book at their convenience, freeing up staff to simply approve requests rather than spend time on the phone scheduling each patient.

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Valant

MARCH 14, 2024

EHRs streamline these tasks by automating routine, repetitive processes such as appointment scheduling , patient communications, and insurance claims processing. Interoperability and Data Sharing Seamless communication and data sharing between healthcare providers is crucial for effective care coordination and patient safety.

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Valant

APRIL 24, 2024

You and your client should work together to identify the long-term goals of therapy, and to maintain open communication about the objectives you’ll use to reach them. Patient will continue practicing thought-challenging between appointments, as well as engaging in 15 minutes of body scans and meditation per day.

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Valant

APRIL 30, 2024

Facilitating Communication Treatment plans can also be a vehicle for better communication with your client. Treatment plans also help therapists quickly communicate with other care providers and with insurance by capturing patient information in a standardized way.

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Valant

MARCH 1, 2024

Obtain consent from new patients to provide appointment reminders , to send PHI through a secure patient portal, to obtain medical records from past providers, and more. As your practice grows, a strong team will include front and back-office staff to handle patient communication, scheduling, billing, etc.

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Valant

MARCH 26, 2024

Even small tasks like scheduling appointments can have an outsized impact on your practice if not standardized. When providers and staff don’t have a set method for taking down appointments, double-booking and confusion easily ensue, tying up employees’ valuable time and creating a negative experience for affected patients.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Failure to document patient noncompliance with appointments, ordered diagnostic tests and/or prescribed medications. Document your patient care assessments, observations, communications, and actions in an objective, timely, accurate, complete, and appropriate manner. Download the complete report here.

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Valant

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Although this treatment requires at least several weeks of appointments at certified treatment centers where patients are observed for at least 2 hours, the time and cost can be worth it. Communication strategies with patients should focus on the benefits of newer treatment options while being realistic about what it can accomplish for them.

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Doximity

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As a primary care pediatrician, I often juggle multiple demands as well as communicate with a whole roster of people. One tip - make sure to let your patients know that you'll be communicating via this method so that they don't mistake these messages as spam. What would you do with an extra 5 minutes during a clinic day?

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Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

Can the EHR streamline patient intake processes and appointment scheduling? Among other items, your communications with patients must be HIPAA-compliant , which is one reason why a secure patient portal is key. How does the EHR facilitate communication and coordination between different departments within the practice, and beyond?

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Health Populi

AUGUST 10, 2021

Zoom developed a new iOS mobile browser client on the Zoom for Healthcare platform, enabling people to connect for appointments with health care providers via Apple devices. ’ Reliable video communications like Zoom are a way of life,” the company foresees.

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Valant

APRIL 2, 2024

Clinical Workflow Improvement EHR data can reveal gaps in care delivery, such as missed appointments or incomplete documentation. For example, analyzing appointment scheduling patterns can help practices identify bottlenecks, reduce wait times, and improve overall operational efficiency.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 4, 2024

These applications can be downloaded and used from anywhere, anytime, making mental health support readily available. Less Burden on Therapists: With mental health applications, therapists have the power to control their routine and not burn themselves out with numerous appointments in a day. It ignites fatal diseases such as cancer.

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Arkenea

DECEMBER 8, 2024

APIs or application programming interfaces improve communication and data sharing among medical departments and institutes. Application programming interfaces allow information systems to streamline communication and transfer data. Since patients are sick, keeping medical records and appointments becomes a hassle.

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Health Populi

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Alissa Knight , an expert on hacking and cybersecurity, conducted this research by first downloading 30 mHealth apps in collaboration with the companies, to do penetration testing of their apps and APIs. While a social security number can fetch $1 by a data evil-doer, a credit card can score $110, and a full medical record as much as $1,000.

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Accepted Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Accepted’s free download, Fitting In and Standing Out: The Paradox at the Heart of Admissions will show you how to do both. She physically went to my mother’s and was on the appointment. And so not only do we have to communicate across disciplines, but we have to communicate across generations of technology users.

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