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4 Strategies for Urgent Care to Thrive During the Pandemic and Beyond

HIT Consultant

A year of constantly shifting gears to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic and meet patient needs further solidified the essential role urgent cares play during large-scale public health crises. Subsequently, the pandemic is continuing to change the way patients use and view urgent care.

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14 Ways to Reduce Long Patient Wait Times

Healthcare Success

According to Avalere Health , nearly three in four doctors work for a hospital, health system, or corporate entity today. With recent advancements in technology and an explosion of non-urgent care options (e.g., It’s important to note that these reviews aren’t limited to primary care physicians.

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Where is Innovation Happening in Healthcare?

Healthcare Leadership

We still go see the local doctor when we get sick. While I would argue that going to see the local “doctor” who might give you some unknown, untested tincture to drink with your mead isn’t quite the same as going to the local Urgent Care Clinic to get a blood test done, my friend’s comments got me thinking about innovation in healthcare.

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Telehealth vs. Remote Patient Monitoring: Which Is Better for Your Patients?

HIT Consultant

Telehealth is a very broad, umbrella term that encompasses any and all care that a doctor or clinician provides without an in-person office visit. – Urgent care issues like colds, coughs, and stomach aches. RPM can provide an ongoing sense of responsibility and accountability since there is daily interaction.

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Healthcare Labor Shortages and the Potential of the Digital Workforce

HIT Consultant

What began as an explosion of patent demand for urgent care resources, ventilators, and ICU beds evolved into multiple, regional infection surges that continue to test the resiliency of the healthcare system to this day. It’s precisely what the doctor ordered. Healthcare is beginning to embrace this new modality.

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The 3 A’s That Millennials Want From Healthcare: Affordability, Accessibility, Availability

Health Populi

While Millennials were least likely to visit a doctor’s office in the past year, they had the most likelihood of making a visit to a mental health provider, to seek chiropractic care, urgent care, and acupuncture — all services delivered outside of traditional medical home settings.

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5 Most Important Healthcare Marketing Trends in 2022

Health Care Success

A large part of how we plan our marketing strategies involves taking into account predicted trends for the upcoming year. . Doctor-led groups are also rising to compete. Looking back at my predictions for 2020 , I’m intrigued by the speed at which some of these projections materialized. .