How to decrease patient no-show appointments

ricardo-estrada 06 03, 2022

When a patient doesn’t show up to a doctor’s appointment, it costs everyone time, energy, and money. Patients don’t receive the medical care they need, and doctors lose time they could have spent tending to other patients on their lists....

ricardo-estrada 05 31, 2022

The Connected Care Team podcast recently had the pleasure of speaking with Brent Steineckert at Sharp HealthCare. As the Director of Access, Electronic Health Records, and Health Information, Brent oversees the integration of technology and clinical operations to make his...

melody 05 11, 2022

Clinical communication and collaboration (CC&C) solutions are vital for enabling real-time healthcare communication between care teams, administrative staff, and patients. CC&C solutions enhance clinical workflows for nurses, physicians, and other healthcare members. Enhancing clinical workflows delivers numerous benefits to healthcare...

cheryl 05 06, 2022

The American Nurses Association established National Nurses Week in 1985 to honor nurses' contributions to advancing the profession and the healthcare industry. The celebration has since expanded into an entire month, which is a great opportunity to highlight how important...

cheryl 04 28, 2022

Collaboration is key to success in any organization, but even more so in healthcare. Speed to care is a critical driver, especially when treating patients with severe conditions. Nurse and physician communication must be in sync to share insights and...

harish 04 26, 2022

Doctors’ offices, clinics, urgent care facilities, and other medical outposts are the front lines of healthcare. That’s where patients have most of their regular interactions with caregivers. Efforts to transform relationships between healthcare consumers and the industry at large must...

myron 04 22, 2022

People who have worked on a care delivery team have a different definition of the word “collaboration” from their peers in the corporate world. While collaborating on the design of a product, for example, is broadly analogous to collaborating on...

melody 04 21, 2022

Hospice is a scary word that often carries with it a negative connotation. Many patients and their families believe it’s a place you go to give up on life and throw in the towel. Patients often fear their medical care...

julie 04 14, 2022

Since 1978, Hosparus Health has provided hospice and palliative care to patients in Kentucky and Indiana. They are a fully accredited, non-profit organization providing medical care, grief counseling, pain management, and much more for patients and families facing serious and...

ricardo-estrada 04 13, 2022

From misdiagnoses to costly and even life-threatening mistakes, medical safety experts have found that poor communications result in 1.7 billion in malpractice costs and almost 2,000 preventable deaths annually. While hospitals and specialty clinics may have best-in-class care professionals and...