Melanie Rotax

How to Triage Patient Phone Calls Efficiently: Step-By-Step

Triage patient phone calls with OhMD Patient Calling feature and call patients directly from your computer using your office number. Read On

Melanie Rotax

Direct primary care patient satisfaction improvement tips

Direct primary care patient satisfaction. How do we improve it? When wait times are getting longer, patient management is getting harder, and people are struggling to access the care and attention they need, the direct primary care model is designed to put the patient satisfaction and communication at the forefront.  We’ll provide you an understanding… Read On

Melanie Rotax

What’s a HIPAA Compliant Answering Service? Cost & How it Works

A HIPAA compliant medical answering service is the answer to overwhelming numbers of patient phone calls. OhMD’s Call-to-Text will allow you to manage call volume with a more convenient workflow. A healthcare answering service makes it possible for your medical practice to offer extraordinary patient care while maintaining compliance with HIPAA standards. What’s a HIPAA… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Tips and Technologies to Lead as a Patient Access Manager

As a patient access manager, you act as an ambassador for the patient. It isn’t a job to be taken lightly. You are there at the start of their care journey. When patients first step into the door of a healthcare organization, it can be overwhelming and sometimes scary. You are on the front lines… Read On

Melanie Rotax

What Is Patient-Centered Care? Definition & Examples

Key Takeaways: Patient-Centered Care When patients walk into your office, you want them to feel immediately at-ease. That’s why you have comfortable seating, friendly front desk staff, and magazines to pass the time. You may not realize this, but you are already taking some of the first steps to engaging in patient-centered care. As you… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Choosing the right text to landline option for your practice

Text to landline service. You might see or hear that and say, what does that mean? Why do I care? Most importantly, how does it help me? Exactly like it sounds, text to landline means that people can send SMS and MMS messages to your landline phone number. Software like OhMD allows you to see… Read On

Melanie Rotax

8 ways to improve the management of patient centered care

The management of patient centered care can make or break the healthcare experience. We all strive to center the visit on the patient, but there are many moving pieces to the care experience that can put us off target. There are things you can do, today, to improve the experience that will keep your patients… Read On

Melanie Rotax

10 tips for launching your telehealth marketing plan

Choosing how to introduce a new telehealth marketing plan may be a looming decision – but it doesn’t have to be. What people don’t realize is that the technology used in telehealth can be similar or identical to the technology we use in our day-to-day lives. When most people think of telehealth, they automatically think… Read On

Melanie Rotax

How to Improve Patient Experience: Best Practices & Tips

Patient experience best practices are what we, in healthcare, are always seeking out. Making the care process more accessible, enjoyable, and comfortable are frequently topics of discussion for healthcare providers and staff. With emerging options for care that the patient can choose from, we must strive for the best experience whether it is virtual or… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Physician patient relationships – How to form lasting bonds

Developing and maintaining patient physician relationships is critical to the success of a practice. Developing that crucial personal relationship with a patient can be easier said than done. Here are some tenants to abide by when looking to build a strong rapport with patients. Physician patient relationships rely on great communication A recent study found… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Chatbots in Healthcare: What They Are, Examples & Benefits

In a rapidly digitizing world, artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize numerous industries. A technology that’s proving particularly transformative is chatbots. These digital assistants interact in human-like ways, answering queries, providing information, and performing tasks in an array of professional contexts. Healthcare is one such industry where chatbots have begun to make a significant impact,… Read On

Melanie Rotax

What is V1C (Virtual First Care)?

Where did it all start? V1C or virtual first care is emerging as a fresh-faced healthcare solution during an era of social distancing and consumer choice. Over the past year, brick and mortar businesses in many industries, including healthcare, have transitioned to virtual business models to accommodate both staff working from home and patients seeking… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Medical Billing and Coding Tips and Tricks

Billing for services is not always easy in healthcare, so we went straight to the experts for some medical billing and coding tips and tricks so you can be sure you’re not leaving money on the table. Svast helps healthcare providers improve financial performance with certified billers, coders and best-in-class processes for revenue cycle management.… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Telehealth: Building trust with patients

In telehealth, building trust with patients is critical. These days, it’s entirely possible that your first time meeting a new patient could be a virtual experience. How do you make a good first impression, make the patient feel comfortable and offer the same standard of care you would in person? Without the opportunity to meet… Read On

Melanie Rotax

Asynchronous messaging for mental health providers is a game-changer

Asynchronous messaging for mental health is becoming a must-have for clinics around the country. The United States is seeing more people seek out mental health care than ever before. As the stigma around seeking help when people need it most continues to fade, mental health clinics are finding new ways to provide the best possible care.… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Creating fierce patient loyalty in healthcare through hyper-personalization

Building patient loyalty in healthcare is becoming increasingly more important as competition continues to grow within the marketplace. In a world where convenience is king, delivering high quality care when and how the patient wants it can help to ensure someone continues to come back to your practice. But how do you do it? Ed… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Digital Call Deflection for Patient Communication

In today’s fast-paced digital world, it is essential for healthcare providers to maximize digital call deflection in order to meet the increasing demands and expectations of patients. By understanding what digital call deflection is and why it is important in healthcare, implementing effective strategies, studying successful case studies, and measuring its impact, providers can overcome… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

How one practice built Disney-level consumer healthcare experience

With consumerism bleeding into all industries including healthcare, consumer healthcare experience is being considered now more than ever before, as patients have more choice in how and where they receive care. Because of this, practices are now competing on elements of the patient experience beyond simply the level of care provided. So the question becomes:… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Implementing effective telehealth options for your practice

In this episode of “The Patient Conversation”, telehealth consultant Sam Lippolis and OhMD CEO Ethan Bechtel share their expectations for the future of telehealth and suggest best practices for delivering patients the best telehealth experience. They cover the importance of nailing down workflows, training providers on technology, and educating patients to adapt to a hybrid… Read On

Ethan Bechtel

Keeping the televisit at the forefront of care after COVID-19

Even as people are becoming more willing to go back into the doctors office for visits, the value of the televisit has left an indelible mark on patients. Though the U.S. has seen a decline in telehealth usage over the last few months with more and more people becoming vaccinated for COVID-19, a recent study… Read On