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Innovations in Digital Care

February 18, 2023 - Shelly Jones


Health promotion and prevention are critical components of public health. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to improve and control their health, whereas prevention involves the actions taken to avoid the onset or development of diseases, injuries, and disabilities.

July 7, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 17, 2023


Every day, doctors, nurses, administrators, and staff strive to improve patient safety and care in healthcare settings. Occasionally, even the most skilled and experienced practitioners make a mistake. Thanks to better technology, patient safety has improved dramatically over the past few decades. Barcodes are one of those technologies that have had an impact on patient safety. This technology also enhances operational efficiency and increases patient safety and identification.

April 7, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Of course, caregivers on their path to value-based care delivery, where patient participation is critical, will be dissatisfied by this circumstance. In the world of healthcare data analytics, hopefully, nothing is unquantifiable. Caregivers may turn an abstract idea into a quantitative value that will aid them in making fact-based decisions by helping them to elicit the most effective channels, understand what attracts patients' attention, and see the true picture of patient involvement. Let's have a look at how we can accomplish this.

April 4, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


For many caregivers, mobile patient applications are becoming the norm. Even as more and more providers consider buying and developing options, some may end up sticking with basic features (appointment scheduling, refills, billing, etc.). It is not necessarily a bad idea to start with basic features in a patient app. While basic features are important, choosing them may hinder your business's ability to reach long-term goals.

March 28, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Clinical travel is increasingly popular due to the rapid development of IT, global medication, and dissatisfied clinical patients. To be sure, telemedicine likewise relies upon quiet consideration and clinical investigators' experience. An example of medical tourism is when you travel to another country to have a medical or dental procedure performed. Occasionally, medical tourists travel abroad to seek alternative treatment options not available in their home countries.

March 23, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Lab management is impossible without proper inventory control. Compliance, results, accuracy, and patient safety suffer if inventory control is not maintained. Inventory control can be an effective way for staff members to learn the importance of personal responsibility in lab management and the need for systems and processes that are essential for efficient lab operations. In addition to better inventory control, there are several other advantages. The automation of inventory processes reinforces the importance of inventory control in good lab management.

March 22, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


There are few relationships more personal than that between patients and their doctors. Yet, many medical websites do not offer content personalization to strengthen and extend these bonds. The personalization of content can lead to the delivery of useful information, such as geo-targeted clinic searches and a 'recently visited' section that features pages and services from visitors' past entries.

March 20, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


It's a big challenge for hospitals and health systems that patients are discharged, then re-admitted after returning home in short order. It's problematic for several reasons. Health and wellness are always top priorities for hospitals and health systems, which means that when a patient is discharged and suffers a setback that causes them to return to the hospital (usually within 30 days of discharge), it has a negative influence on their health and convenience.

March 20, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


With the COVID-19 pandemic, patients need a convenient way to stay in touch with their care providers at any time, and providers need ways to save time for their physicians and nurses. A chatbot can serve both sides' needs and increase both the quality and availability of care.

March 15, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Traditionally, healthcare marketers talked about "patient experience" within their industry. The focus has recently shifted to "consumer experience," and the reason is clear: retail giants continue pushing into the healthcare space, and with them, retail practices and an improved consumer experience.

March 11, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Many areas of the healthcare business had been moving toward value-based care delivery and value-based payment models long before the coronavirus pandemic – some quicker than others. While dentistry is still lagging behind primary care in terms of the shift from volume to value, the epidemic has prompted many dentists and oral health practitioners to seriously assess the short- and long-term benefits of making this change. We need to step up our efforts now more than ever if we are to emerge from the epidemic with a strong and resilient oral health system.

March 10, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Healthcare revenue cycle management is experiencing some new trends, including remote work, new consumer debt rules, and increased patient financial responsibility. The world is changing and the activities behind medical care repayment are changing with it. Medical care associations are recovering from a phenomenal general wellbeing emergency during which whole-assistance lines shut down so suppliers could concentrate on halting the spread of a dangerous virus.

March 7, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


It is undeniable that we are all part of a "new normal," and that healthcare is evolving. While no one can predict how virtual health will change in-patient care in the coming years, the dynamics resulting from the COVID-19 epidemic are providing clues. In general, there are several advantages to using virtual care throughout a hospital, including the ability to accelerate diagnosis, provide auxiliary services, and "reduce the danger of communicable diseases transferred through person-to-person contact. Before the pandemic, virtual visits could reduce contagious patients' exposure. The value of virtual care is even more crucial in today's socially distant world.

March 1, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Providing healthcare services comprised of trained professionals, institutions, and resources aims to meet the needs of patients. The success of care outcomes depends on doctors' abilities to assess patient needs and help patients heal.

February 19, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Patient satisfaction is the most important factor guiding quality improvement in the healthcare setting while the patient-centered care movement places increasing importance on patient engagement in clinical decision-making.

February 18, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Social media has become a vital part of any healthcare organization, For your practice, social media can help you gain new patients, strengthen relationships with current patients and even help you create 'brand ambassadors' - patients who promote your practice for you through testimonials and referrals.

February 16, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Digital marketing for healthcare improves the loyalty of current patients and educates prospective patients about their healthcare options. It's always been about connecting with your audience in the right place at the right time. And today, the right place is on the internet and the right time is around the clock.

February 12, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


In today's business and economic environment, it is important to stand ahead and for it, you need to manage your online review management system. In this Internet age, online reviews are an important part of any business, it is necessary to maintain a brand's image, which directly affects sales.

February 9, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


As we move along the evolved culture of patient-centric caregiving in the healthcare sector, never before has the patient been as empowered as now. As essential as the process of providing care is the value being seen in a well-informed patient that accepts and works toward their welfare and quality of life. When patients lack important information, their choices and decisions can go against physician advice and cause a deterioration in health. The more information a patient has, the more likely that the patient will manifest willing lifestyle changes and comply with physician advice. This process of empowering the patient, through structured, customized, and methodical information sharing, is called Patient Education.

February 6, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 21, 2023


Patient education is a relatively new thing within the field of health care. In the past, it consisted mainly of the transfer of knowledge and mostly biomedically based advice. Research has shown this to not be effective and sometimes counterproductive. As health care has moved away from applying a traditional paternalistic approach of 'doctor knows best' to a patient-centered care approach, patient education must be tailored to meet persons' individual needs.

February 4, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


As a healthcare provider, You probably spent years building up your practice. The investment is obvious- immense hard work, time, and money. You must have missed your favorite soccer games, family get-togethers, old friend reunions, movies, shopping, and endless other things to devote time to establish your practice. You and your team have done this to build the reputation of your practice.

February 1, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Today Social Media is the primary form of communication for most of us. Whether it be simply checking out the latest updates from friends, or making actual business connections. Logging on to social media is a part of everyone's daily routine. It is considered a reliable source of information for most people- they often go online to seek reviews for any service before opting for it - this includes medical practices.

January 25, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


The widespread impact of COVID-19 on healthcare has demanded new ways of working across many organization types and many forms of healthcare delivery while at the same time endeavoring to place minimal, or no, additional burden on already strained healthcare teams.

January 23, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 8, 2023


Health promotion means the development of behaviors that improve bodily functioning and enhance an individual's ability to adjust to a changing environment. Disease prevention involves efforts to reduce or eliminate vulnerability to risks that might enhance the possibilities that an individual or group will incur disease, disability, or premature death.

January 23, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 10, 2023


Multidisciplinary care is when professionals from different disciplines work together to deliver comprehensive care that addresses as many patient needs as possible.

January 22, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 21, 2023


Cell therapy or Cellular Therapy is a type of therapy, where viable cells are insinuated, grafted, or injected into a patient to create a medicinal effect. It is a technology that relies on replacing diseased or dysfunctional cells with healthy, functioning ones.

January 19, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


With the introduction of Electronic Health Records(EHR) and Electronic Medical Records(EMR), the use of Patient Portals has become increasingly popular in health care organizations of all sizes and specialties. Patient portals are a great tool for empowering patients - allowing them to check up on their medical information, ask their questions, and handle some paperwork online - while reducing clinician workloads.

January 17, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Telehealth and its use have seen a rapid increase across the world during Covid-19. The popularity of Telemedicine is likely here to stay, well after COVID-19 is under control.

January 11, 2022 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 25, 2023


Multidisciplinary care is when professionals from different disciplines work together to deliver comprehensive care that addresses as many patient needs as possible. Multidisciplinary care is an integrated team approach to healthcare. In multidisciplinary care, the development of patient-centered treatment plans and delivery of care becomes a shared responsibility. The evaluation of treatment options and treatment planning is a collaborative process that involves patients and patient's families as well.

November 14, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Clinical Trials are expensive, but these are essential processes as modern medicine sees new drug advancements. Clinical trials are the process of disease research that helps pharmaceutical companies learn more about how drugs function and which side effects they might cause before beginning human testing. A clinical trial is conducted as a group of clinical studies that are designed to answer specific questions about the safety or effectiveness of an investigational drug.

October 28, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 22, 2023


Patient Satisfaction and Patient Experience both terms are used interchangeably in healthcare, but both terms are different and hold entirely different significance to healthcare experts. The difference between Patient Experience and Patient Satisfaction has implications for quality improvement in healthcare. Thus, healthcare professionals must understand the distinction between the two concepts and apply them appropriately to their work.

October 22, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


The adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) in a healthcare environment is increasing rapidly around the world, yet the use of EHR data in clinical research has lagged.

September 16, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Covid-19 has affected almost every industry and our lives too. While negatives impacts are apparent, it's also visible that this pandemic has led to change, creative solutions, and even innovation in various areas. The education system is adopting new models, new strategies, and new solutions to collaborate productively from home.

September 9, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Patient satisfaction, while always a critical factor, has recently gained momentum in the healthcare space. In the wake of the patient-centered healthcare environment, patients are demanding a bigger role in managing their healthcare, and they expect a higher level of commitment and care from their providers. Healthcare providers are adjusting their strategic plans accordingly.

September 3, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Patient satisfaction has become an integral part of the current health care delivery system, but not everyone agrees on exactly what or how to measure it. The importance of patient satisfaction is that it helps you identify ways of improving your practice. Healthcare organizations focus on patient satisfaction and they strive to satisfy their patients not only with their health care outcomes but also with the non-clinical aspects of their patient experiences.

July 20, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 28, 2023


Would you and your grandfather buy the same clothes? Probably not, but you might receive the same medicines and medical treatment when you get sick despite many differences. That's because even the world's best doctors don't yet fully understand how different people catch the disease and respond to the treatment.

July 10, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


The ultimate goal of any medical practice is to provide quality care and maximize profit and cash flow. In this time of the pandemic, however, healthy practice revenues become even more critical.

April 15, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 28, 2023


Well, we all know what cardiovascular disease is all about - it is a serious condition that affects the normal functioning of the heart and blood vessels. Innovation in technologies plays a vital role in developing new ways of treating and stopping heart and circulatory diseases. Health innovations that embrace new knowledge and technology possess the potential to revolutionize the management of the cardiovascular disease.

April 5, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


If there's any industry that has gone under massive transformation over the last few years, it's healthcare. The industry has seen a significant rise in innovation and reduction of cost. It's just the beginning. Patients are asking for a higher standard from healthcare organizations.

March 31, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Consumer experience in healthcare means how patients perceive your healthcare organization or a health system on their online and offline experiences.

March 20, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


The quality of care is very significant in Healthcare. It's something that anyone around the globe can't disagree with. In the last few years, the healthcare sector has started to shift towards a value-based care model, putting greater emphasis on holistic methods to care and developing patient outcomes at a lower cost.

March 14, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Doctors sometimes see dozens of patients in a single day, which makes it difficult to build rapport with them. Requiring efforts to get in-depth patient data at the beginning of an appointment, doctors and nursing staff may find themselves puzzled by a patient's conditions and symptoms. This naturally turns into uncertainty among hospital administrators and other management as well. As a healthcare organization endeavors to improve patient outcomes and satisfaction, patient intimacy dramatically affects the future of the organization.

March 12, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


The latest trend in the health care industry is patient-centered care. Patient-centered care isn't just a buzzword. It's what your patients demand. But by recreating your healthcare organization to put your patients at the center of everything you do can improve each aspect of your business.

March 5, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Telemedicine is the fastest growing sector in healthcare. Big monitors and computers are not needed - now patients get their appointment virtually with physicians using their phone and home computers. According to the survey of the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions 2013, 18% of primary healthcare physicians use telemedicine for visits and consultations and is integrated with their practice management.

February 24, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


If we talk about a few years back, hospitals were a terrifying place for the patients. Discussing with doctors without understanding medical terms was intimidating and quite difficult. But now the scenario has completely changed with time.

February 17, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


With the introduction of the 5G network in the healthcare industry, more patients are being treated at the same time.

January 25, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Ever wanted to wake up early, get ready quickly, travel a long way to reach the hospital in the hope to of getting there before anyone else to avoid waiting in long queues?

January 15, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


The novel coronavirus is challenging genome sequencing technology and data processing like never before.

January 1, 2021 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Technology is here, and Healthcare is a sector that holds a lot of potentials to integrate Quantum Computing. Quantum Computing is not just a thing of science now. The Healthcare industry is adopting the use of quantum computing to support patient-centric care.

December 24, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


It's high time the healthcare industry think beyond providing just medical assistance to their patients. Securing patient privacy and data is becoming increasingly vital.

December 10, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Today we look for Google reviews for just about everything - from deciding a takeout order on a lazy Friday night, to comparing health insurance plans after starting a new job, and now even our doctors. Online reviews are the building blocks of your practice's reputation. Medical practices are the third most commonly reviewed business after restaurants and hotels. Online reviews are important for your practice, yet a lot of doctors still admit to overwhelmed on where to begin. There are some common mistakes any practice can encounter when looking to build their online presence with reviews.

December 9, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


When the internet was created, perhaps no one was aware of its potential. Today there is a social media system that brings us close as if time and distance are reduced to zero. It is used by different people for different reasons across the globe. Social media can help to improve an individual's sense of connectedness with real or online communities and can be an effective communication tool. Social media and healthcare are a powerful combination. Social networks have become an important health resource and not just for millennials. Almost 90% of adults have used social media to seek and share health information.

November 25, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Digital is the future for healthcare, with an exploding number of internet users and active users on social media. As an old saying goes, success is fishing only where the fish are. And in this digital age it is online.

November 6, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Value in healthcare is measured by improvement in a patient's health outcomes. Value comes from health outcomes which matter to patients relative to the cost of achieving those outcomes. Patient health outcomes should involve all the domains of health in a full cycle of care.

September 25, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Think back on the last time you had an amazing experience with a customer service executive. Maybe you got the wrong item when you ordered something online, you called customer service and had the right item delivered to you the next morning. Or imagine, your flight got delayed by several hours and you received a voucher for a free flight for the next time you book a flight with that airline. In today's customer-centric market, these types of cases are common.

September 17, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Doctors and care providers across the healthcare industry understand the impact of good relations with patients. A strong patient-provider relationship promotes cooperation and presents greater opportunities to learn about a patient's health requirements. Building and maintaining good relationships is just as important, now as ever before.

September 3, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


In today's digital era attracting new patients requires optimizing online presence. The internet search and social media have changed the way patients access healthcare. It's safe to say that by now most healthcare professionals understand the role of a solid web presence when it comes to attracting new patients and keeping onto existing ones. Keep reading to know what you need to do to grow your online presence.

July 27, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Patient misidentification has remained a hot button problem for over two decades and the National Patient Identifier could be the solution.

July 22, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team


Every year new trends develop based on a conversation with healthcare experts, professionals, medical device manufacturers, and healthcare IT professionals.

July 16, 2020 - Parul Saini, Webmedy Team

Updated Version - July 22, 2023


Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a promising field that has the potential to improve clinical outcomes and reduce chronic care costs. At present, about 88% of hospitals are spending or thinking to invest in remote patient monitoring. 68% of healthcare organizations fully wish to use remote patient monitoring solutions to support providers maintain the health of high-risk patients, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA).

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