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Aug 22, 2024
How To Combat Patient Attrition and Improve Retention in Your Medical Practice

A recent survey found that more than one-third of Americans admit to leaving a medical practice within the previous two years. This highlights the importance of your practice working to combat patient attrition and boost retention. You can increase patient loyalty and keep new patients coming through your practice’s front door to stop your attrition...

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Aug 20, 2024
Creating Patient Medical History Forms

Whether you are starting from a medical history form template or using patient intake software, having a structured medical history form ensures your patient data stays complete and current.  Not sure how to create a medical history form for your practice? Keep reading to see how simple it is, especially when your office uses digital...

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Aug 12, 2024
Celebrating National Receptionist Day

National Receptionist Day is the second Wednesday in May each year. Your receptionists are the face of your medical practice, greeting visitors, answering phone calls, scheduling appointments, and keeping you and your colleagues organized. Explore ways to celebrate how important receptionists are to your medical practice. What Is National Receptionist Day? Jennifer Alexander of the...

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Aug 7, 2024
Receptionist Phone Script Examples for Medical Practice Success

Receptionists play a vital role in the success of your medical practice. They’re responsible for communicating with patients, managing appointment schedules, providing billing and payment assistance, and much more. As a result, you must ensure that they approach customer interactions successfully. Using well-crafted phone scripts for receptionists can ensure the consistency and professionalism of their...

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Aug 6, 2024
Effective IVR Prompts: Key to Patient Satisfaction in Medical Practices

When patients call your medical practice, they want a personalized interaction that answers their questions and provides all the information they seek. But if your practice is like many, you may feel overwhelmed by the number of daily calls you receive. Using an IVR system — and leveraging effective IVR prompts — can make this...

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Aug 5, 2024
Crafting Effective IVR Scripts for Medical Practices

IVR (Interactive Voice Response) scripting involves creating recorded dialogues that guide callers through an automated system, providing options for self-service or connecting them to live agents. Recent research shows that an Interactive Voice Response system can yield a first-call resolution rate of nearly 75%, meaning three out of four patients resolve their concerns the first...

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Aug 2, 2024
Creating Medical Consent Forms for Your Practice

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, more than 50 million surgical procedures take place in the U.S. annually. From cardiac catheterizations to total hip replacements, surgeries are very common. Before having surgery, American adults must sign medical consent forms on behalf of themselves or their children, depending on their age. A patient consent form for...

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Aug 1, 2024
Mastering Six Sigma Healthcare: Improve Efficiency and Patient Outcomes

Medical practitioners constantly seek to improve patient outcomes at their medical centers. Implementing efficiency tools while trying to maximize patient care results can be challenging. One option is implementing Six Sigma healthcare, which seeks efficiency improvements without sacrificing what’s best for the patient. Weave offers multiple software solutions to help you use these lean processes...

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Jul 31, 2024
Implementing Lean Healthcare: A Guide to Improved Practice Management

Embracing lean management in your organization can deliver multiple benefits. This management philosophy reduces waste in places ranging from serving customers to the manufacturing line and works for almost any business, including service-based businesses like healthcare. At Weave, we have many tools made to implement and improve your lean healthcare options. Understanding Lean Healthcare You’re...

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Jul 30, 2024
How To Run a Medical Practice: Key Strategies and Tips

According to the American Medical Association, the number of doctors with private practices has decreased dramatically. Over 60% of doctors worked for private medical practices a decade ago, but today, around 45% work for private medical practices. Do you have a medical license from an accredited medical school and an interest in starting your private...

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Jun 21, 2024
The Ultimate Guide to Patient Feedback and Quality Improvement

As a healthcare professional, providing top-quality care to patients and gathering patient feedback are likely among your highest priorities. But in the busy day-to-day routine of running a healthcare organization, your focus on the patient experience may begin to waver. You may think your patient satisfaction rates are fine, but are you truly delivering the...

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May 6, 2024
Managing Surgery Tools for Your Practice

Using the right surgical tools in your medical practice—and managing them well—plays an integral role in surgeon precision, patient safety, and surgical outcomes. As a medical practice owner, you have a responsibility to not only choose the right tools for your practice but also to maintain and sterilize them appropriately and swap them for newer...