First impressions are everything. Almost everyone working in healthcare understands that. And it’s not just clinicians. The architect who designed the front lobby of a hospital or the website developer who ensures the ease of use of a health system’s digital presence understands how important that first impression is. Patients come first in healthcare, and that’s true when focusing on patient access or simply creating a welcoming environment. It is just as important to focus on the impact that
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Digital Front Door
Navigating the Digital Front Door: Overcoming Friction in New Patient Registration
In today's fast-paced digital age, traditional healthcare systems are under growing pressure to adapt their digital front-door strategies to meet the ever-changing needs of consumers. However, friction points stemming from the limitations of existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems often stand in the way of progress, particularly as it relates to consumers who are attempting to register as new patients at health systems.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are the cornerstone of
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Sturdy Health Partners with Notable for AI-Powered Digital Front Door
What You Should Know:
- Sturdy Health, a leading healthcare system in Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, has announced a new partnership with Notable, the AI platform for healthcare operations.
- The strategic collaboration aims to empower patients with a more convenient and efficient healthcare experience through the power of artificial intelligence (AI).
Simplifying Patient Workflow with Notable
Sturdy Health will leverage Notable's platform to automate
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Amenities Health Joins Panda Health Marketplace to Streamline Digital Transformation for Hospitals
What You Should Know:
- Amenities Health, a Digital Front Door platform, has announced its integration with the Panda Health Marketplace, a platform connecting hospitals and health systems with vetted digital health solutions.
- This collaboration empowers healthcare providers with a pre-vetted selection of best-in-class digital health solutions, including Amenities' own patient experience platform.
Simplifying Digital Health Adoption for Hospitals
Panda Health acts as a trusted
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Amenities Health Closes $10M to Modernize Health System Digital Front Doors
What You Should Know:
- Amenities Health, a Dallas, TX-based healthcare digital front door platform secured an additional $6.25M, putting Amenities' total Series A amount raised to date at $10M.
- The Series A round was led by MemorialCare Innovation Fund, and Epic Ventures with additional participation from HealthTech CEOs Chris Gibson, Blake Marggraff, Kyle Robertson, Tom White, Kulmeet Singh, Harjinder Sandhu, and Buzz White.
- Amenities plans to use the additional
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Fixing Broken Digital Front Doors and Combating the ‘Great Patient Disconnect’
Have you searched for something on a company’s website, then given up and called to speak to a customer service representative when you couldn’t find the answers you were looking for?
This experience is all too common – especially in healthcare.
Since 2020, digital front doors (DFDs) have become increasingly popular. And with the healthcare staff shortage projected to continue—and even worsen through at least 2025—digital entry points into healthcare for patients are more important
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Horizon Taps Solera to Deliver Members AI-Matched Solutions
What You Should Know:
Solera Health, the premier technology platform for connecting people seamlessly and easily to health solutions that work, announces a multi-year strategic partnership with Horizon Healthcare Services, New Jersey’s largest health insurer with more than 3.6 million members.Through this strategic partnership, Solera will provide its technology platform to connect Horizon members to a personalized experience of innovative and effective curated networks of digital
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M&A: eVisit Acquires Bluestream Health
What You Should Know:
- eVisit, a virtual care operating platform for health systems and large, complex healthcare delivery organizations acquires Bluestream Health, a digital front door and virtual care workflow solution that manages patient and provider interactions throughout the care delivery process.
- Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Acquisition Brings Virtual care to Patients
eVisit augments its highly innovative capabilities with complementary digital
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Why Proactive Patient Engagement Is The Pathway to Better Care Outcomes in 2023
When it comes to consumer engagement, other industries have had a significant head start. For years, retailers, banks, and other customer-centric organizations have been working hard on curating digital experiences that simplify, personalize, and secure interactions and transactions with their consumer base.
Accessing your savings account through an app is now the standard for millions of people. It’s second nature to use the chat feature on a clothing retailer’s website to get information
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22 Executive Digital Health Predictions to Watch in 2023
Jon Bloom, MD, CEO and Co-founder of Podimetrics
From a digital health perspective, 2022 was a reset year for many and a serious reality check. We went from sky high growth to the sky is falling, and in 2023 I think this market correction movement will continue forward. To me, the biggest surprise of 2022 was that despite the market tanking, digital health companies continued to truck forward with huge deals. This includes massive acquisitions like Amazon and OneMedical, as well as deals like
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