The best way to get patients back in the door is to send happy patients out the door. Improving the patient education experience is key.
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How COVID-19 Accelerates the Need For Tech-Enabled Patient Education
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Education, Digital Signage, Automated Education, Digital Whiteboards
The Correlation between Patient Education and Patient Satisfaction
Hospitals and nurses have long known that patients who are well educated about their health and treatment are likely to follow their care plan. With increased communication channels, patients are more likely to report better patient satisfaction, both of which positively impact health outcomes and hospital reimbursement.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Education, Patient Satisfaction, emr integration, nurse efficiency
How Modern Hospitals Improve Patient Outcomes
Hospitals are under constant pressure to improve patient outcomes for many reasons. Among them, healthcare consumerism is creating a market for better-informed patients. Health outcomes and low readmission rates are two criteria patients use to choose a hospital.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Education, Patient Communication, Discharge Planning, Reducing Readmissions
Four Practical Ways Hospitals Can Improve Patient Experience
Topics: Patient Experience, Patient Communication, Discharge Planning, Hospital Smart Rooms, Reducing Readmissions
5 Things to Know about Hospital Smart Rooms
Hospital smart rooms are disrupting traditional patient room designs. They also are transforming the traditional patient experience.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Operational Efficiency, Hospital Efficiency, Hospital Smart Rooms
Three Ways Patients Want Hospitals to Improve the Patient Experience
Pick up any newspaper, turn on any TV or open any news web site and it is clear that healthcare accessibility and costs are top of mind concerns for American consumers. In the latest Politico poll, about 80% of respondents – in both parties – said lowering healthcare costs was “extremely” or “very” important.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Experience, Patient Communication, Discharge Planning
Interactive Patient System Provides Fast, Targeted Communications When Infectious Diseases Strike
“Allen E3 digital messages were the fastest, most targeted and easiest way
to communicate flu visitation restrictions.”
Coronavirus is filling the headlines this month, but at the same time, influenza continues to be a serious health concern across the US. The CDC says that influenza has sickened at least 13 million Americans this season – and flu season hasn’t peaked yet. As they have during previous flu epidemics, many hospitals in hard-hit regions are implementing temporary visitor restrictions to help control the spread of flu and other infectious diseases. But making sure that the ever-changing flow of visitors, patients and staff is aware of those restrictions can be a major communications and management challenge.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Education, Operational Efficiency
It has been a decade since President Obama signed into law the Affordable Care Act – March 23, 2010 – shifting healthcare delivery into the value-based delivery model. Now, as we enter a new decade, hospitals also are entering a new era of patient engagement. What can we expect next when it comes to improving the hospital experience? Here’s what we see ahead.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Engagement, Patient-Centered Care
Nowadays, the term ‘healthcare innovation’ is becoming almost cliché. Everyone, it seems, is on the bandwagon to be known as an innovator, a disrupter. New companies and technologies are coming online faster than hospital management teams can adequately vet them.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Engagement
One Hospital’s Allen E3 Story to Patient-Centered Care
Seven years ago, Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, New York, came to Allen Technologies with a challenge not uncommon to most hospitals. The 245-bed Northwell Health facility wanted to empower and engage its patients in their treatment. It was looking for innovative ideas – and sought a technology partner with the creative chops and an innovation track record to achieve it.
Topics: Allen Technologies, Patient Experience, Patient-Centered Care