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Doctor Appointment Scheduler for Under-Staffed Medical Clinics

Dr. Maulik January 9th, 2010

It is a modern world and even the most relaxed of the doctors are very busy. So, there is a need of service automation, something that can help and assist the doctors and their staff. And since the internet is the only thing that reaches out to the maximum of the population, going for an online appointment scheduler is a very good and profitable option.

If you are looking for an online scheduler as part of automation solution for your practice, you should check out a new product that has just been available on market; An online doctor appointment scheduler that is connected to automated virtual receptionist. The scheculer will not only allow patient access online for appointment booking, it will also acts as your frontdesk receptionist that handles business calls.

A virtual receptionist is designed with a sweet, convincing voice that can take phone call from patients, talk to them in natural language, set appointments according to a convenient time for both you and the patient, and also transfer the emergency calls to your self-programmed number. Neither you nor your staff needs to worry about the patient appointment reminder calls. The virtual receptionist can handle that as well. Again, she is capable of using that friendly, convincing language to remind your patients about their appointments.

Clearly, such an all-in-one scheduler-virtual receptionist will relieve a great deal of your office staff work load. Making it possible for your staff to focus their efforts on your patients and on improved medical billing.

What about your patient? you wonder if they prefer to speak to your staff than a virtual receptionist? Yes they do. that is if your staff is available. If they are not, as often is the case in real life, they rather speak to a virtual receptionist who can help them ASAP than being put on hold or sent to voicemail.

An all-in-one scheduler-receptionist is easily accessible to you through your Iphone, Blackberry or Smart-phone. In addition, it synchronized with your Google calendar to make work easier for you, enable you to manage it whenever and wherever you need to.

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Patient Scheduler Online –Making appointment scheduling easier

Dr. Maulik December 26th, 2009

Advancement in medical informatics has gifted us with powerful medical office automation software. maiking the entire medical management easier than before. 

Good example of such automation is automated virtual receptionist that can book patient appointment over natural language dialog. Tuned with sweet friendly voice, a virtual medical receptionist can not only fixes up patients’ appointments without any error but it can also make automated reminder calls to patients in their preferred language through its multilingual option (such as Spanish, English and French).

If you have patients who love to surf Internet. Such system also provide doctor appointment online scheduler with user friendly modern visual design. Patient self-service scheduling is not only convenience to your patients, but also cost-saving to your medical practice.

Look for a system that can automatically sync patient appointments to Google Calendar so that you can manage business scheduling from any handheld devices such as Smartphone, iPhone and Blackberry.

If your suffer revenu loss because of patient no-shows, you can also use your virtual medical receptionist to make telephone reminder calls. Patient reminder calls can also be tailored as per health care provider’s requirements. For instance, it can be fitted with customized regimen and medical advices.

HIPPA compliant system that has strict norms about security and privacy protection, patient scheduler online is a perfect tool for smooth medical management for all health care providers.

To summarize what a modern office automation system (service) can do for you

  1. It is 24/7, serving calls with reliability and consistency. Patients can contact health care center at anytime they want
  2. Software will never gets tired as people do! There is no option for apathies and laziness in performing virtual medical assistant job. They are simply more dependable, more reliable than live agents.
  3. Automation allows your office staff  to focus their time and attention on other more important jobs. i.e. Your office should see revenu up by keeping your patients happier and by improving medical billing.
  4. Patient reminder calls can develop good relationship between customers and health care provider – cutting down no-shows as well as patient service satisfaction will be key to improved practice income.
  5. Two-way sync Google Calendar system enables health care providers to check, cancel or reschedule appointments when they are away from office.

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Managing Medical Center made easy using Online Appointment System

Dr. Maulik November 10th, 2009

If you are a busy doctor or a health care provider and feel it difficult to tackle all the management at your center, here is a way! You can simply let your health care center go automated, using online appointment scheduler. With all advancement in medical technology, installing the system that can work as virtual receptionist has proven to be a very useful tool to boost the sales and generate revenues.

Medical office assisting system is an automated software plan that can schedule the patients’ appointments with doctors and also call them all for the follow ups. Also, the system can be fed with tailored answers and feedbacks those can be played as and when required. Designed as a 24/7 front desk helpers to the doctors, automated medical receptionist can perform multiple tasks that would never keep patients busy and will run a smooth medical management all day, all night!

Medical answering service helps patients being in touch with medical reception anytime they want. On the other hand, when you are away from the clinic or health care center, you can access all the important information. The medical management automated system can automatically synchronize the appointments information onto the Google Calendar that enables you to manage the schedules from your handheld devices such as iPhone, BlackBerry and SmartPhone. You can also check the appointments on the cellular phones using a single-word-command SMS or text message. All this is possible by installing online medical scheduler.

Telephone appointment reminder can also be used as answering machine that comes with multiple language options (like French, Spanish, and English etc) for a better conversation with your foreign customers, the patients. More and more health care providers are now installing virtual office assistant system that comes with HIPPA compliance that follow very strict security and privacy protection measurements. The system is quite easy to operate and is very useful especially when you have a shared practice (multiple doctor scheduling option).

Medical answering system is proved to be a very helpful tool for health care practitioners who cannot afford more staff for all different tasks. They can save money by installing online appointment scheduler that can also make reminder calls and keeps patients up dated.

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Is it worth installing a 24/7 answering machine cum patient reminder system?

Dr. Maulik November 4th, 2009

In this era of electronic revolution, everything has gone computerized in order that makes the management information easier and better than ever before. Till a few years back, computers just managed to take place in accounts and sending/receiving information but today, with latest and hi-tech software system in hand, we can certainly manage things in more effective and efficient way.

24/7 answering machine is nothing but a system that picks up the calls and answers what is appropriate. Especially in the field of health care management, it has become a mandatory tool. The health care providers can simply install automated online scheduler that works as virtual receptionists and performs multiple tasks. However, many doctors and health experts feel being in dilemma that is it worth installing a 24/7 answering machine cum patient reminder system?

To understand this, let us look at some important points that make online medical management system a must have thing:-

  • Since the system is automated, the doctors do not have to depend on human medical assistance. There are no excuses about the apathies as before.
  • The health care center is accessible even during off-hours (that is after the office timings)
  • It is a 24/7 online medical assistant and hence, more reliable than the humans
  • The customers never get a busy call and are answered instantly
  • Online appointment scheduler comes with foreign language settings for a better communication with foreign patients
  • Medical clinic management is smooth and free from hurries and worries, doctors can simply install and take rest
  • The system can synchronize appointment information directly on Google Calendar so it is accessible on handheld devices such as iPhone, BlackBerry and SmartPhone.

Automated online patient scheduler can also remind patients about their forthcoming appointments and visits to the clinic. The best part about automated answering system is the doctor can feed the answers as per his or her requirements. The answers can be played or tailored according to the wish. Also, doctors can feed their specialization and manually manage the system as per their expertise.

Turning office automated using online answering and online patient reminding service is certainly worth for a better service and growth. In a long-run, doctors can cut the cost of recruiting numbers of virtual receptionists as the system itself can perform multiple tasks.

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Online Medical Office Assistant Technology Is a Great Business Solution

Richard E PANTALONY April 19th, 2009


Are you considering using an All-in-One virtual receptionist for your medical practice? Is it a good time now to consider your overall technology needs within your medical practice?  If you feel your own medical office is out of step with technology, what should be done to improve your office efficiency?

Online an All-in-One virtual office assistant offers numerous features that will certainly elevate your practice into the 21st century as far as your telecommunications are concerned; At a fraction of the live agent cost, you can expect an virtual receptionist to performe most of your medical front desk tasks. To name a few; making patient reminder call, dispatch emergency call and believe or not, talking to patients in natural language and set appointment for them. 

There are vendors of software designed specifically for the medical community and as you are upgrading to an online medical office assistant service you should investigate other forms of technology to improve upon office organization and performance. If ever there were a business practice that lived up to the motto “time is money” it would be the medical field. Better use of time through technology means your staff will be operating at peak performance.

There is no better time to take the final step into a computer literate environment for your office then when you are in the process of introducing a virtual receptionist. Your staff will be excited by the new technology and if they are even somewhat literate with computers and certain software applications such as windows OS’s or other basic programs, they will adjust to new software applications you introduce at once with your remote reception service.

Once you start to investigate various technologies for your medical practice, someone within the office should be responsible for keeping up to date with these programs and upgrades. They would act as your in-house IT go to person if there were operation questions, quick fixes required etc. It might even be prudent to send one of your trusted employees or even yourself for classroom training to become current with new technology and Internet based software applications in general.

The thing about computer technology and becoming accomplished with it is it takes a basic understanding of how computers work and some fundamentals of software applications – web based and off the shelf. The more you work with it the more comfortable you will become. Before you know it, your staff will not only be enjoying their lightened workload due to the new virtual medical office assistant online but they will also develop into skilful medical software virtuosos!

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Phone Answering Service – How It Could Save Your Medical Practice

Martin Wright January 19th, 2009

Hospitals all over the US are reeling from effects of an economy in chaos and financial markets experiencing some of their worst times in 70 years. There is a tremendous increase in the number of uninsured patients visiting hospitals. Many hospitals are thus on the brink of collapsing while others are being closed down daily. As many employers work on how to scale back on health coverage and as the State looks for ways of cutting health care programs the people are left with no option but to off important but elective care like colonoscopies. With this kind of a scenario private medical practice is also taking a body blow. No practitioner can afford to lose clients and practices are looking for ways of attracting new ones. A lot needs to be done though, to achieve this. The kind of service that clients get will determine whether the practice retains or loses the client.

A good phone answering service is a sure way of ensuring that your clients are always happy. A friendly 24/7 medical answering service makes the patients feel well cared for and believe they are getting value for their money. As the competition for the few clients continues a efficient and friendly front desk phone answering service could be the critical thing you need to help your practice pull through this recession.

By investing in an after-hours answering service you make it possible for your clients to get attention when you are out of the office. A good phone answering service will also help your staff concentrate on other more important issues that will improve customer satisfaction and ultimately enhance retention. During these challenging economic times it is important to make sure that your clients are not kept for long waiting for their calls to go through. A good doctor answering service will give your practice the edge you need to beat your competitors. As more businesses close down you need to change the way you do things and ensure increased efficiency to enhance customer satisfaction.

The cost of investing in a live answering service is incomparable to the earnings you stand to gain from this one time investment. In addition, there is no need to worry about maintenance fees and your office will remain ‘open’ 24 hours a day 7 days a week! You could easily see your client list double within a few months through referrals and increased retention. A physician answering service is all you need to weather this recession. Get one today and you will always be glad you made this decision!

As the world eagerly awaits the swearing in of the 44th American president, it is no doubt that the new White House occupant has his job well cut out for him. With the effects of the economic downturn being felt not only here in the US but in many other areas in the world, governments are doing everything in their capacity to cushion their economies. Big businesses like Citigroup and SsangYong in Asia continue to register huge losses and file for bankruptcy as the business arena gets trickier. The medical practice will certainly be
affected!

Take good care of your business and have a recession-proof year at your practice!

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A Simple Way of Running a Successful Medical Practice during This Recession

Martin Wright January 10th, 2009


‘Money is the root cause of all evil.’ Being flat broke should then be better, right? Well, don’t answer because I already have the answer to that. As the world painstakingly goes through the paces with a pulse whose strings gets tighter every day the outcry is almost everywhere. The number of people being laid off has reached some of its highest levels in recent times. Talk about foreclosures and that sends a shiver down the spines of many. It is not only here in the US but even on the sandy beaches of Seychelles, Mauritius and the Kenyan coast; people know there is something wrong with the economy.

Unfortunately almost all the sectors are affected; from the ones offering basic commodities to the luxurious services sectors. The medical profession also has had a fair share of its woes. People making appointments are on the decline as more people try to postpone or put off completely that appointment with the doctor that does not seem so necessary. For others the appointment is very necessary but the worries that characterize many lives today make them forget this important meeting with their doctor.

Sounds strange? Well, it should not as it has been shown through research that when you are worrying about something a lot you may forget some other important matters. People need a reminder service especially when many pressing matters are going through their minds.

As a doctor you may have noted that you are losing a lot of revenue from patient no-shows. Don’t watch as you business goes under especially when you know that your patient could be missing appointments out of forgetfulness. Invest in a reminder software or telephone reminder service. With this you can help both your practice and your patients.

You can even get a multilingual appointment reminder to cater for all your patients. Less will miss their appointments out of forgetfulness as they worry about other pressing matters.

Online appointment reminder software does not requires installation on your computer and it sends reminders automatically to all the patients that have an appointment with you at a certain date. The reminder software works in such away that the patient is well informed in good time that there is an upcoming appointment with the doctor. It helps the patient schedule things well in advance to avoid last minute rush. As the day nears the patient will still be reminded of the nearing appointment.

Your live receptionist can (although it is not necessary) physically call the patient to remind him of an appointment when it is due in a few hours, say under 24 hours. By doing this your staff will be freed from repetitive and sometimes boring duties. The phone reminder will do that as your staff engages in other more important matters that the soft ware can not carry out. Thus ensuring a more efficient practice and more satisfied patients!

Take advantage of this excellent reminder software today. See your practice maneuver through these difficult times but ensuring you reduce on the number of patients who don’t show up. Let the patient appointment reminder remind your clients to do business with you! Who would not want such kind of staff?

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Good First Impressions

Martin Wright January 2nd, 2009

Shhhhh, the sound of static as you attempt to connect to the number you have just dialed. After a long wait there is the annoying tone of a busy line. You put down the receiver and try again. Shhhhhh, the sound of static once again as you wait for the connection to be made. Ring, ring, ring, finally you have managed to get through. “Hello,” says a pleasant voice on the other side of the line. “Hello, Dr. ……’s office, please hold.” La la la la ding la, the sound of music to keep you entertained as wait to be attended to.

Many patients seeking to arrange appointments with their physicians undergo similar experiences. Medical practices are normally very busy places. As an increased number of people discover the importance of keeping track of their health, the traffic to medical practices continues to grow steadily. Many people in today’s society recognize the importance of regular check ups for themselves as well as their families. This means booming business for your practice. It also means that your staff may be stretched in order to deliver the right services to your patients.

The telephone is usually the first contact a patient has with a medical practice. Many patients judge your medical practice based on how they were handled when they called to make an appointment. People like to feel appreciated and important. If your practice has a constant flow of patients, your staff maybe unable to keep track of patients waiting in the lobby as well as the constantly ringing phone. The pressures of the job may even get to them to the point that they may not attend to the patients and callers as well as they are supposed to.

So what can you do about this? Hire a virtual medical office receptionist.

With the services of a virtual medical receptionist at your disposal, you can be sure that your callers will receive the best service available. Your patients will no longer get a busy tone when they call you. They will also not be put on hold as the receptionist attends to another client. Patients will receive full attention from the pleasant sounding 24/7 back up receptionist as they set appointments for visits at the practice. All the patient has to do is give an appropriate date and time for their visit and have it confirmed by the remote receptionist service.

A doctor office receptionist works 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Patients can make appointments any time of the day or night and even when your practice is closed or when there is no one available to attend to the phone. Patients can call to make appointments anytime with the confidence of being attended to.

Virtual medical office receptionists not only schedule appointments, they also remind patients of their appointments. The virtual receptionist makes phone calls to patients with upcoming appointments to remind them.

First impressions account for a lot in a medical practice. It is important to make a good impression on your patients when they make their first contact with your practice over the phone as they book their appointments. Medical office assistants can help you increase the traffic to your medical practice as well as repeat visits because your callers will receive the attention they require from your receptionist. With a doctor office receptionist working for you, you will no longer receive complaints from disgruntled callers.

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