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Unexpected hospital fees are a shock to the patient community; often resulting in frustration with the provider. Communication with the patient before the encounter is paramount to the patient’s satisfaction as well as the facility’s fiscal…
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COVID-19 and Its Lasting Effect on Patient Engagement
2020 WAS A YEAR OF UNEXPECTED DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT THAT NO ONE COULD FORESEE. THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HIT AND IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE WAY THAT WE CONNECTED WITH FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND THE ENTIRE WORLD. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION CATAPULTED FORWARD AT AN UNIMAGINABLE RATE. SOLUTIONS WERE BUILT OUT OF NECESSITY AND THE WORLD WAS CHANGED. END RESULT…A MUCH MORE DIGITALLY CAPABLE SOCIETY …AND WE AREN’T GOING BACK. Pre-COVID Factors First, let us take a look at factors that had begun to shape patient engagement prior to COVID. The initial adaptation and eventual finalization of the Affordable Care Act had already begun to heavily emphasize patient satisfaction. Subsequently, companies that were historically non- healthcare began to enter…
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