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Patient Portals Improve Healthcare Outcomes. So, Why Don’t Patients Use Them?

Healthcare IT Today

Build Community Digital Literacy With patients who feel overwhelmed by or uncomfortable with technology, one option is to invest in digital literacy education programs or workshops, offering simple tutorials to enhance your patients’ comfort and confidence in using technology, and by extension your portal.

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10 Ways To Reduce No-Show Rates at Mental Health Organizations in 2023

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Conduct Outreach Programs Providers can engage patients even before their first visit. Engaging with the community through programs, workshops, and awareness campaigns can play a major role in boosting future attendance rates for mental health doctors. Providers can address these issues to better suit the patient experience.

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Workforce development: Your organization is only as strong as its people

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Practicing empathy can improve patient experience even when it happens someplace consumers don't see directly, says Fortune Magazine Senior Editor at Large Geoff Colvin. WAMBI CEO Rebecca Metter discusses how looking at the clinician and patient experience through the same lens strengthens bonds between caregivers and patients.

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