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Home healthcare is care provided by a professional caregiver in the patient’s home as a continuation of the care received in the medical practice. There has been an increase in demand for homecare due to the pandemic as healthcare organizations scramble to provide their patients with a safe alternative care…Read more

We live in a digital world. Communicating with businesses in day-to-day life is as easy as grabbing a smartphone. Ordering products and requesting services takes mere minutes. Entertainment, habits, and other lifestyle choices can all be customized and arranged using different mobile apps, while online reviews help shape which businesses…Read more

What is an attorney portal? If your practice specializes in personal injury or automobile accidents, you will be familiar with sending and receiving documents to injury attorneys regarding a patient’s care. You may have a close working relationship with an injury attorney as patients you treat may have been referred…Read more

As healthcare becomes increasingly digitized and consumerized, companies in this sector are starting to realize that telehealth is no longer something that can be postponed into the distant future, but rather a service that healthcare providers need to provide to consumers in the here and now. Currently, more than half[¹]…Read more

What is the 21st Century Cures Act? In 2016, Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act[¹] to drive the electronic access, exchange, and use of health information. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Cures Act Final Rule[²] implements the interoperability provisions of the Cures Act…Read more

Key Takeaways Consolidating patient intake, payments, and communication into a single platform can reduce vendor licensing costs by up to 65% while cutting check-in time from ten minutes to under two. Discrete data integration through APIs or HL7/FHIR interfaces writes patient intake responses directly into structured EHR fields, eliminating manual…Read more

Updated on January 22, 2026 Key Takeaways Healthcare organizations running five or more separate patient engagement systems create fragmentation that harms both patients and staff, leading to abandoned intake forms, lower collection rates, and front desk burnout. Unified digital intake reduces patient intake time from ten minutes to under two…Read more

Key Takeaways Organizations using four or five separate tools for intake, forms, scheduling, and payments typically pay significantly more in licensing fees; consolidating onto one platform has reduced those costs by as much as 65% and cut front-desk workload by roughly 30%. Only 11% of medical groups report that most…Read more

What are occupational medicine portals? Occupational medicine focuses on employee health and wellness. Occupational medicine portals are a hub of specialty workflows and content geared towards occupational medicine. They include a suite of self-service tools tailored to occupational clinics, employers, and employees/patients. An occupational medicine portal can be further divided into…Read more

Updated on February 15, 2022 As patients expect more and more from their healthcare providers, especially when it comes to online services, medium to large-sized healthcare organizations are rapidly pushing to develop and execute their digital front door strategy. A digital front door should include features that promote patient autonomy…Read more