You care for your patients and their well-being. That’s why you got into healthcare in the first place. You hire staff who feel the same way. Working together everyone in your organization always strives to provide the highest level of care for your patients. And you weed out those employees who can’t—or won’t—provide this high […]
Read MoreMedical practices and healthcare organizations place a lot of emphasis on how patient interactions occur. They strive to do everything they can to address patient health issues and make the experience as positive as possible. To do this they address each touch point within the facility to make sure each contact is a positive and […]
Read MoreMedical telephone answering services answer phone calls from your patients, take their messages, and process those messages according to your specifications. This is simple enough and straightforward. But what if you need a company that will do more than just take messages? What if you need more than a medical answering service? A Medical Call […]
Read MoreNot all answering services are the same, and these differences can have a significant impact on the service they provide to you and your patients. Advanced medical answering services follow, and even exceed, industry best practices. Here are the key characteristics of the foremost healthcare-related answering services: US-Based One of the best practices that quality-minded […]
Read MoreSelecting a healthcare call center is a critical consideration to ensure the success of your clinic or medical facility. Too often business managers view call centers as an expense to control. Instead, the more enlightened viewpoint is that a medical call center is an important investment to make for the future of your operation. Don’t […]
Read MoreWhen it comes to healthcare, providing quality healthcare services to patients is the number one goal. However, the effectiveness in achieving this goal is at times hampered through less-than-ideal patient-facing communication. Aside from your own communication with patients, which you work hard to excel at, consider the following opportunities in providing quality communications with patients. […]
Read MoreThe typical way of handling customer service issues at call centers is to let low-level employees attempt to address all concerns. For the items they can’t handle, they pass callers on to someone with a bit more experience. Eventually you might get to talk to a supervisor, and if they can’t resolve it then you […]
Read MoreAny answering service can claim to offer quality service. But not all can follow through by providing it. One smart way to differentiate one call center from another is by looking at how much experience they have. When it comes to a medical call center, experience matters even more. A Long History of Accomplishment To […]
Read MoreWhen you call someplace how long are you willing to hold before you grow irritated? Close your eyes, and slowly count to thirty. That’s about thirty seconds, which is equivalent to five rings. This is also the typical length of a television commercial. Most people are willing to wait that long. Now, how long do […]
Read MoreLook at your telephone answering service’s website. If it’s like most answering services, it trumpets their commitment to quality. This talk about quality may also come up in their literature, email communication, and even invoices. Yet does your answering service follow-through by providing the quality they talk about? Do they deliver quality service, or do […]
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