The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking a commercial vendor to build a new patient scheduling system for the department. The VA calls its current system — Veterans Health Information Systems and ...

Appropriate use of provider scheduling tools yields dramatic results across a practice, including improved provider utilization, better patient access, reduction in administrative burden, and faster ...

The Veterans Affairs Department has kicked off the contracting process to develop its new patient scheduling system, a follow-up to a nine year, $167 million project that collapsed in March 2009 and ...

A new survey from the Center for Connected Medicine and KLAS Research finds that patient access is still top of mind for most health system leaders, with telehealth, AI and scheduling tools the most ...

New capabilities provide patients with 24/7 access to front office AI agents to improve patient engagement, simplify scheduling, and ease administrative burden for practices athenahealth today ...

Long waits, frustrated patients, and overburdened staff—these scenarios plague clinics without efficient scheduling systems. Running a clinic demands more than just good healthcare; managing patient ...

For the past decade, health systems have been told to invest in digital front door (DFD) technologies to solve access challenges. Many did so, modernizing websites, rolling out online scheduling, and ...

In May 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine held a workshop focused on the key oper­ational characteristics and functionalities of a state-of-the-art patient scheduling ...

If you want to book an appointment for a haircut, order a pizza or buy a movie ticket, chances are that you’re going to do it online—or, better yet, via a mobile app. But if your child has spiked a ...

As competition from major retailers and big tech companies continues to infiltrate the marketplace, online patient scheduling options are now a must-have feature for hospitals and health systems.