Health Insurance

Rajeev Rajagopal asked: Appointment scheduling often becomes a complicated task for healthcare professionals in hospitals, large clinics, multispecialty practices and other healthcare establishments. The reasons can range from a heavy flow of patient traffic to a physician that practices in a number of clinics and moves from one medical office to the other. An inefficient appointment management system can cause overlapping appointments, no-shows, general patient dissatisfaction, and

Viktor Bogdanov asked: On February 17, 2009, US President Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA") as a $787 billion “economic stimulus law”. This Act launched new federal mandates on health information technology (HIT) and privacy of personally identifiable information (PII). ARRA encourages healthcare and patient care facilities to adopt a wider use of electronic medical/ health records (EMR/EHR).The benefits of EMR/EHR are too obvious

Rajeev R asked: Efficient appointment scheduling in healthcare establishes a connection between efficient healthcare services and timely access to these services. A good appointment system would:• even out workflow• enable health systems to respect provider and patient preferences whilst matching demand and supply• reduce the thronging of people in waiting roomsThe efficiency of an appointment scheduling system is reflected in patient satisfaction and revenue gains.Paper-based and Web-based