DOING BUSINESS: Improve Patient Engagement with Two-Way Texting

DOING BUSINESS

Improve Patient Engagement with Two-Way Texting

Advantages of replacing voice mails with electronic messaging



Doing Business

Americans have not only fallen in love with texting, but they have come to rely on it in their day-to-day lives.

DOING BUSINESS

Improve Patient Engagement with Two-Way Texting

Advantages of replacing voice mails with electronic messaging

Communicating with patients can be challenging. Traditional methods can be expensive and time consuming and are becoming less effective every day. A patient might answer the phone, might listen to their voicemail, might read a letter sent in the mail, might go to a patient portal, might follow pre/postop instructions, or might call the facility. That is a lot of mights. The mobile phone has changed the way the world shops, socializes and, most importantly, communicates.

 


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