Did you ever go into your physician’s office and think to yourself “how long am I going to be waiting” or that you really do not want to watch a show about people fighting with each other over clothes or walking into each other on the same side of the street or how their relative dated the same person you are. Let’s turn off the TV and add information on the screen on living a healthier lifestyle. Here are some tips that may get you to ask your physician’s office to try this

The health centers, clinics and practices around the country that help the underserved do a great job of helping as many people as they can with limited budgets. They see many more patients than the normal practice during the course of the day and unfortunately because of a variety of factors including education, income, and access to help, their patients tend to need to be seen more often than other patients and place a high cost burden on the center. Their patients tend t

What if the room in your house that you spent the most time in wasn’t allowed to have furniture in it? Or that your favorite store would no longer put their hot bargains in the main aisle? You would probably think “what a waste of space”. You want to utilize that room to its fullest and you want to buy the sale items right away so you do not need to go searching for them. But for most of you, that is how you treat your waiting room. Your patients are in your waiting room

One of the most common reasons offices do not have HDTV digital patient education systems is the belief that patients want to be comforted by cable TV versus learning how to live healthier and manage their ailments. After being trapped in waiting rooms on Friday, July 10, I have realized that most offices have no clue what is on their waiting room television. Let me enlighten everyone. Arrival- 8:45 am. Good Morning America was on. Last segment featured a pop musical act

The new buzzword is Patient Experience. Everyone is trying to understand it, measure it, and improve it. Most of this effort is focused on the back room and post care treatment and communication. However, one of the most important areas continues to be ignored- your waiting area. That is the first impression that you make on your patient- every time they see you. By taking these simple steps, you will see the Patient Experience get enhanced and scores rise. Modernize the

Phones are ringing off the hook, you are running late, the waiting room is jammed, computer systems are slow, and the fax machine is jammed. Referrals, insurance verifications, and payments are at a standstill. Then all heck breaks loose because a patient asks how much longer! If this sounds like your office, then you should call Halo Health. With the integration of the iQ Kiosk patient registration system and our HDTV digital patient education system, we keep your patient