HealthLeaders Media November 8, 2022
Outpatient practices can drive value, harness telemedicine, provide access, and promote equitable care.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Patient-centered care at outpatient practices is pivotal to provide value-based care.
– The coronavirus pandemic has been a powerful driver for telehealth in the outpatient setting.
– Use key metrics in decisions to open new outpatient practices such as time to set up appointments, patient engagement surveys, and quality measures.
Effective outpatient strategies are critical to the success of health systems, a top executive at NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) says.
With an ever-increasing shift of care from the inpatient setting to the outpatient setting, ambulatory care has become an increasingly important sector of the U.S. healthcare industry. Annual revenue from ambulatory healthcare services is about $1...