Tips for Medical Answering Services to Improve Agent Satisfaction and Message Intake

Many practices hire nonclinical staff to answer phones and pass along medical messages to nurses and physicians. In addition, companies known as medical answering services may be contracted by doctors’…

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Cold vs. Flu, or RSV? How Telehealth Nurses Can Use Triage Protocols to Address All Three

Since COVID-19 restrictions have been eased, this fall is already experiencing a surprising surge of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in conjunction with flu and the common cold. Telehealth nurses have…

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Solutions Your Practice Can Use If It’s Experiencing Challenges With RPM

Remote patient monitoring (RPM) has already demonstrated its ability to improve patient care and generate revenue. Its home-based, wearable devices have been particularly useful for the long-term treatment of chronically…

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5 Ways to Ensure Optimal Nurse Triage Coverage for Any Patient Call Volume

Does your team have difficulty maintaining the appropriate nurse triage coverage due to unpredictable patient call volume? This is especially true when calls come in waves, or right after doctors’…

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Choosing the Correct Protocol in Nurse Triage: An In-Depth Discussion of Fever Protocol

As part of the nurse triage process, nurses need to select guided protocols to evaluate patient symptoms and make decisions on their care dispositions. Which protocol a triage nurse uses…

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