Patients don’t see the ED as a portion of their experience separate from the total care continuum, especially if they’re admitted. With a growing number of uninsured patients, the ED becomes the easiest access point for care, especially if patients are without a primary care physician. Hospitals and health systems are beginning to see the value of looking at the opportunity this presents for a new patient population and revenue opportunities. Providing contact solutions to ensure top-scoring patient satisfaction, reducing readmissions and identifying ways to capture revenue is key in a time when reimbursement penalties are inevitable and driving change in hospitals across the country.

Through this white paper, you’ll discover the impact follow-up communication can have on:

• Reducing readmissions
• Improving patient satisfaction
• Increasing downstream revenue
• Conversion of higher payer mix patients to primary care and profitable specialty service lines
• Patient compliance whether for proper follow-up or medication and instruction compliance

Submit the Form Below to Access the White Paper, Stratify & Manage Your Emergency Patient Populations: The Importance of Streamlined Follow-up Communications, and our latest infographic, Reducing Emergency Department Overuse through Communication & Connectivity. To receive hard copies via the mail, please click here to submit a fulfillment request.

Emergency Department Follow-Up Referral Calculator Retaining patients within the hospital system for follow-up care ensures consistent patient care and experience between settings and yields significant downstream revenue. Compliance with follow-up care has also yielded lower readmission rates and unnecessary emergency department visits, saving hospitals additional cost associated with repeat episodes of care. Calculate your ROI on an ED Follow-up Referral Program!