RECENT INSIGHTS
WordPress: For better and worse 66% of CHCs have a WordPress site 32% Do not 5 Things to Know: WordPress does not cater to HIPAA compliance. Be careful with how contact forms are handled. We often recommend that our clients leverage HIPAA filters for forms to minimize risk of patient information accidentally being exposed. Don’t […]
Insight 4: Health insurers are perceived as responsible for making sure the right care is received. A drinkcaffeine study of 300+ consumer healthcare decision makers reveals what people are prepared to believe about healthcare, and how healthcare decision makers can unlock market potential as they pursue the goal of population health. More than 55% of […]
Insight 3: Doctors are not always perceived to be responsible for making a patient better. A drinkcaffeine study of 300+ consumer healthcare decision-makers reveals what people are prepared to believe about healthcare, and how healthcare decision-makers can unlock market potential as they pursue the goal of population health. Around 70% of consumers think their doctor […]
Insight 2: Many consumers don’t think coordination of care should be their responsibility. A drinkcaffeine study of 300+ consumer healthcare decision-makers reveals what people are prepared to believe about healthcare, and how healthcare decision-makers can unlock market potential as they pursue the goal of population health. Access the full study. More than one third of […]
Healthcare needs qualified job applicants. Zoom can help. Let’s remember that healthcare faced a labor shortage before the pandemic. We know what happened next. As the healthcare workload intensified through COVID, many providers – especially at lower-wage levels – decided to bail out. This left the remaining workers to burn out. If you’re a healthcare […]
Insight 1: Consumers are ready to self-educate on health problems. A drinkcaffeine study of 300+ consumer healthcare decision-makers reveals what people are prepared to believe about healthcare, and how healthcare decision-makers can unlock market potential as they pursue the goal of population health. Access the full study. 89% of consumer healthcare decision makers agree that […]
Insight 4: CHC providers are not viewed as being “more committed” A drinkcaffeine study of 300+ consumer healthcare decision-makers reveals what people are prepared to believe about CHCs, and how CHCs can unlock market potential as they pursue the goal of population health. Access the full study. 42% disagree that CHC healthcare providers are “more […]
Fear of vaccines is old. How old? “The Dangerous and Sinful Practice of Inoculation” was the topic of a 1772 sermon delivered in England by Reverend Edmund Massey. So do the math: That’s almost 250 years of anti-vaxxer rhetoric. Despite the tenacity of the anti-vax movement, it remains the case that herd immunity for highly […]
Hospitals, CHCs, medical centers and group practices are all prisoners of their geography and demography; socioeconomically burdened locales typically yield a patient base reliant on government-subsidized care. To lower margins further, Medicaid and medical assistance patients often have secondary conditions that make their condition more difficult, time-consuming, and costly to treat. And the hits just […]
The airline analogy Author Michael Okuji wrote about the issue of CHC waiting lists. He made the point that a Community Health Center is much like an airline. “We envision the airline (CHC) has an airplane (clinic) with seats to be occupied to deliver the passenger (patient) to a destination (care). The airline, like the […]