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We talked with 150+ health system leaders. Here are their top 7 patient access challenges.
Our team analyzed recent conversations with health system decision-makers and identified some major themes in their growth challenges. Read on to learn the seven biggest patient navigation blockers across the industry.
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Shadow inventory in healthcare: Are you using the capacity you already pay for?
Health systems often have hidden clinical capacity. Patient navigation tools reveal this shadow inventory and improve access.
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Provider Data Management was built for directories, not patient navigation
Legacy PDMs were built to maintain directories. Modern patient navigation requires governed, durable data across all access channels.
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Margins are tightening. Your patient navigation strategy can protect them.
Expiring ACA subsidies threaten margins. Better patient navigation captures commercially insured patients before competitors do.
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You don’t have enough physicians. Free them up from low-urgency cases.
Intelligent patient routing expands clinical capacity by matching low-acuity cases to nurses, APPs, and virtual care.
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Rising demand is here to stay. Your old routing strategy shouldn’t be.
Misrouted patients create bottlenecks. Navigation infrastructure matches acuity to provider type, treating 40% more patients.
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Gaining Physician Trust in Digital Transformation
Learn how MUSC Health engaged 750+ providers to successfully implement patient self-scheduling across specialties.
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Local SEO for Healthcare: Strategies to Rank
How health systems can improve local search rankings and get found by patients actively looking for care.
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Beyond the Digital Front Door: Why Health Systems Must Build the Intelligence Layer
Health systems invest millions in digital front doors, yet patients still can’t find available appointments. The missing ingredient? The intelligence layer.
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DexCare + RatingsMD: Patient Reviews That Power Search Visibility and Growth
Discover how URMC is addressing care gaps across 27 counties in New York, where distance often determines whether patients receive the care they need.
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The Big Unlock: Solving Healthcare’s Trilemma With Matt Blosl
Matt Blosl on innovation, AI transformation, and solving healthcare’s trilemma.
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Healthcare SEO: What Health Systems Need to Rank
Healthcare SEO compounds when authority, local relevance, and technical discoverability work together to turn searches into visits.