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What features does EMIS Web Clinical Services offer for managing patient appointments effectively?

Using EMIS
Intermediate

EMIS Web Clinical Services provides healthcare providers with a comprehensive suite of tools designed to enhance patient appointment management. The system's features allow practitioners to handle appointments efficiently, thereby improving both patient care and administrative workflows.

Effective Appointment Scheduling

One of the core features of EMIS Web Clinical Services is its robust appointment management functionality. Healthcare providers can easily schedule, reschedule, or cancel appointments within the system. This operational flexibility helps reduce no-shows and allows for better utilisation of available time slots.

Patient Notifications

To further streamline the appointment process, EMIS Web enables practices to send reminders and notifications to patients regarding their upcoming appointments. This serves to decrease missed appointments and supports smoother day-to-day operations.

"Sending out appointment reminders can significantly reduce patient no-shows, helping practices maintain efficiency and ensure continuity of care."

Streamlined Waiting List Management

The ability to efficiently manage waiting lists is another crucial function. By keeping an organised view of patient demand, practices can allocate resources more effectively and respond promptly to last-minute cancellations or urgent needs.

Did you know?

Hero Health integrates seamlessly with EMIS Web, enabling further enhancements such as self-managed appointment bookings through SMS or email reminders. This not only empowers patients by giving them control over their schedules but also reduces the administrative workload on healthcare providers. Learn more about this feature here.

Overall, EMIS Web Clinical Services facilitates a more organised and efficient approach to patient appointment management, leading to improved practice productivity and patient satisfaction.

Category
Using EMIS
Sub category
EMIS Basics
Difficulty
Intermediate

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What is Hero Health?

Hero is an EMIS and Systm1 integrated messaging, scheduling and triage solution for NHS GPs. You can think of us as an Accurx alternative, but with more sophisticated appointment booking and more configurable care navigation triage.

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