Managing and building strong patient relationships is critical for both patient outcomes and the financial…
Why Patient Relationship Management is More Than Patient Engagement
By Amber Hull, Marketing Manager
When couples decide to get married, they typically have an engagement period. It’s an exciting time for sure, with decisions on wedding details and honeymoon destinations, but ultimately, the engagement period is meant to be temporary. The more meaningful step is marriage and the years that follow – the lifelong relationship that develops.
Keeping that example in mind, we can apply the same logic to the patient/provider dynamic. Office visits and one-way text messages may keep the patient engaged temporarily, but to be successful and deliver the most impactful outcomes, providers must build an ongoing relationship with their patients.
That is why TeleVox is proud to lead the way in offering patient relationship management (PRM) solutions to the healthcare industry. We value long-term, personalized relationships through sustained, meaningful, and bi-directional communications.
Key Differences Between PRM and Traditional Patient Engagement
Unlike episodic patient engagement, PRM emphasizes continuous, data-driven interaction, enhancing patient experiences and outcomes while offering significant operational and financial benefits to physician offices and healthcare systems.
Let’s explore how PRM differs from traditional patient engagement:
| Patient Relationship Management | Traditional Patient Engagement |
| Focuses on comprehensive, ongoing patient relationships | Focuses on episodic or transactional engagement, satisfying “in-the-moment” needs |
| Utilizes advanced analytics for tailored care and communication | Utilizes cookie-cutter, one-way messaging |
| Facilitates real-time communication at scale with Iris, our conversational AI-powered Virtual Assistant, via SMART SMS and SMART Web | One-way messaging means patients must still call the office to schedule or gain information, tying up valuable staff time on administrative tasks |
| Integrates and automates patient communications, enhancing efficiency | Manual process that further burdens staff |
| Features connected and continuous patient-oriented workflows that are accessible everywhere and any time | Clinical workflow-oriented often available only during business hours |
| Connects EHR, CRM, Web, Voice, Text, and More | Disparate channels that often don’t communicate with each other |
| Reaches both current and potential patients | Reaches current patients only |
Explore TeleVox’s patient relationship management platforms: TeleVox Enterprise Edition and TeleVox Practice Edition.
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