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Transforming Patient Access for a Seamless Care Experience | Innovation Spotlight

Houston Methodist is redesigning access around patient needs, from streamlined imaging scheduling to text-based communication and virtual care options

How should health care systems redesign access to meet patients where they are — efficiently, effectively and at scale? In this episode of Innovation Spotlight, we discuss how we're using centralized scheduling, data-driven operational workflows and virtual care to reshape the patient experience and optimize clinical operations.

Featuring:

  • Adam Meyers, Vice President, Operations – Access
  • Dr. Mylonakis, Chair, Department of Medicine
  • Jeff Carr, Vice President, Hospital Operations

Moderator:

  • Tesha Montgomery, Senior Vice President, System Access

Key topics:

  • How centralized scheduling benefits the three primary facets of patient access
  • Aligning access with system-wide resource optimization and provider expertise
  • Case Study 1 – "Getting Buy-In": Dr. Mylonakis recounts the successful roll out of centralized scheduling for a department of 200 hesitant physicians
  • Case Study 2 – "Streamlining the Patient Experience": Carr explains how access innovation simplified imaging scheduling for patients, across not just modalities but locations
  • The importance of leveraging technology – virtual programs, ticket scheduling, text-based communications and more
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