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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