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Boothless Audiometry: More Efficient, Improve Your Patient Experience, Resolve Backlogs and Save Money
Many believe to have a clinically valid audiometric test; it must occur in a sound booth. They believe it is necessary to eliminate any background noise and possible distractions that could lead to inaccurate test results. However, recent advances in audiometric technology are enabling a shift to test outside of the booth. This shift is being widely embraced by both hearing healthcare professionals and patients alike.
How Clinicians are Using Online Hearing Screening to Increase Appointments
It is truly amazing when we stop and think of all the incredible things our ears do for us every day. Our hearing can help us pick out the words from a favorite song that is stuck in our head; it can pluck out the voice of a loved one in a crowded restaurant; it can connect us to nature with the sounds of waves crashing on a beach on a sunny summer day. Our hearing quite literally is the soundtrack to life.
Case Study: Chime Social Enterprise Meets 100% of Contractual Obligations Using SHOEBOX Online
Both clinical staff and those who work as part of the Chime administrative team are currently using SHOEBOX Online as a convenient and easy to implement service for all existing and future patients.
Case Study: Bruyère Hospital Improves Patient Experience Using SHOEBOX QuickTest
Watch this case study video, where Dr. Bromwich speaks to three members of the Bruyère Hospital team about the implementation of SHOEBOX QuickTest hearing assessments to all of the new admissions within the Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit.
Audiology at the Bedside: Improving Patient Care & Hospital Efficiency
According to the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project - an organization that publishes longitudinal hospital care data in the US - hospital inpatient care accounts for more than one-third of the total cost of healthcare in the United States. This makes it a significant driver in the rising cost of managing disease. Although hospital inpatient stays are on the decline for many population groups, there is relentless pressure to increase the value and efficiency of a patient’s time spent in a hospital. Efficiency initiatives are evident in every area of a hospital. The audiology department is no exception.
What We Learned Running Lead Generation for Hearing Care Industry Customers
Over the past few months we partnered with a couple of our customers in the Hearing Care Industry to help them with lead generation pilot programs. Specifically, using our self-administered simple hearing screener on an iPad as a method for both collecting names of potentially interested new customers, and pre-qualifying them based on whether or not they presented with some possible hearing loss. I thought you might be interested in some of what we learned.
Tips for Acquiring New Hearing Clinic Clients with Automated Hearing Screening
For many hearing clinics, acquiring new clients means resorting to traditional marketing approaches such as cold calling, email campaigns, print and digital advertising, even television ads. While these are all tried-and-true techniques, they won’t necessarily ensure that all responders are properly qualified. Your efforts may gain you numbers, but if the people who walk through your clinic doors as a result have no problem with their hearing health, then your efforts have just cost you both money and valuable time.
Portable vs. Mobile Diagnostic Audiometer Equipment
In the late 1950’s portable audiometers were developed as an effort to reach populations without access to hearing tests conducted in controlled environments by highly trained professionals. At their least impressive, a portable audiometer is a stripped down tabletop audiometer with a handle attached. Notably, many rugged systems have been successfully used throughout the world in challenging environments. To a large extent, these portable audiometers still require a power plug and a modicum of expertise to operate. With the advent of mobile technology, we have witnessed the transformation of dated, portable audiometers into a new breed of powerful, simple-to-use, internet-connected mobile audiometers.