The term “digital front door” (DFD) first emerged in the mid-2010s and has become a central concept in the healthcare landscape. During the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, the judges presented 15 awards in the Best Digital Front Door category. Discover how award-winning organizations enhance patient access, engagement, and experience.
// By Susan Dubuque // The term “digital front door” (DFD) first emerged in the mid-2010s and has become a central concept in the healthcare landscape. During the 2023 eHealthcare Leadership Awards, the judges presented 15 awards in the Best Digital Front Door category. Discover how award-winning organizations enhance patient access, engagement, and experience.
With a massive digital rebrand in the works, data has become a critical component to maintaining Intermountain Health’s mission. When Intermountain Health decided to embark on a rebrand, it was about more than finding a new logo design — it was about transforming into a brand that truly represents the organization’s core. “Although we have Read More
// By Melanie Graham // With a massive rebrand in the works, data has become a critical component to maintaining Intermountain Health’s mission. Mona Baset, vice president of digital services at Intermountain, discusses how Intermountain’s data-driven approach to digital is paving the way for a better patient and caregiver experience. When Intermountain Health decided to Read More
The pandemic had a silver lining. It took a wrecking ball to the walls that have separated internal departments within health systems. Organizations battling COVID-19 had to break down the silos, join forces, and learn to collaborate in new ways. These newly acquired skills are valuable in a post-pandemic world as well.
Health systems that forge internal alliances unleash their collective strengths and leverage competitive strengths to lead their organizations and the industry in innovation and transformation.
This report is a collection of our best articles on the value of collaboration, with interviews from healthcare leaders who have successfully built coalitions, worked across departmental lines, and brought teams together to accomplish what their organizations needed most.
// By Jane Weber Brubaker // At Northeast Georgia Health System and UPMC, improving access and making digital scheduling easier are top priorities. What does it actually mean for health systems to embark on a digital transformation journey? Among the priorities are making it easier for consumers to find and access the care they need Read More
When South Carolina’s Greenville Health System merged with Palmetto Health in 2017 to create Prisma Health, the two systems did not know each other very well. They had different billing systems and different electronic health records (EHR). They even had different physician referral systems. “We didn’t know each other, and providers didn’t know what services Read More
// By Jim Samuel // When South Carolina’s Prisma Health merged in 2017, Nick Patel, MD, the chief digital officer, was charged with creating a unified digital presence. We wrote about it in 2019, and here, Patel provides an update. Prisma Health worked with a steering committee to reach consensus on key decisions regarding its Read More