How to Grow and Optimize your Medical Practice
SOAPsuds team
Published: 2/14/2025
SOAPsuds team
Published: 2/14/2025
In any business, improving efficiency requires identifying tasks that slow down operations and offer little productive value, then creating solutions to streamline and accelerate these processes. For a medical practice, being efficient is crucial. Efficiency means establishing workflows that maximize positive health outcomes for as many patients as possible, while also improving overall productivity.
Efficiency is one of the most important qualities for any business, regardless of the industry. While planning and scheduling are essential, there are times when you find yourself spending minutes that turn into hours on tasks that offer little to no value. Think about the moments when you’re stuck on hold, waiting in line, or sitting in traffic—situations where time is spent without producing any meaningful result.
For both large healthcare institutions and small private practices, routine tasks often hinder efficiency. In your practice, maybe tasks like scheduling and sending appointment reminders are time-consuming. Or perhaps communicating test results to patients takes longer than necessary. Thankfully, these inefficiencies can usually be addressed with straightforward solutions. Tools like online scheduling and automated reminders can be easily integrated into your practice, greatly simplifying the scheduling process. The same goes for automating test result communications, which can save your team significant time and effort.
However, the largest barrier to efficiency in medical practices is likely EHR documentation and note-taking. Studies from various practices consistently show that EHR-related tasks are a major drain on efficiency. Here are a few revealing statistics:
· Physicians average about 3.5 hours daily on clinical documentation.
· Doctors spend nearly half of their workday on administrative EHR duties.
· New doctors spend 87% of their time away from patients, with 44% of that time spent on EHRs.
Unlike online scheduling, which has readily available solutions, EHR-related work lacks easy fixes. Medical scribes and transcriptionists, as well as speech-to-text tools, offer some help, but they come with issues such as cost, security concerns, and limited effectiveness. If you've been frustrated by the inefficiency of these tools, you're not alone.
For years, there hasn’t been an effective, comprehensive solution to handle the heavy administrative burden created by EHRs. It's a complex issue that needs an equally complex solution.
Now, there’s finally a solution that handles clinical documentation effectively. SOAPsuds’ AI-powered medical scribe listens to natural patient conversations, transcribes them, creates customizable medical notes, and inputs the relevant information directly into the provider’s system.
This solution brings significant benefits to your practice’s efficiency in three key areas.
SOAPsuds enables doctors to deliver more attentive and purposeful care. By automatically capturing all necessary information from patient conversations, providers no longer need to spend extensive time on the computer, taking notes by hand, or using dictation devices during sessions.
For healthcare professionals who entered the field to help others, SOAPsuds is an invaluable tool. It allows them to focus on what truly matters—caring for their patients.
Engaged care builds empathy, strengthens trust, and creates a deeper emotional connection with patients. When healthcare providers form strong relationships with their patients, they often report feeling more fulfilled and valued in their roles.
The time-saving benefits of SOAPsuds are another crucial aspect for our users. Many providers save up to three hours per day on documentation, with others reporting smoother and more seamless patient interactions that reduce time spent per appointment.
While the amount of time saved is important, what matters more is how that time is used. Some providers now spend time with their families after work, enjoying meals with loved ones. Others use the extra time for continuing education or personal health activities like exercise. In some cases, the saved time allows providers to see more patients each week, which brings us to the next benefit.
For practices prioritizing efficiency, the financial benefits are often a natural result. By saving time with SOAPsuds, some providers choose to see more patients every day. Over time, this leads to an increase in revenue, adding up to significant financial growth each year.
Ultimately, improving efficiency enables growth and opens up new opportunities. With the extra time and resources, your practice can reach new levels of success, whatever that may look like for you.
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