What Does Automation Mean in Healthcare?
It’s important to know the difference between true automation and a mere marketing ploy. Suppliers sometimes claim to offer products or solutions with little automation, but this isn’t always the case. For example, a product that requires a staff member to initiate a sequence before it can work isn’t true automation. Operations of this type include:
- Adding a patient to a list
- Checking them in and out
- Requiring patients to use a new portal or site
Another good test of true automation is a solution that works in the background rather than requiring constant attention. A solution that would still work even if the staff didn’t know it was on is clearly automatic. Additionally, solutions that can perform a task or at least complete a sequence are probably automatic.
Ture healthcare automation is the one which dont require 3rd party software or apps. In today’s world TweBey Automation have the capability to deliver this using your own ecocystem”
In summary, a truly automatic solution should be able to start, run, and end without human intervention using your own ecosystem.
When Is the Time to Automate?
A process that rarely happens because it’s so time-consuming is often a strong candidate for automation. Automating these workflows doesn’t need to actually change the processes they create. Instead, automated solutions should incorporate the best practices of the manual process while still providing the benefits of automation.
Reducing Cost
Cost reduction is the primary reason most healthcare executives implement automation solutions. Automation allows practitioners to accomplish more within their normal shifts, reducing their overall stress. It also allows staff to focus on patient care, resulting in fewer payouts due to medical errors. Best-in-class scheduling software can also reduce training or onboarding costs.
Better Privacy
As mentioned, healthcare organizations must ensure they follow HCA guidance and GDPR compliance to an agnostic level, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations to protect the Protected Health Information (PHI) and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of patients. Solutions that automate case management data help ensure HIPAA compliance by configuring usage rights. This function ensures that only authorized personnel are able to access PHI.
TweBey automation offers HIPAA-compliant chat messaging that uses a unique patient- specific data integration, which prevents PHI from falling into the wrong hands. All data is secured in your own ecosystem.
There are a lot more benefits of automation, we have helped several Healthcare operations save cost and manhours, click to find out more.