How CityLife Health Digitized Their Front Desk to Manage High Patient Volumes
As primary care offices nationwide were closing in the wake of COVID, CityLife Health Clinic Manager Ruthann Anderson and her team recognized an urgent community need for accessible care. The four CityLife clinics offer care to typically underserved populations in Philadelphia and Newark and, prior to the COVID pandemic, exclusively accepted Medicaid.
Challenge
Before partnering with Solv, CityLife Health faced significant challenges in managing high patient volumes, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Serving underserved populations in Philadelphia and Newark, the four CityLife clinics needed to extend their services to non-Medicaid populations and offer COVID testing. This required an effective way to handle the additional influx of patients while ensuring the safety of both patients and staff from infection.
Solution
CityLife Health enhanced patient management by integrating Solv's comprehensive, contactless services across the patient journey, from pre-visit to post-visit. This included online appointment booking, a mobile check-in system using QR codes, two-way chat for real-time communication, and Solv Pay for streamlined, secure payment processing post-visit. Insurance verification was simplified through digital uploads of insurance and ID, ensuring transparency in coverage estimates. Additionally, Solv’s reputation management tools improved CityLife’s online ratings by actively managing patient feedback, positively impacting their public image and patient satisfaction.
Results
CityLife Health saw marked increases in patient traffic, gaining 809 new patients from the Solv consumer app since March. The new contactless clinic experience powerd by Solv attracted consumers seeking safe healthcare and maintained a 4.8-star average rating during COVID-19. Solv enabled CityLife to quickly offer COVID testing, flu shots, and regular clinic visits to new consumers.
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