Lea Chatham is the Director of Content Marketing at Solutionreach and the editor of the SR Health blog. She develops educational resources to help healthcare organizations improve patient engagement. Her work has been published in many leading journals including Physicians Practice and Medical Economics and she has presented webinars for industry groups like MGMA.
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Recent Posts
Survey Suggests Telemedicine In Taking Off
There is no doubt that the advent of COVID-19 has significantly boosted the use of telehealth across all specialties in healthcare. Solutionreach surveyed our customers to find out who is using ...
Lea Chatham
04/22/2020
Managing High-Risk Patients During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Note: This has been reprinted from the SR Health blog. It's probably an understatement to say that these are unusual times. Many of us alive today have not experienced a true pandemic or a world war, ...
Lea Chatham
04/07/2020
What Is Mobile Responsive and Why Should You Care?
If you read this blog regularly, you’ve probably seen more than once that the use of mobile is growing. According to Pew Research, nearly 75 percent of people in the US now own a smartphone. Most ...
Lea Chatham
07/09/2018
10 Surprising Stats on Patient Satisfaction
Keeping patients happy and coming back to your practice is the focus of pretty much every practice across every specialty. Unfortunately, there are often things going on at your practice that you ...
Lea Chatham
03/12/2018
MIPS Reporting… Group or Individual?
So, here we are in the last 90-day period for participating in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017. For the last few months, we’ve been talking about options to avoid a penalty ...
Lea Chatham
10/16/2017
Take Patient Surveys to the Next Level
Patient satisfaction, patient retention, and practice success are all closely tied to how people feel about your practice. When a patient walks out the door, do you know if they had a great ...
Lea Chatham
10/12/2017
MIPS Improvement Activities – How to Choose
It’s hard to believe that we are closing in on the last 90 days of 2017! Not only does this mean we all need to start prepping for the holidays, but it is also your last chance to do 90 days of ...
Lea Chatham
09/12/2017
Roadmap to Reminders That Work
Every practice dreads no-shows. Fortunately, there are some some simple steps that can get you safely to your desired destination-a full schedule! Check out our recent infographic highlighting the ...
Lea Chatham
09/08/2017
MIPS Next Steps-Tackling Advancing Care Information
For the past couple of months, we’ve been outlining how to participate in Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) in 2017. As we’ve mentioned, it is too late to participate for a full year but ...
Lea Chatham
08/03/2017
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Alarming Trends in Patient Satisfaction
The retail-mindset of today's patients has changed the landscape of U.S. healthcare. Patient satisfaction efforts are falling short. Check out these stats from our recent study to find out what ...
Lea Chatham
07/31/2017
Reminders Reduce No-Shows up to 50%...and Other Stats You Need to Know
With no-show rates costing the average practice upwards of $50,000, it has never been more important to consider how well your patient reminders are working. What difference does it make if you ...
Lea Chatham
07/20/2017
17 Provider Reputation Stats that Every Practice Needs to Know
In a world where we turn to the internet for everything from school shopping to medical questions, online reputation has never been more important. Unfortunately, many healthcare practices are ...