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Revolutionize Your Dispatch Process with Automation 

Published by: Mohammed Siddiq

In the fast-paced world of healthcare, effective and timely communication with patients isn’t necessarily important—it’s essential. Whether providing updates, reminders, or important test results, ensuring that patients have access to accurate information quickly can have a significant impact on their healthcare experience To meet this need, we are pleased to we will introduce innovative new features to our platform that will change your dispatching process: via email, SMS and WhatsApp Automated reporting. This innovation is designed to streamline your processes, reduce Turnaround Time (TAT), and increase overall efficiency in your lab or healthcare facility.

The Importance of Timely Communication in Laboratory Systems

Healthcare is a business where timing is everything. Delayed communication can lead to patient distress, delayed treatment, and even medical complications. Traditionally, the process of submitting an inspection report is labor intensive and requires manual intervention in several stages. These manual tasks can cause complications, increase TAT, and decrease the overall productivity of your lab or facility.

Our new automation techniques are here to meet these challenges. By sending test reports automatically, we ensure that your patients receive results quickly, without manual delay. Not only does this improve patient satisfaction, it also frees up your staff to focus on more important tasks, ultimately increasing the quality of care you provide.

Introducing New Automation Options for the Dispatch Process

We’re excited to unveil two powerful automation features integrated with the Search Master Module. These processes are specifically designed to streamline logistics, increasing efficiency and reducing human error. Let’s explore how these automation tools can transform your business processes:

1. Auto Email on Approval:

The first of our new automation features is the Auto Email on Approval option. Once the pathologist reviews and approves the assessment report, the system sends a PDF of the report directly to the patient’s email address. This feature eliminates the need to manually email, ensuring that patients receive their notifications when they are ready. The auto-email feature is particularly useful for practices that handle high volumes of searches daily, where sending manual emails would be a time-consuming task.

2. The approval will automatically send the SMS.

The Auto SMS on Approval option is another powerful tool that enhances communication with your patients. Once the assessment report is approved, the system immediately sends an SMS to the patient. This message includes a secure link to the report, allowing patients to access results quickly and easily from their mobile phones. This feature is especially useful for patients who do not have immediate email but prefer SMS to communicate.

Flexibility and communication control

One of the main benefits of our new automation options is the flexibility it provides. These resources can be tailored to the specific needs of your lab or practice. You have the option of applying this automation process to a specific probe or to all tests processed in your lab. This customization allows you to maintain control of your communication systems by harnessing the power of automation.

Whether you choose to use these tools nationwide or just for a special study, the goals are the same: reduce TAT, improve operational, and increase patient satisfaction with care ensuring timely delivery of results.

Automating Your Dispatch Process a Game Changer For Labs

Adding Auto Email, SMS and WhatsApp notifications to your dispatch system is nothing but a game-changer for laboratories and healthcare practices. By embracing automation, you not only ensure your patients get their reports quickly and efficiently, but it also significantly reduces the workload of your staff, allowing them to focus on delivering exceptional patient care . . . .

In an industry where time is of the essence, these automation tools provide a competitive edge, enabling you to meet today’s healthcare demands and provide superior service We invite you to explore these innovations and see how they can be adapted to your dispatch system.

At MocDoc, we are committed to giving you the tools you need to succeed in the rapidly changing healthcare landscape. Your feedback is important to us, and we look forward to hearing how these new automation options have improved your practice. Thank you for choosing MocDoc as a trusted partner in healthcare innovation.

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Effective inventory management is essential for any hospital that aims to optimize resource utilization and ensure smooth operation. To meet this need, we are excited to introduce the Stock Consumption Report—a powerful tool designed to provide hospital executives with a comprehensive overview of stock consumption over time.

To understand the stock consumption report

The Stock Consumption Report is a new feature specifically designed to provide hospital-wide insight into resource consumption. Unlike departmental reports, this tool focuses on the detailed picture, helping employees understand all resources used throughout the enterprise. Whether you are looking at a 6-month or full-year timeline, this report provides valuable insights that can guide your purchasing and inventory allocation decisions.

Special Features and Functions:

Comprehensive inventory: The essence of the stock utilization report is its ability to display the complete inventory of clinical inventory. This feature ensures that nothing gets in between the partitions, allowing operators to keep a close eye on what is being used and what may be sitting idle.

Monthly consumption data: The report breaks down consumption by month, presenting each month (e.g., January, February, March) as a separate column next to the name of the product. This system makes it easier to track the number of units in use each month, provides a clear picture of trends, and helps forecast future needs.

The tracking key transactions: The Stock Consumption Report doesn’t just show consumption—it offers a detailed breakdown of three key transactions:

Sales: This section tracks sales within the hospital, revealing demand for specific products.

Consumables: Here, you will find information about items used in daily activities, from medical supplies to essential office supplies.

Moved items: This feature allows you to view post-hospital moves, giving you a complete picture of your inventory.

Benefits of clinical management

There are several key benefits to introducing stock utilization reports:

Overview: While the report focuses on hospital-wide data, it provides an overall view of resource consumption. This approach is essential to making sound decisions that affect the entire enterprise rather than just individual departments.

Data-Driven Decisions: With detailed monthly data, you can make more rational decisions about inventory management, purchasing, and allocation. This reduces the risk of stocking over burial or overcrowding and ensures that your clinic remains fully equipped whenever that happens.

Inventory efficiency: The ability to track and analyze inventory means that high demand can be quickly identified, enabling initial adjustments to stock levels. This improves resource efficiency and helps reduce waste.

Conclusion

Stock consumption reporting is more than just an innovation—it’s a management tool that empowers hospital management to optimize inventory management and improve overall performance. By providing comprehensive medication management information, this report helps ensure that your practice is always prepared to meet the needs of its patients and staff.

A stock consumption report allows you to manage your inventory, make smart decisions, and ultimately help your healthcare facility run smoothly

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In the fast-paced world of laboratory testing, turnaround time (TAT) is an important metric that directly impacts patient care and productivity. We are excited to introduce the Within-TAT & Outside-TAT Report, which helps labs better manage and monitor their performance. This new report is designed to provide a clear view of lab performance by tracking turnaround time and identifying areas for improvement.

What are the Within-TAT and Outside-TAT reports?

Within-TAT and Outside-TAT Reports are comprehensive tools that categorize laboratory test results based on their turnaround time. It distinguishes between tests completed within an acceptable turnaround time (within TAT) and beyond (outside TAT). This dual-focus approach provides a comprehensive view of lab performance and helps identify areas of focus.

Intra-TAT report:

📊 Accurate performance control: This section of the report focuses on the percentage of tests completed within the scheduled turnaround time. It provides a clear view of how well the lab is meeting its performance goals.

📈 Benchmark Comparison: By comparing Within-TAT performance against previously identified benchmarks, laboratories can assess their performance and identify opportunities for system improvement.

External-TAT Report:

🔍 Detection of delays: This section focuses on tests that fall outside of acceptable reversal times. It helps identify complexities or inefficiencies in operations that may cause delays.

📉 Root Cause Analysis: By analyzing non-TAT post-TAT data, laboratories can examine the causes of delay and apply corrective measures to increase conversion rates.

Why reporting in and out of TAT is important

Enhanced laboratory performance management:

📈 Real-time insights: The report provides real-time information about lab performance, allowing managers to immediately measure how well they are meeting turn-around-time goals.

📊 Performance improvement: Monitoring intra-TAT and post-TAT results over time helps identify performance improvements and measure the impact of any process changes or improvements.

Business Improvement:

⚙️ Workflow optimization: By identifying areas where turnaround time exceeds acceptable limits, laboratories can improve efficiency and optimize processes to reduce delays.

💡Targeted improvements: Insights from reports outside of TAT enable targeted processes to address specific issues, resulting in more efficient lab operations and better performance in all cases.

Best Patient Care:

⏱️ Timely results: Ensuring that tests are completed within acceptable turnaround times improves the speed of diagnosis and treatment and improves patient care and outcomes for the child.

🩺 Reliable data: Consistently tracking turnaround time goals ensures that patients receive timely and accurate test results, supporting better clinical decision-making.

Its Uses and Benefits

The in-TAT and outside-TAT reports are designed to be user-friendly and easily integrated into existing lab management systems. Here’s how labs can use this report for better implementation:

🔧 Customizable dashboards: Laboratories can customize their dashboards by focusing on specific metrics or periods, providing insights tailored to their specific needs.
 
📅 Continuous reviews: A planned review of the report can help to continuously monitor performance and achieve continuous improvement.
 
📈 Data-driven decisions: Using insights from reports, labs can make data-driven decisions to increase overall efficiency and productivity.
 
Conclusion

The introduction of in-TAT and outside-TAT reports represents a significant improvement in laboratory performance management and transition time management. By providing a detailed breakdown of test results based on turnaround times, this report enables laboratories to improve efficiency, improve productivity, and provide timely results to patients in

Focusing on both within-TAT and outside-TAT metrics, this report is a powerful tool to increase lab performance and ensure that conversion times remain within acceptable limits. Except for the power of insights acknowledging the use of data through the Within-TAT and Outside-TAT Reports, he takes his lab performance to new heights.

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📊 The Challenge: Efficient Billing in Hospitals with High Patient Volume

In many hospitals, managing the billing process can become chaotic, especially when large volumes of patients pass through the system daily. Smaller hospitals often use a single billing counter where the registration, bill generation, and payment collection are all handled by the front office or receptionist. However, larger hospitals and pharmacies—especially those dealing with a heavy influx of patients—need a more efficient approach to prevent bottlenecks and patient crowding at the billing counter.

To solve these challenges, some hospitals adopt a segmented billing process, splitting the responsibilities between bill generation and cash collection. This approach prevents queues and speeds up service, especially in high-traffic areas like outpatient departments (OPDs) and pharmacies. However, managing these two sections efficiently, without confusion or errors, can be challenging.

💡 MocDoc's Solution: The 'Save for Counter' Workflow

MocDoc's "Save for Counter" feature simplifies the billing process in hospitals by clearly separating bill generation from payment collection. This workflow is particularly useful in high-traffic hospitals and pharmacies where crowd management is essential. The feature allows the billing department to quickly generate bills and send them to a dedicated cash counter for payment collection, ensuring smoother operations and a better patient experience.

Key Features of MocDoc's 'Save for Counter' Workflow

📄  Efficient Bill Generation

In both outpatient departments and pharmacies, the billing team can generate bills and mark them with a special status called "Save for Counter." This allows them to quickly process the patient's registration and generate the necessary charges without handling payment, thus speeding up the workflow.

  • In OP Billing: When patients complete their consultation or treatment, the front office can generate the bill using the "Save for Counter" option. The patient is then directed to the cash counter for payment, avoiding delays at the registration desk.
  • In Pharmacy Billing: The pharmacy staff can create a bill for a patient’s prescriptions, pack the required medicines, and send the bill to the cash counter. The patient can then proceed to make the payment at the cash counter and collect their medicines.
💸 Centralized Cash Collection

Once the billing team has generated a bill and marked it as "Save for Counter," the cashiers at the cash counter can access all pending bills in real-time. This allows them to efficiently collect payments, update the payment status, and ensure that the process is completed without any backlog.

  • Cash Counter Access: Cashiers have direct access to bills marked as "Save for Counter" and can easily find, process, and update the payment status in the system.
  • Flexible Payment Methods: The cashier can update the bill’s payment type (cash, card, digital payments) upon receiving payment, ensuring that financial records are updated instantly.
🔄 Integration Across Departments

This workflow is designed to work seamlessly across departments, ensuring that no matter where the bill is generated (OP, pharmacy, lab, etc.), the payment collection is streamlined through the dedicated cash counters. By adopting this method, hospitals can:

  • Reduce patient waiting times
  • Avoid confusion in the billing department
  • Maintain accurate financial records
  • Improve overall operational efficiency
📊 Reporting & Accountability

MocDoc's "Save for Counter" feature also provides detailed reports on billing and payments. Management can track:

  • Bills generated with the "Save for Counter" option
  • Payments collected by the cash counter staff
  • Any pending payments for better accountability
  • Status of pharmacy or OP billing operations
The Problem: Managing Crowds and Delays in Billing

Without a proper billing structure, hospitals often experience long queues at the registration and billing desks, creating a poor patient experience. In the absence of a segmented workflow, front office staff are tasked with handling both bill generation and payment collection, leading to delays, confusion, and errors.
In pharmacy billing, especially, these inefficiencies can cause patients to wait longer for their medications, further adding to their frustration.

The Solution: MocDoc’s "Save for Counter" Workflow to Enhance Patient Flow

By using the "Save for Counter" workflow, hospitals can significantly reduce the time patients spend waiting in line for billing and payments. Billing departments can focus on quickly generating accurate bills, while cash counters handle the payment process separately, ensuring smoother operations. This also allows hospitals to manage large volumes of patients more effectively, especially during peak hours.

Conclusion: Improve Efficiency with MocDoc's "Save for Counter" Feature

MocDoc's "Save for Counter" feature resolves many of the billing challenges faced by hospitals, particularly those with high patient volumes. By dividing bill generation from payment collection, hospitals can reduce queues, improve patient satisfaction, and streamline operations across departments. With enhanced reporting capabilities, management gains full transparency into the billing process, ensuring that both operational efficiency and financial accuracy are maintained.

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Effective stock management is a critical aspect of any healthcare facility, ensuring that essential supplies are available when needed and minimizing waste from expired or unused items. However, one common challenge is the lack of visibility into stock levels, particularly identifying when items are out of stock. This can lead to significant issues such as treatment delays, increased operational costs, and compromised patient care. MocDoc’s Zero Stock MIS report is designed to address these challenges by providing a comprehensive overview of stock levels, specifically highlighting products with zero stock.

The Challenges of Not Knowing Zero Stock Levels

Treatment Delays 🕒

When essential medical supplies or medications run out unexpectedly, it can delay treatments and procedures. This not only affects patient care but also disrupts the workflow of healthcare providers.

Increased Costs 💵

Frequently running out of stock can lead to emergency procurement, which often comes at a higher cost. Additionally, overstocking to avoid running out can result in wasted resources if items expire before use.

Operational Inefficiencies ⚙️

Without accurate stock information, staff may spend unnecessary time searching for items or verifying stock levels manually. This time could be better spent on patient care and other critical tasks.

Compromised Patient Care ❤️

Inadequate stock levels can lead to suboptimal treatment options or delays in critical care, directly impacting patient outcomes and satisfaction.
 
How MocDoc’s Zero Stock MIS Report Solves These Issues

MocDoc’s Zero Stock MIS report is a powerful tool designed to enhance stock management efficiency and accuracy. Here’s how it helps:

Quick Identification of Zero Stock Items📋

The report provides a detailed list of products that have reached zero stock levels. This immediate visibility allows healthcare providers to take prompt action, ensuring that necessary items are restocked in a timely manner.

Strategic Decision-Making📈

By knowing which items are out of stock, administrators can make informed decisions about replenishment priorities and deactivation of items that are no longer needed. This strategic approach helps in maintaining optimal stock levels and reducing wastage.

Improved Operational Efficiency🚀

With automated zero stock reports, staff no longer need to manually check stock levels, saving valuable time and reducing the risk of human error. This efficiency translates to better resource allocation and more focus on patient care.

Enhanced Patient Care🏥

Ensuring that essential supplies are always available means that patient treatments can proceed without delays, enhancing overall patient care and satisfaction.

Conclusion

In the fast-paced environment of healthcare, efficient stock management is crucial. MocDoc’s Zero Stock MIS report provides a robust solution to the challenges of stock management by offering clear visibility into zero stock levels and enabling strategic decision-making. By leveraging this innovative feature, healthcare facilities can ensure timely replenishment of essential items, reduce operational costs, and ultimately provide better care for their patients. Take control of your stock like never before with MocDoc’s dynamic Zero Stock MIS report and revolutionize your stock management today!

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