Across industries, increasing customer retention rates by 5 percent increases profits anywhere between 25 to 95 percent. This may frame patient retention as an obvious way to increase profits, but in the current healthcare market, it’s much easier said than done.
Why? Patients have become discerning customers – they have plenty of healthcare options, and aren’t hesitant to shop around and compare healthcare networks on patient care, price, and overall experience. Furthermore, Millennial customers, who already outnumber the Baby Boomer generation, are more likely to proactively research cost information, medication coverage, and doctor quality ratings.
With the ever-changing healthcare landscape, marketers must put a focus on patient retention in order to achieve significant growth for your health system. Attracting new patients is beneficial, but keeping them within your healthcare network has the potential for greater ROI.
Let’s take a closer look at five strategies to drive patient retention in the digital age:
Until recently, hospitals operated mostly on a fee-for-service approach, meaning that their goal was to deliver the greatest number of services to the greatest number of people. Now, in response to changing markets and customer preferences, hospitals are transitioning to value-based models.
As the healthcare industry transitions toward this value-based care model, hospitals and health facilities are changing their approach to patient relationships. In this post, we’ll explore how value-based models improve patient relationships and transform the way consumers interact with their providers.