Reduce Paperwork

Paperwork is part of working in healthcare. From administrators to nurses to physicians, everyone has to get approvals, sign-offs, and forms filled out.

Most people join the healthcare field to help people. Too often, though, they find themselves trapped behind mountains of paperwork, unable to focus on their patients.

But what if there was a way to streamline administrative tasks, freeing up healthcare workers to focus more on their patients? That’s where workflow automation comes into play.

Workflow Automation

Workflow automation is simply a way to automate time-consuming administrative and paperwork-heavy tasks. It allows users to create workflows that automate these tasks so they no longer have to wait on approvals and signatures, allowing them to get back to the work that matters.

There are a lot of benefits to workflow automation, but some of the biggest are:

Better Patient Safety

Automatic workflows can help ensure patient safety by making sure things like medication approval, signoffs for discharges, and patient intake forms are properly filled out. It also creates a trackable system of those approvals and signoffs. These automatic workflows help reduce medical errors and ensure trust between patients and healthcare providers.

Reduction in Wait Times

Wait times can be dramatically reduced by automating administrative tasks that take the time of staff. Patient intake forms, admissions/discharges, and more can be automated to make the process run more smoothly.

Less Staff Burnout

Staff burnout is a big problem within the healthcare industry. On top of working in high-stress situations, the amount of paperwork that is required for each healthcare worker can be overwhelming. Reducing that paperwork by setting up workflows for things like Help Desk requests, insurance verification, and intake forms can lessen the load on healthcare workers and reduce staff burnout.

Using workflow automation can also save healthcare organizations money by reducing costly medical errors, ensuring patient satisfaction, and speeding up processes to allow for more billable hours.

There are a lot of workflow solutions available, but those in the healthcare industry should find a solution that works for their specific needs.

What Healthcare Needs in Workflow Solution

Saves Times

Healthcare workers are busy enough. Any workflow solution the healthcare industry uses should save time by being an easy-to-use solution that does not require IT support to use.

Saves Money

Workflows save you money by saving you time, allowing healthcare providers to see more patients. However, many workflow solutions can cost a lot to use and get set up. Make sure your workflow solution is saving you more than the actual system costs.

Easy-to-Use Software

Healthcare workers use enough complicated software and tools in their day. Asking them to learn more will just add another task to their plate. That’s why it’s great for your workflow automation solution to be simple and, if possible, integrated with currently used systems.

FileCloud is Trusted by Health Professionals

Workflow Automation was created within the already-in-place FileCloud system, and helps cut down on administrative tasks with its simple drag-and-drop, no-code workflow builder.

The Workflow Automation tool was built so that managers can create simple workflows for their teams, departments, and boards. These automated workflows reduce time spent on administrative tasks, leading to reduced wait times, better patient care, and more billable hours.

Anyone can create workflows within minutes for tasks like:

• Patient admission/discharge forms

• Help Desk Requests

• Schedule approvals

• Staff onboarding

• Insurance verification

• Prescription pre-approval

FileCloud’s Workflow Automation still ensures these tasks get done without wasting valuable healthcare time on tedious administration.

These workflows are able to be shared and reviewed by users who have those permissions to ensure optimization and correct oversights in automation.

Reports are also available at any time for audit and oversight purposes.

Running workflows can also be reviewed in the simple dashboard that allows you to see who approved what, and when, in case of error or legal issues.

FileCloud is trusted by the healthcare industry for its HIPPA-compliant file storage, sharing, and review, and now it can help make healthcare workers even more efficient and cost-effective with Workflow Automation.

FileCloud’s Workflows Work for Healthcare

The healthcare industry wants to get back to what matters—patient care. And with FileCloud’s Workflow Automation solution, they can do just that. Get a free trial of FileCloud’s HIPPA-compliant file sharing and workflow solution today.