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The Ultimate Audiology PMS Buyer’s Guide

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Choose a PMS that integrates seamlessly with NOAH so you can easily access (and save) data offline and sync it when you’re back online. For instance, Auditdata’s Manage PMS has a NOAH Bridge Integration, allowing you to effortlessly manage patient care and fitting software, online in the clinic or offline in the community. This ensures clinicians always have up-to-date information, reducing errors, and eliminating downtime. Bridge links Manage with NOAH, securely storing data on ISO-certified Azure. Manage’s NOAH integration removes double entry, minimizes errors, and improves efficiency.

  • It depends on several factors. For a multi-location audiology clinic, implementing a PMS can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, depending on the size of your clinic, the complexity of the project, and the vendor’s implementation strategy. The rollout timeline also depends on the number of clinic locations you have, your staff’s familiarity with technology (e.g., tech adverse employees may take longer to train), the planned deployment method (cloud-based systems are often quicker to rollout than locally hosted solutions), and system customization (whether you’re buying an off-the-shelf PMS solution or customizing a solution for your clinic). Talk to the vendors you’re considering and ask for an estimated timeframe for your clinic’s specific project parameters.

  • Since security is essential, be sure that your PMS vendor takes every measure to ensure security and compliance. This should be guided by the strictest industry standards, including HIPAA, SOC 2, and GDPR (if applicable) guidelines. Before you sign a contract, double check that your intended vendor uses a PMS that’s specifically designed to be HIPAA compliant. Additionally, ensure that you’ll have best practice safeguards in place, including encryption, multi-factor authentication, role-based access controls, secure data transmissions, and audit trails.

  • Yes. Many modern, audiology-specific PMS solutions support telehealth and remote care, which are valuable options to reach patients with barriers to care (e.g., transportation and/or health, and mobility challenges that make it difficult to come into your hearing clinic) – or who have busy schedules that make in-person appointments difficult. For instance, some PMS solutions have secure, HIPAA-compliant video conferencing features, which allow your clinic to offer telehealth appointments and patient follow ups. Since the pandemic, telehealth – including tele-audiology – has grown in popularity, and many patients want, need, or demand this option. Additionally, audiologists can adjust patients’ hearing aids remotely, using Bluetooth connectivity, giving patients a convenient way to get hearing aid adjustments without having to come into the clinic. Use your PMS to facilitate and document these efforts in each patient’s records. Plus, leverage your PMS to automatically send reminders about patients’ telehealth appointments – as you do for in-clinic exams – to boost show up rates and reduce no-shows. Offering telehealth helps boost convenience and overcome common obstacles, helping your clinic expand access to care and treat more people with hearing loss. Plus, some PMS solutions have helpful features that clinicians can leverage when they’re working out in the community.

  • It depends. Most audiology practices experience a positive ROI within the first year – sometimes within the first six months. However, it can sometimes take longer to experience a positive ROI, depending on your initial investment, implementation strategy, and your clinic’s ability to leverage the PMS to optimize critical workflows. You’ll likely see significant ROI results once you leverage the PMS to improve efficiency in your daily tasks. For instance, automating tasks like appointment reminders, inventory, and billing reduces administrative burdens and increases key performance indicators (KPIs). Also, consider how a single tool in the PMS – an AI-driven notetaker – can save each clinician in your practice an hour per day on administrative efforts. Now, imagine that each clinician can see additional patients each day with that “extra” time. Depending on how many clinicians you have in your practice, these additional patients can quickly drive KPIs like conversions, sales, and profits. That one tool alone can result in a significant revenue boost that contributes to your ROI. It’s also notable that your PMS can optimize financial tasks. As a result, your clinic will likely see a faster revenue cycle and accelerated collections from your PMS investment. Keep in mind that it can take some time to see the results of these workflow improvements – but the results will be well worth it.