In the first part of our online booking guide, we looked at important considerations, common features, and the benefits of online booking systems.
Here is a quick recap:
- The goal of online booking is to provide patients with convenience and free up clinic staff from booking-related admin
- Online booking systems should integrate seamlessly with your EMR and often include additional value-generating features such as automatic reminders and self-serve changes & cancellations.
- Online booking systems can reduce no-shows and wasted appointments, increase the number of patients seen, and increase revenues.
The next step is to assess the different online booking apps available on the apps.health. This will help you select an appropriate OSCAR Pro-integrated app for your clinic and get started with online booking.
Top 5 Online Booking Systems for OSCAR Pro
Empower Health
Empower Health helps primary care clinics to streamline clinical workflows and offer online appointment booking. Their easy-to-use ‘Iamsick’ platform allows patients to book, amend, and cancel appointments at their convenience.
Empower’s platform also allows clinics to customize their booking and provides automated email and SMS reminders and appointment confirmations that reduce no-shows and increase clinic revenues.
Ocean by CognisantMD
Ocean by CognisantMD is a patient engagement platform that empowers clinics to modernize scheduling workflows, and their online booking package can include appointment-specific forms.
In addition to online booking, Ocean also offers different services that include automatic appointment reminders and support for self-service check-in kiosks and patient tablets in your clinic, helping you replace pens and clipboards with digital alternatives.
Ocean’s platform allows clinics to automate multiple clinical workflows by integrating all touchpoints of a patient’s appointment with your OSCAR Pro EMR.
Cortico
Cortico is a patient engagement platform that aims to eliminate admin costs and staff burn-out. Their platform includes online booking, SMS & email reminders, telehealth, and workflow automation.
Automatic appointment reminders, sent by email and text, help reduce last-minute cancellations or no-shows. Their platform also empowers patients to change or update appointments without involving clinic staff.
Clinics can digitize their appointment administration by using the Cortico platform to collect forms from patients during registration, booking or pre-appointment.
Phelix
Phelix automates online booking and other clinical workflows using their AI-powered virtual assistant.
Phelix is different from many other online booking systems due to their virtual assistant that can triage appointment requests made by phone, SMS, or website chatbot. Their virtual assistant can automate new bookings, update & cancel existing appointments, and reroute calls to clinic staff.
This functionality is helpful for clinics that want to ensure their self-service booking options are accessible to elderly or less-technically inclined patients.
Veribook
Veribook allows family doctors to schedule nearly all patient appointments, giving registered patients access to a customized, branded family online booking page. Although their platform is ideal for family doctors, Veribook can also support walk-in and multi-location clinics.
Their online booking system integrates with OSCAR Pro and your website to provide a seamless experience for your patients. With Veribook, customization is the key. Their flexible platform allows clinics to create appointment and scheduling rules that match their clinic workflows.
Looking for more online booking systems?
You can browse more OSCAR Pro integrated online booking systems and patient reminders apps on the apps.health marketplace.
Our marketplace makes it easier than ever to connect your EMR, staff, and physicians with the applications that improve clinic efficiency, physician & patient experiences, and health outcomes.
