7 Quick Ways to Improving Patient Outcomes and Speeding Up Physician Ops by 300%
Do you regularly track physician productivity? Healthcare organizations can identify revenue gaps, facilitate business growth, and increase patient satisfaction by measuring and optimizing the performance of their most valuable asset—physicians.
Once you realize how productive your physicians are, you can take planned steps to improve their performance with the help of innovative technology such as AI/ML. Listed below are some real-life examples of how Riseapps developed advanced solutions that help physicians serve more patients and achieve positive patient outcomes:
- Improved access to care with Black Doctor: An AI-enhanced telemedicine platform to simplify appointment management and virtual consultations and significantly improve patient care in underserved communities. Over 30,000 individuals were screened through the app’s AI-powered patient screening tool.
- Optimized patient intake at Kego: Through intelligent automation, Kego streamlined the patient intake process, cutting down manual tasks and allowing physicians to focus on improving patient outcomes with 40x faster medical summarization.
- Reduced administrative burdens with AI medical summarization: By automating documentation, this solution freed up physician time, reducing burnout and improving decision-making capabilities.
This article explores how healthcare facilities can use technology and AI-driven solutions to make their doctors 3 times more productive while enhancing the quality of care and improving patient outcomes. Let’s discuss the challenges hindering physician productivity and potential digital solutions.
Understanding the current challenges physicians face
Before considering how to optimize physicians’ workflows, it’s critical to understand the inefficiencies they face in day-to-day work. Here are the key issues based on the findings of MedCentral’s annual report among 864 physicians:
Operational challenges:
Reimbursement issues
Inconsistent or insufficient compensation can lead to staff shortages in the healthcare industry. Tracking Relative Value Units (RVUs) and ensuring due and sufficient payment to your physicians is critical to keeping them motivated and satisfied with their workplace. The more productive working environment you create for physicians, the more opportunities you’ll have to guarantee them fair compensation.
Electronic healthcare record (EHR) reporting burdens
When physicians deal with outdated or unoptimized health systems, their productivity drops. EHR systems are critical for efficient patient care delivery and improving patient outcomes. Thus, they should have features that simplify rather than overburden clinicians’ workflows.
Weak recruitment and retaining strategies
A lack of company-wide physician recruitment and retaining strategies can cause frequent staff turnover, affecting healthcare operational efficiency and decreasing patient satisfaction..
Workload challenges:
Overworking
A 2024 Phycisian Compensation report by Doximity discovered that 81 percent of surveyed physicians are constantly overworked as they spread themselves too thin across various tasks apart from their direct duties of improving patient outcomes. If not promptly prevented, overworking causes burnout and work dissatisfaction.
High-risk patients
Chronic patients’ conditions can lead to inconsistent health outcomes and can require urgent attention during peak periods, putting additional pressure on physicians.
Administrative tasks
Such routine procedures as keeping medical documentation, searching for patient information, creating patient treatment plans, or filling out prescriptions take up a lot of time in the physician’s schedule. AI solutions can automate some of the physicians’ workflows to achieve improved patient outcomes.
Time management challenges:
Travel time
On average, clinicians may spend almost two hours commuting to and from the clinic each day. Long commuting hours to work can be tiresome and require early wake-up, impacting physicians’ productivity during the day.
Prolonged appointments
If, for instance, patient visits last on average 60 minutes, physicians can provide more personalized services but they won’t have enough time to examine many patients in a day. In total, an 8-hour workday typically translates into 7 patient consultations. However, the appointment duration can be calculated individually based on the patient’s condition. If it’s a chronic disease, the visit can take longer, and if a patient is having a cold without any complexities, even a 15-minute visit might be sufficient.
Idle time
Schedule gaps are inevitable, even for the most sought-after physicians. Cancellations, no-shows, and rescheduling leave physicians with unproductive time. Open scheduling features and more rigorous no-show and cancellation policies can help clinics prevent losses.
Next up: Detailed overview of how digitization can solve the majority of challenges physicians face.
Solution 1: Telemedicine and e-prescription (eRX) systems
Implementing virtual consultations and eRX systems allows physicians to work from home or any remote location, eliminating commuting time and providing greater scheduling flexibility. Plus, physicians get an opportunity to regularly check on patients with chronic conditions from anywhere and offer due help when needed.
For on-site practitioners, these solutions enable quick handling of prescription requests during short remote sessions between hospital visits. With 78% of medical video visits focused solely on electronic prescriptions (according to Statista), integrating telemedicine into routine workflows not only enhances efficiency but also frees up physicians’ time for more complex cases, improving patient outcomes and optimizing resource utilization across healthcare settings.
Technical considerations
Platforms like GetStream or CometChat offer ready-to-use video call solutions. However, integrating these platforms with electronic health record (EHR) and eRX systems requires custom software development. To create a fully interoperable and end-to-end healthcare infrastructure, you may also consider custom EHR and eRX system development. Security and compliance, particularly HIPAA requirements, are of the highest importance.
Total time saved for physicians: ~184 minutes per day.
Discover how Riseapps helped a healthcare client implement a custom telemedicine system. The platform streamlined patient interactions by integrating video calls and AI assistance, allowing physicians to manage more consultations efficiently while reducing administrative overhead.
Client’s request
Dr. Bill Releford aimed to create a telemedicine platform to bridge the healthcare gap for African-American communities. The solution needed to incorporate telemedicine features, an AI-driven assistant, third-party integrations, and meet HIPAA compliance within a six-month timeline.
Challenges
The main challenge was developing a comprehensive telemedicine app with features like video calls, a conversational AI assistant, and secure data handling. Ensuring HIPAA compliance and delivering the product on a tight timeline were critical hurdles.
Solution
Riseapps developed a cross-platform medical application featuring seamless video calling, an AI-driven virtual assistant named Amina, and integrated services like Agora and GetStream. The platform’s design focused on user-friendly interfaces for both patients and physicians, ensuring full HIPAA compliance and successful penetration testing before deployment.
Results
The platform was deployed within the six-month timeframe, providing a viable alternative to traditional health systems. It successfully connected African-American patients with physicians, reducing human bias and improving health outcomes in underserved populations.
Solution 2: Advanced booking management with AI functionality
Late cancellations, inefficient scheduling, or no-shows significantly impact physicians’ productivity, leading to idle time or overworking. Idle time can cost healthcare organizations an estimated $100–450 per unused time slot. And if physicians are often overworked, the chances of burnout and staff turnover increase.
To address these challenges, healthcare providers can adopt integrated scheduling software designed to:
- verify the availability of medical resources
- align schedules with patient demand
- streamline booking processes
Incorporating advanced AI features can take this further by predicting no-shows, dynamically reallocating resources, and optimizing real-time appointment schedules. As a result, healthcare providers can reduce physicians’ idle time, improve patient access to care, and enhance evidence-based practices.
Below are specific use cases for implementing AI in healthcare scheduling solutions:
- Predicting cancellations. Using historical data, customized AI models can identify patterns in patient cancellations. They can score upcoming appointments based on their likelihood of being canceled. The score is calculated based on such criteria as the physician’s experience, the patient’s age, home-clinic distance, number of comorbidities, insurance, and weather forecasts. And then for high-risk visits, administrative staff can send reminders or confirmations, reducing no-shows or same-day cancellations.
- Dynamic scheduling with telemedicine. Idle time can also be repurposed for virtual consultations. A patient-facing app that exchanges data with a booking system can notify patients of available last-minute appointment slots to maximize physician efficiency and reduce patient waiting times. Deep reinforcement machine learning models can be effective in building such scheduling software.
- AI-optimized shifts. AI/ML models can predict patient demand and optimize physician shifts, ensuring the right number of clinicians are available at the right times. AI-driven schedules also reduce the risk of overworking staff, improving their overall well-being.
Implementation challenges
Advanced booking management systems require custom development and seamless integration with existing EHR and telemedicine platforms.
Total time saved for physicians: ~30 minutes per day.
Learn how Riseapps developed a connected HIPAA-compliant telehealth ecosystem, simplifying interactions between patients and physicians. Doctors benefited from streamlined appointment scheduling and documentation features, reducing time spent on administrative tasks and enabling them to focus on providing quality care.
Client’s request
The client envisioned a virtual urgent care clinic that required robust video conferencing, appointment management, payment systems, strict HIPAA compliance, and adherence to patient safety protocols.
Challenges
Building a telehealth platform from scratch demanded efficient appointment scheduling, secure video chats, documentation management, and adherence to HIPAA standards.
Solution
Riseapps created two iOS apps (for patients and doctors), an Android app, and a web app. The platform included video conferencing, a quick scheduling system, and secure data handling mechanisms, ensuring compliance with medical data regulations.
Results
Riseapps developed a cost-effective and efficient telehealth solution, enabling immediate medical consultations and generating revenue for its operators while meeting user expectations and improving patient outcomes.
Solution 3: AI-powered transcriptions
Keeping medical documentation is a critical yet time-consuming task. Physicians spend an average of 5 minutes per visit recording patient details into EHR/EMR systems. AI transcription tools can automate this process and transfer data into EHR software to fill out patient information. Physicians can customize these tools to transcribe patient outcomes in the right order and priority. By automating clinical note-taking, AI solutions can unburden physicians from the additional strain of manual data entry and prevent medical errors.
How it works
Tools like OpenAI Whisper and Deepgram convert spoken words into text. During consultations, physicians can dictate notes, which are then transcribed in real time. While these notes still require review, the process is faster and less labor-intensive.
Integration considerations
Integrating AI transcription tools with EHR/EMR systems requires extensive expertise and development efforts to ensure accuracy, security, and compliance. AI strategy consulting services would also be effective to ensure AI solution integration is viable for your business.
Total time saved for physicians: ~32 minutes per day.
Discover another successful AI healthcare project we worked on. By automating medical data analysis, the AI-driven medical summarization system freed physicians from the time-consuming task of manually reviewing patient records.
AI Medical Summarization Software for Injury Attorneys
Client’s request
PareIT needed an AI-powered platform to automate the summarization of medical records and clinical outcomes for personal injury attorneys, enhancing efficiency and reducing manual workload.
Challenges
Handling extensive medical data required building a scalable system that could accurately and swiftly analyze and summarize case files while ensuring data security.
Solution
Riseapps developed an automated summarization platform using AI algorithms to process and organize medical records. The system leveraged AWS and Amazon Comprehend Medical for scalability and used ReactSignalR for real-time updates.
Results
The solution increased summarization speed by 40 times and reduced costs by two-thirds compared to manual processes, achieving an 85% accuracy rate.
Solution 4: Voice summaries for pre-visit preparation
Physicians often spend lots of time reviewing patient notes before each visit. Turning medical notes into audio summaries can increase physician productivity. Whether traveling to the clinic or moving between consultation rooms, physicians can listen to these summaries like a podcast, making their commute or idle time productive.
AI tools can analyze not only structured patient data from healthcare software systems but also make conclusions based on medical images and provide physicians with a comprehensive perception of patient outcomes before the visit. Plus, if a clinic monitors a patient’s health outcomes via remote systems, it’s also possible for AI solutions to retrieve real-time data on the patient’s condition and prepare a summary for the physician.
Technical feasibility
Voice synthesis tools like Eleven Labs or PlayHT can generate comprehensive medical summaries. However, HIPAA-compliant integration with booking systems and EHR platforms is crucial.
Total time saved for physicians: ~12 minutes per day.
Solution 5: Voice assistants for real-time updates
Post-consultation tasks, such as updating patient outcomes or scheduling follow-ups, often interrupt a physician’s workflow. Next-gen voice assistants and conversational AI solutions can streamline these processes.
According to the American Academy of Family Physicians report on using AI assistants in medical practice, primary care physicians spend almost 50% of their workday filling out or analyzing data in the EHR and often still have tasks left to fulfill in their post-shift hours. Implementing AI assistants can be effective in alleviating the EHR documentation burden and freeing up physicians’ time for more productive work and enough rest after work.
Voice assistant features:
- Update medical notes in real time.
- Assign tasks or follow-ups directly via voice commands.
- Locate necessary patient outcomes.
- Add assessments or prescriptions with minimal effort.
Development challenges
Building such a system requires combining multiple AI technologies, including Deepgram, Eleven Labs, and OpenAI GPT, while ensuring secure compatibility with healthcare systems.
Total time saved for physicians: ~21 minutes per day.
Solution 6: AI-generated patient care and medication plans for improving patient outcomes
Personalized care plans are highly efficient for improving patient outcomes, but they are time-consuming to create. AI tools can automate this process by gathering and analyzing disparate patient data, healthcare research insights, and physician inputs to generate or update care plans. Physicians then can validate AI-generated plans to discover biases or hallucinations and edit them. With the help of AI, clinicians can create several personalized treatment plans simultaneously and process more patient outcomes during the day.
Technical considerations
Creating AI-driven treatment plans requires developing a custom Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) model. Multilevel review and approval workflows ensure the plans are accurate and safe.
Total time saved for physicians: ~52 minutes per day.
Get to know how Riseapps helped Amen Clinics deliver quality patient care with the help of advanced technology. Physicians gained access to structured mental health assessments and streamlined patient reports, enabling them to deliver personalized care more efficiently and focus on complex cases.
Amen Clinics Mental Health App
Client’s request
Amen Clinics sought to create a mental health application that could provide users with brain health outcomes, curated content, and personalized recommendations for mental well-being.
Challenges
The project required a secure, user-friendly app capable of conducting assessments, offering real-time feedback, and handling sensitive mental health data while remaining engaging for users and improving patient outcomes.
Solution
Riseapps delivered a feature-rich mental health app that included self-assessment quizzes, personalized health recommendations, and educational content. The app utilized advanced data processing to ensure accuracy and user engagement.
Results
The app provided users with actionable insights into brain health, enhancing their understanding of mental well-being and promoting lifestyle changes, with widespread positive patient outcomes and feedback from users.
Solution 7: Tracking compliance with healthcare regulations
Compliance with regulations like HIPAA and state licensing requirements is resource-intensive. Traditional Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) systems cater to Chief Information Security Officers (CIOs) but don’t address the needs of physicians or clinic staff.
You can develop a custom integrated compliance monitoring system to assist physicians in maintaining patient privacy and unburden them from additional administrative work. Such systems incorporate action plans that help physicians prevent medical errors and data breaches, and duly protect patient health information (PHI).
A tailored compliance tracker can:
- monitor internal and external software for compliance
- assign tasks to authorized staff
- guide employees through compliance workflows
- supervise adherence to regulations in day-to-day operations
For residential healthcare services, such systems reduce risks and enhance accountability. Company leadership can analyze compliance processes and incident trends to promptly address issues.
Implementation scope
The development of custom tracking compliance systems is complex and may require significant investments, but these systems deliver long-term value by reducing administrative burdens and non-compliance risks.
Total time saved for physicians: ~20 minutes per day.
Quantitative results of digitalized clinicians’ workflows
After discussing the impact of various healthcare solutions on physicians’ productivity levels, let’s summarize the quantitative impact:
- Total time saved: 5 hours and 51 minutes per day.
- Average time per patient: Reduced from 60 minutes to 18–20 minutes.
- Patients served per day: Increased from 7 to 24–26 per physician.
These improvements demonstrate how strategic use of technology and AI can transform healthcare workflows, helping you achieve efficient and patient-centered care.
Beyond productivity: 4 additional benefits
While the focus of this article is on physician productivity, let’s cover additional benefits of implementing the abovementioned digital solutions:
Increased patient satisfaction
Introducing innovative solutions such as advanced appointment scheduling allows patients to conveniently book visits with multiple physicians via a user-friendly application. With the help of tailored software that produces personalized treatment plans, you can reduce patient waiting times, decrease anxiety, and achieve positive patient outcomes. You can also conduct regular patient satisfaction surveys to track patient satisfaction scores.
Improved medical resource allocation
AI-powered software is also beneficial in cost- and time-efficient management of healthcare resources such as medical equipment and supplies. You can continuously validate that physicians have enough resources to perform medical procedures and use these resources efficiently.
Enhanced data accuracy and analysis
Implementing AI in healthcare ensures better data collection, processing, and analysis across various touchpoints in health systems. By reducing manual data entry and medical errors, and automating patient data management, you can discover valuable insights and patterns in physicians’ and patients’ behavior, identify health trends, and make informed decisions for improving patient outcomes and enhancing operational strategies.
Streamlined administrative processes
Digital healthcare solutions can automate time-consuming administrative tasks such as billing, insurance claims processing, and documentation. With less paperwork, healthcare providers can focus more on business growth, and quality care, while administrative staff achieve greater efficiency and reduce medical errors and workflow bottlenecks.
These benefits collectively contribute to delivering streamlined healthcare services, improving patient outcomes, optimizing physicians’ daily operations, and helping your organization increase revenue.
Why choose Riseapps for custom healthcare development
Riseapps is a trusted partner in healthcare software development, delivering tailor-made digital health solutions that are now used by over 100,000 physicians and 1 million patients worldwide.
Broad expertise
Our extensive development expertise spans a broad range of healthcare solutions, including telemedicine platforms, patient portals, and AI-driven diagnostics. We ensure that healthcare providers receive innovative and efficient health systems tailored to their specific needs and workflows. Our team takes the time to thoroughly understand your internal business processes, crafting customized development plans that align with your goals.
Tailored services
To provide maximum value, we offer a variety of services designed to guide you through every stage of your product journey. You can start with an AI consulting session, a free 30-minute call with our CTO to answer all your questions about architecture, development flows, and selecting the right tech stack. For more comprehensive planning, our project discovery phase delivers a robust blueprint for your project in just two weeks, starting at $10,000. If you’re looking to validate ideas or refine your product, our AI product workshop provides clarity on target audience segments and a tailored roadmap for your MVP, all for just $3,000.
Incremental development
When it comes to execution, we offer Proof of Concept (PoC) development in just 14 days starting at $10,000+, enabling you to validate your market and pitch to investors. For a more complete solution, our MVP development service delivers a responsive software solution, complete with a SuperAdmin panel and user profiles, starting at $45,000 and ready within 60 days. As your project scales, you can unlock expert leadership with CTO-as-a-Service, starting at $12,000/month, which includes in-depth audits, recruitment strategies, and risk management plans to ensure your tech infrastructure is robust and future-proof.
Proven track record in custom healthcare software development
Choosing Riseapps means partnering with a company that combines deep healthcare industry knowledge with cutting-edge technical expertise. Riseapps has a proven track record in delivering impactful healthcare solutions that drive significant results for both providers and patients.
- Our AI-powered medical summarization platform has achieved a 40-fold increase in summarization speed and operates at one-third the cost of traditional methods, with an accuracy rate of 85%.
- Development of the BlackDoctor 24/7 platform enabled screenings for 30,000 underserved African American patients to be completed in just two weeks, ensuring timely access to care.
- Our collaboration with Almond Health led to the booking of 462 new appointments for OB-GYN patient care in one month and the raising of $7 million in funding, demonstrating our ability to deliver solutions that drive both patient engagement and business growth.
Whether you need to streamline physicians’ workflows, affect patient outcomes, or integrate AI-driven diagnostics, Riseapps is here to bring your vision to life. With our comprehensive range of services and dedication to client success, we are the reliable choice for healthcare organizations seeking innovation and excellence through technology.
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