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Simplify patient access and patient engagement

Optum offers solutions to help you improve your digital patient access and engagement while reducing costs and increasing patient satisfaction.

Digital patient care journeys made easier

We help you improve your patient access and engagement. Our tools drive efficiency and results, so you can focus on delivering high-quality care.

Optum® Patient Access and Engagement, formerly known as DocASAP helps providers and payers looking to ease staff burnout and cut down on resources wasted on no-shows and inefficient administrative tasks.

Patient engagement connections, simplified

Patients want easier ways to get the care they need for themselves and their families. We facilitate simpler ways for patients to access and engage with care providers. With our tools, patients can:

  • Find providers based on what’s important to them
  • Schedule online 24/7 without needing to call
  • Communicate with their care team in real time
  • Get timely care and billing reminders
  • Reduce wait time with pre-visit digital check-in
  • Pay bills online test
Everest Group Peak Matrix Leader 2023 Patient Engagement Platforms

Increasing positive patient outcomes

“With online scheduling for virtual care, patients can be quickly matched with the right provider… We believe this approach is creating a positive patient and consumer experience.”

Patient Engagement and Digital Patient Access

Patient Acquisition and Online Scheduling

Our leading-edge omnichannel approach helps you reach broader audiences with greater efficiency while improving the patient experience.

Patient Intake, Engagement and Retention

Our end-to-end digital patient intake and communications tools help you deliver care more efficiently with better outcomes.

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Consumer care preferences survey

Optum surveyed more than 1,200 consumers to understand their experiences when accessing care. Download this e-book to read our findings.

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We can help you improve your patient access and engagement

Sources

  1. OIAS, patient engagement division internal data analysis, across tier 1 clients, 2023.
  2. OIAS, patient engagement division internal data analysis, based on a top performing Midwest health system client.
  3. Hillmann W, Hayes BD, Marshall J, Bravard M, Jacob S, Gil R, Lucier D. Improving Burnout Through Reducing Administrative Burden: a Pilot of Pharmacy-Driven Medication Histories on a Hospital Medicine Service. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Aug;36(8):2511-2513. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06066-9. Epub 2020 Jul 29. PMID: 32728956; PMCID: PMC8342720.