Check-in Express

Urgent Care and Emergency Departments improve the patient experience and reduce wait times with Check-in Express, a privately-branded online reservation system from ER Express that seamlessly integrates into your website.  While patients love the convenience to streamline their visit, your staff can smooth out surges in patient volume to improve throughput.  

• Attracts new patients because of the convenience to hold their place in line, online
• Helps enhance patient satisfaction by streamlining their visit to your urgent care or ED
• Improves throughput by managing patient flow and staggering patient arrival times

• Details
  • CapabilityScheduling
    Requires integration with athenaCollector®
  • Urgent Care and Emergency Departments differentiate themselves in the marketplace and attract new customers with a simple, consumer-friendly service that lets patients hold their place in line, online.  Providers can manage patient flow better because the schedule settings give them control over the inventory of open time slots they offer to patients.  Staff can smooth peaks in patient volume and make real-time adjustments to decongest the waiting area.  Self-reservation patient information flows into your practice management system.
    
    Features include:
    
    Patient Check-in. Custom designed buttons, banners, check-in “widget”, and reservation form for you website are mobile-friendly and branded to your organization.
    
    Patient Communication.  Mobile text messages and email keeps patients informed about their reservation and the optional post-discharge survey tool allows you to collect patient feedback.
    
    Marketing Support.  Search engine marketing, on site advertising, and other promotional and education support, designed for your organization, helps drive adoption and online conversion rates.
    
    Onsite Training.  Integrating our patient reservation process into your workflow is done onsite by our team that includes practicing clinicians who use Check-in Express at their facility.  Your staff will benefit from training by experienced nurses who can help ensure a smooth implementation.

​http://www.athenahealth.com/healthcare-technology-partners/scheduling/check-in-express

The sale of Cornerstone Medical Center, formerly Hutcheson Medical Center, is now complete. The sale process began in Dec. 2015 after ApolloMD entered into a management of services agreement and was given less than a week to re-open the hospital. Cornerstone Medical Center (CMC) is the first bricks-and-mortar hospital purchase for ApolloMD.

“We are looking forward to the strategic development of healthcare services in Fort Oglethorpe and the surrounding area,” explained Cornerstone CEO Jessica Tribbett. “Over the last several months, we have really gotten to know the community and are excited about our plans for the future. Our goal is to provide quality, innovative care to our patients and we look forward to partnering with community stakeholders as we begin this journey.”

The CMC Executive Leadership Team includes:

​Jessica Long, MHA, Chief Executive Officer
Angie Hullander, Chief Operating Officer
Melissa Smeltzer, RN, MSN, FNP-C, Chief Nursing Officer/Director of Quality
Ashley King, MHA, Vice President of Development and Growth
Will Owens, MBA, Controller
Ruth Wright-Whitaker, IT Director
Cathy Hulsey, Human Resources Director

CMC MissionCornerstone Medical Center exists to improve the health of the community, one person at a time.

CMC VisionSupporting the community through the empowerment of our people, the creative use of our resources, and the valued partnership with our stakeholders.

CMC ValuesIntegrity, Accountability, Innovation, Service and Collaboration

​A Cornerstone Medical Center Family Fun Day is planned for Saturday, June 25 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. on the campus to celebrate the grand re-opening of the medical center. More details will be announced soon and the public is invited to attend.

Please visit CornerstoneMedicalCenter.org for more information.