The COVID crisis has forced a shift to consumer-centric healthcare; operators must offer a competitive experience to survive in the newly-competitive market. Solv CEO Heather Fernandez recently met with Gerard Van Grinsven to discuss the best practices for creating an unrivalled healthcare experience. For Gerard, former executive of the Ritz-Carlton and prior CEO of Henry Ford West...
We've learned a lot from managing over 1 million COVID test visits across the country since March. Managing volume matters. Efficient registration matters. People love firefighters. It’s imperative to support what’s needed to re-open the country, so when we had the opportunity to work with Michigan on addressing their ambitious COVID testing goals of creating a go-to online testing website and...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the urgent care industry has dramatically scaled its testing capabilities. It’s estimated that over 10,000 centers across the country now perform millions of COVID tests each month. However, we are still seeing that many states across the country are not yet meeting their testing targets. At Solv, we’ve continued to experience strong demand for COVID tests...
In May 2017, nearly one month after we announced Solv to the world, I was doing something non-standard for a San Francisco based start-up founder. I was knocking on doors on Capitol Hill trying to understand how Congress was thinking about providing healthcare access to Veterans, and wondering what we could do to help. Some backstory to help connect the dots – in 2000, I was a...
At Solv, we’ve closely tracked the rapid rise of convenient healthcare providers across the US over the past decade. These convenient options have grown to include retail clinics found in drugstores, primary care offices seeing walk-in patients, specialists, and dental providers offering same-day care appointments, doctors treating patients through on-demand telemedicine, and of course, urgent...
Part three of a four-part series taking a look at the State of American Healthcare. Don't miss parts one and two on Veterans Care and Accessibility, respectively Let’s face it, healthcare in America is expensive. In 2018, Americans spent $3.7 trillion on health services. That was an increase of 4.4% over 2017, and it looks like costs will continue to climb in coming...
Part two of a four-part series taking a look at the State of American Healthcare. Don't miss part one on Veterans Care. About 60 million people, or 1 in 5 Americans, live in rural areas. While countryside living has many benefits, rural communities are increasingly seeing challenges in accessing quality healthcare. There’s a mounting problem with rural healthcare roadblocks. In a...
Part one of a four-part series taking a look at the State of American Healthcare. Don't miss part two on Accessibility. As we celebrate Independence Day this week, we’re keeping in mind our country’s veterans and the many roadblocks they face to get appropriate healthcare. Widespread issues have long affected the type and quality of care that veterans receive. But now a newly enacted law...
Today Solv is announcing a new data partnership program, Solv Data Connect, that allows urgent care centers to easily share data between Solv and their EHR system. Data Connect is Solv's pledge to openness and interoperability with other healthcare technology providers, and places a significant focus on EHR compatibility. Urgent care operators heavily invest in their EHR systems and Solv...
Solv and the Women’s Choice Award today announced the winners of their co-produced awards program that has recognized the top 2% of all urgent care providers throughout the country for providing the highest-quality, patient-focused care to women. “In today’s rapidly growing world of consumer-focused healthcare options, it’s more important than ever for women have visibility into the best urgent...
