Volo Innovations

Guest blog posting by Jason Van Dyke, CEO/president of FIZIO.

FIZIO is a new web based service for Health Care Professionals which gives them the unique ability to create and send a customized and personalized video home exercise program to their clients. The FIZIO database currently has over 700 video clips to choose from. New videos can be added by request, or even filmed and uploaded by members themselves for a truly customized approach

"Wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost." President Barack Obama

The Obama administration has identified this ideology as one of the core factors in their effort to improve the current United States health care system. Near the top of the President's agenda is the following statement:

"Lower Health Care Costs by Investing in Electronic Information Technology Systems: Use health information technology to lower the cost of health care. Invest $10 billion a year over the next five years to move the U.S. health care system to broad adoption of standards-based electronic health information systems, including electronic health records."

This proposed $10 billion/year investment by the government of the United States outlines the vital role that technology will play in the future advancement of our health and wellness industries.

If you are a health and wellness professional then this should be a strong hint to you that now is the time to begin finding new ways to harness technological advances to improve your business. As always, the most important thing to do is to identify technologies which are effective, efficient, and affordable. This is an exciting time with new services, products, and tools being developed on a daily basis. Identifying new technologies which can save you time, money and make you more profitable, could be the difference between a successful business and a failure.

It is up to each and every one of us to begin to examine ways that we can improve the quality and efficiency of our care, and to identify current technological advances that can help us do this without spending more money.

Simple but effective ways to utilize technological advances to improve your business and cut costs include:

• Save money on ink and paper by "considering the environment before you print," or better yet, make the move to a paperless system in your clinic.
• Save on paper and postage by keeping in contact with your clients via email rather than sending out "thank you" or "customer feedback survey" postcards.
• Utilize an online customer billing, management and scheduling service such as Volo to help you save time and improve efficiency.
• Save money on travel and gas by utilizing online services like Skype or GoToMeeting for your next company meeting.
• Demonstrate your professionalism and impress your clients by utilizing a service like FIZIO to create and send a customized and personalized video home exercise program to your next client. This site allows you to use the current videos on the site or even upload your own videos to create a truly personalized experience for both you and your clients.

Before you start spending money on ways to improve your business, talk to your clients or create a survey, using an online survey company like Survey Monkey,  to identify the most important and common concerns. Once you identify the weak and/or problem areas in your business, then you can search for a technological advancement that will help you improve upon your deficiencies, making your business stronger.

Jason Van Dyke, CEO/president of FIZIO.

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