Maximizing Clinic Capacity: How Little Spurs Expanded Patient Access with Online Booking

Before partnering with Solv, Little Spurs was a walk-in-only clinic. A walk-in only approach meant the clinic had to depend entirely on their EMR and front-desk team for handling patient check-in. This setup made it tough to draw in patients and turned predicting patient numbers into a bit of a guessing game, rather than something the leadership could confidently measure and manage.

Without a way of capturing online patients, Little Spurs was often left hoping that patients would remember their brand and come through their doors for care. 

Operating with just their EMR also affected leadership's ability to make data-informed decisions. The leadership team often found themselves piecing together the operational picture across scattered bits of data. Key metrics like patient throughput, wait times, and feedback were siloed across systems. Since the process to stitch that together was manual, management wasn’t monitoring these metrics as frequently as they wanted and often questioned the accuracy of the data. 

Every urgent care faces unpredictability in walk-in volume, so your online booking system needs to adapt for the on demand workflow. With a flexible system in Solv’s AI-powered queuing, Little Spurs found that these features just work.

Through their five-year partnership, Little Spurs and Solv have introduced several innovations to further enhance access and efficiency through online booking. A recent solution is the 'Save My Spot' feature, allowing patients to save their spot remotely, fill out forms, and wait their turn outside the clinic. This feature has been instrumental in optimizing patient flow without overburdening the clinics, even during peak times.

Beyond the 'Save my Spot' feature, a pivotal aspect of patient access at Little Spurs is the convenience of booking online and completing paperwork ahead of time. "Rather than hoping that patients would show up at our door, they could now go online and reserve their spot. That lets patients plan their day out and come in when it's their turn to be seen." 

Simultaneously, staff benefit from a comprehensive portal that aggregates all operational metrics, allowing for communication between front desk personnel, back office teams, and management.

The operational dashboards from Solv have given Little Spurs real-time insights into clinic activities. This means management can now swiftly reallocate resources where needed, directly from the dashboard, without the hassle of digging through separate systems.

The dashboard also helps track patient flow trends, providing a clear view of the busier days to aid in staff scheduling and resource management. This data is crucial, not just for day-to-day operations but also for long-term planning, helping to forecast weekly patient volumes with greater accuracy.