How Upfront used personalized messaging to increase return patient volume
WellNow was looking for a partner to help drive innovation and revenue opportunities at its system of walk-in urgent care clinics. The healthcare enterprise engaged Upfront to leverage its advanced personalization engine to conduct digital outreach and navigate patients to care.
Partner since
2017
Headquarters
Chicago, IL
Locations
>180
Patient base
>2M
Upfront Solutions
Retain, Attract
The Challenge
Maintaining patient retention
Urgent care centers provide patients with quick and convenient access to care. As one of the fastest-growing urgent care providers with more than 180 locations in six states, WellNow benefited from high patient satisfaction rates but was in need of new strategies to drive patient retention and return visits to maintain the system’s cost-effectiveness. The enterprise connected with Upfront to motivate and navigate patients to return for follow-up care, building on its promise of offering exceptional, affordable healthcare in a caring atmosphere.
The Solution
Condition-specific messaging
Upfront leveraged its sophisticated enterprise platform to help WellNow deploy condition-specific messaging and encourage appropriate return visits for necessary care. Patients received post-visit, follow-up SMS text messages tailored specifically to the condition for which the patient was seen. In addition, Upfront implemented a brief patient survey that included questions about symptoms related to their diagnosis and included automated scheduling prompts if their responses indicated a need for follow-up care. This approach was then tested against generic follow-up messaging to measure and compare the personalized outreach program's results.
The Results
6x more revenue using Upfront’s personalized approach
Over the duration of the project, WellNow and Upfront identified, engaged, and activated patients who required follow-up care within 30 days of their primary visit across 20 diagnostic codes. By using condition-specific messaging to boost return volume, Upfront enabled WellNow to deliver greater quality care, retain its patient base, and generate an estimated $1.4 million in annual revenue — building patient loyalty in the process. Today, the urgent care company is experiencing impressive growth, celebrating its latest acquisition and expanding condition-specific messaging to navigate more patients to appropriate care.
By the numbers
6x
Revenue generated by condition-specific messaging vs. generic follow-up
0%
Conversion rate within 30 days among patients eligible for return visits
80%
of return visits were completed by unique patients
0
conditions targeted for follow up care needs
No challenge is too
impossible to overcome
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