As the world continues to trend in a more digital direction, the healthcare industry is one that is leading the charge. Specifically, locator software can have a major impact on the healthcare industry through medical device, practitioner, clinic and provider finders. This digital shift is showing no signs of slowing down as we venture further into 2025.
Online physician finders have become a crucial part of operations for healthcare networks, hospital systems and medical device manufacturers. These physician finders, powered by locator software, have created a space for patients to easily find the nearest, best-fit physician for their needs. Utilizing locator software to create a physician finder has its benefits. It provides a way for doctors and physicians to gain a wider audience, while improving access to care with geolocation. The physician finder can be SEO optimized to attract new patients, increasing visability. It also improves the brand perception of the healthcare network by providing an organized place to find desired information.
Similarly to a physician finder, a hospital or clinic finder can show audiences where they can go to receive the care desired. The major difference between a physician locator and a hospital or clinic locator is that the hospital and clinic locator promotes the building locations to receive care, and not the physicians themselves. There are various scenarios where this may be a more beneficial route for a healthcare provider, such as displaying walk-in clinics or emergency rooms that provide the same or similar services.
Both physician finders and clinic finders have unique functions to benefit patients. One benefit is the enhanced patient engagement. The locator software can provide a platform for online appointment scheduling at the desired location. The locator software also allows for secure messaging between patients and physicians at a specific location. One unique feature of MetaLocator is that our software is HIPAA compliant, this allows our customers to provide that secure messaging platform for patients to engage with locations to receive care.
Directories are another function of locator software in the healthcare industry. Specifically, physician directories play a large role in the online presence of healthcare networks and providers. These directories provide a place for vital information to get patients the care they need. Some of the information displayed can be physicians profiles, contact information, hours of operation, mailing addresses, accepted insurances, and online booking abilities. Directories can also contain filters and sorting to lead patients to their needed caretaker faster.
Crowdsourcing provides more advantages of utilizing locator software in the healthcare space. This allows for users to update information in the locator regarding specific locations. Things like updating hours for a specific location or physician can be done efficiently through crowdsourcing, saving the locator admin time. More importantly, this also keeps everything accurate and up to date in the software at all times. These real time updates optimize the locator, preventing the admin from having to spend time and effort updating it.
MetaLocator is no stranger to working in the healthcare industry, we’ve completed many projects in the space ranging from Healthcare Provider Locators, Device Provider Locators and Lab locators. See our completed work in the industry on our case studies page.
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