---
url: "https://www.skedulo.com/blog/how-to-improve-healthcare-scheduling-salesforce"
type: "blogPost"
title: "How Home Healthcare Companies Can Serve More Patients Without Creating Scheduling Pain"
author: "Aya Fawzy"
date: "2017-12-01"
---

# How Home Healthcare Companies Can Serve More Patients Without Creating Scheduling Pain

Skedulo CEO Matt Fairhurst was recently featured on a [Salesforce partner site](https://medium.com/inside-the-salesforce-ecosystem/how-home-healthcare-companies-can-serve-more-patients-without-creating-scheduling-pain-8ead4c8c2edd) discussing how home healthcare providers can improve efficiency without sacrificing quality of care.

In the article, Fairhurst discusses three key market trends —increasing demand for home healthcare, a large population of aging Baby Boomers, and the near-universal adoption of smartphones—and the challenges they present for home healthcare organizations.

But despite the challenges of the industry, Fairhurst sees a powerful opportunity for home health providers who put the patient experience above all else.

“Excellence in patient experience has to be the No. 1 priority, especially for practitioners who come into the patient’s home environment,” Fairhurst says in the article. “The businesses that are best equipped to facilitate a more efficient, effective and reliable relationship between patients and practitioners will be on track to take leadership positions in this expanding field.

[Read the full article](https://medium.com/inside-the-salesforce-ecosystem/how-home-healthcare-companies-can-serve-more-patients-without-creating-scheduling-pain-8ead4c8c2edd) to learn five key success factors every home healthcare organization should know to succeed in today’s market. (And for more tips on improving the patient experience for in-home healthcare, download our free ebook, [5 Secrets to Better Scheduling for In-Home Healthcare](https://www.skedulo.com/resources/5-secrets-to-better-scheduling-of-mobile-workers-for-in-home-healthcare/).)