<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Carethink Blog</title><description>Guides and insights on automating referrals, faxes, calls, voicemails, and follow-up work behind completed visits.</description><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog</link><item><title>Half of Referred Patients Never See the Doctor. Where Do They Go?</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/half-of-referred-patients-never-see-the-doctor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/half-of-referred-patients-never-see-the-doctor</guid><description>About half of referrals never become completed visits. See the seven points where referred patients drop out and how operators can close each gap.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>How to Convert More Referrals Into Appointments</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/how-to-convert-more-referrals-into-appointments</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/how-to-convert-more-referrals-into-appointments</guid><description>Learn how specialty practices can convert more referrals into appointments by matching each patient to the right scheduling and follow-up workflow.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Best AI Fax Management Software for Ophthalmology Practices</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/best-ai-fax-management-software-ophthalmology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/best-ai-fax-management-software-ophthalmology</guid><description>Compare AI fax management software for ophthalmology practices, including Carethink, Medsender, Documo, Concord, and OpenText.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>How Medical Practices Should Schedule Referrals</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/how-to-optimize-referral-scheduling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/how-to-optimize-referral-scheduling</guid><description>Learn how to optimize referral scheduling by considering medical urgency, appointment deadlines, provider capacity, payer requirements, and patient context.</description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Best Referral Management Software for Ophthalmology Practices: 2026 Comparison</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/best-ophthalmology-referral-software</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/best-ophthalmology-referral-software</guid><description>Compare five ophthalmology referral software platforms for intake, clinical urgency, insurance eligibility, routing, scheduling, and referral tracking.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>What We Learned About Voicemail Management Inside an Ophthalmology Practice</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/voicemail-management-ophthalmology-practice</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/voicemail-management-ophthalmology-practice</guid><description>What we learned inside an ophthalmology practice—and how centralizing voicemail improved visibility, staff efficiency, prioritization, and patient follow-up.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Cloud Fax vs AI Fax in Healthcare: The Operational Difference</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/cloud-fax-vs-ai-fax-in-healthcare-the-operational-difference</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/cloud-fax-vs-ai-fax-in-healthcare-the-operational-difference</guid><description>Learn how cloud fax and AI fax differ in healthcare, from document storage and routing to data extraction, EHR integration, security, and staff workload.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Overbooking Does Not Fix Referral Conversion</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/overbooking-vs-referral-conversion</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/overbooking-vs-referral-conversion</guid><description>Overbooking can improve provider utilization, but it cannot fix referral conversion. Learn what healthcare leaders should measure and improve instead.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Best Referral Management Software for Specialty Practices: 2026 Comparison</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/referral-management-software-in-2026</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/referral-management-software-in-2026</guid><description>Compare Tennr, Luma Health, Phreesia, ReferralMD, and Carethink—and see how referral management is evolving from task automation to autonomous decisions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Why Referral Management Is Critical for Medical Practices</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/why-referral-management-is-critical-for-medical-practices</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/why-referral-management-is-critical-for-medical-practices</guid><description>Learn how end-to-end inbound referral management helps specialty medical practices improve scheduling, care coordination, revenue, and patient access.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>How Mittleman Eye Center Cut Fax Processing Time</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/how-mittleman-eye-center-cut-fax-processing-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/how-mittleman-eye-center-cut-fax-processing-time</guid><description>Carethink helped Mittleman Eye Center reduce fax processing time from 3 minutes to 30 seconds per fax while improving routing, visibility, and team handoffs.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Customer Story</category></item><item><title>Why Medical Paperwork Standardization Fails in Medical Practices</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/why-medical-paperwork-standardization-fails-in-medical-practices</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/why-medical-paperwork-standardization-fails-in-medical-practices</guid><description>Why templates fail in medical paperwork: each case requires judgment based on patient details, clinical context, and payer rules.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Patient Readiness Is Costing Practices Revenue and Control</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/patient-readiness-is-costing-practices-revenue-and-control</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/patient-readiness-is-costing-practices-revenue-and-control</guid><description>Many practices have a backlog of upcoming patients they need to track. For every patient, there are certain documents, forms, records, authorizations, or readiness items that need to be in place before the encounter can move forward.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>MERSI Shows What Strong Ophthalmology Leadership Looks Like</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/mersi-shows-what-strong-ophthalmology-leadership-looks-like</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/mersi-shows-what-strong-ophthalmology-leadership-looks-like</guid><description>See how MERSI uses Carethink to turn faxes, emails, and voicemails into structured workflows, saving staff time and improving operational visibility.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Customer Story</category></item><item><title>Insurance Referrals are Now a Separate Category in Carethink</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/insurance-referrals-are-now-a-separate-category-in-carethink</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/insurance-referrals-are-now-a-separate-category-in-carethink</guid><description>Carethink now classifies insurance referrals, extracts key fields, routes them through dedicated inboxes, and uploads reviewed documents into the EHR.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>New Feature</category></item><item><title>The Limits of Voice AI in Ophthalmology</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/the-limits-of-voice-ai-in-ophthalmology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/the-limits-of-voice-ai-in-ophthalmology</guid><description>Learn where voice AI works—and where it falls short—in ophthalmology, from high-stakes patient calls to structured administrative workflows.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>AI is Changing Roles in Medical Practices</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/ai-is-changing-roles-in-medical-practices</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/ai-is-changing-roles-in-medical-practices</guid><description>Learn how AI is moving beyond assistive tools to automate healthcare workflows, reshape staff roles, and transform how medical practices operate.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Category-Specific Field Extraction</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/category-specific-field-extraction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/category-specific-field-extraction</guid><description>Carethink identifies healthcare documents and extracts the exact fields your team needs, regardless of the document’s format or layout.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>New Feature</category></item><item><title>The Hidden Inefficiencies of Busy Physician Groups</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/the-hidden-inefficiencies-of-busy-physician-groups</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/the-hidden-inefficiencies-of-busy-physician-groups</guid><description>A full schedule doesn’t mean an efficient specialty practice. 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Learn how AI eliminates the manual work of reading, routing, and entering faxed documents.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Meeting Payer and Referrer Commitments in Ophthalmology</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/managing-payer-and-referrer-agreement-adherence-in-ophthalmology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/managing-payer-and-referrer-agreement-adherence-in-ophthalmology</guid><description>Learn how AI helps ophthalmology practices prioritize referrals, detect urgency, meet deadlines, and strengthen relationships with referral partners.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Article</category></item><item><title>Healthcare Runs on Source Documents, Not on EHR Fields</title><link>https://www.carethink.com/blog/healthcare-runs-on-source-documents-not-on-ehr-fields</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.carethink.com/blog/healthcare-runs-on-source-documents-not-on-ehr-fields</guid><description>Healthcare workflows begin before the EHR. 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