Live phone calls proved the superior method for reminding patients to complete and return at-home colon cancer screening tests compared to text messages and other reminder interventions, according to ...

Fixing patient no-show problem requires effective communication strategies to reduce missed appointments and improve healthcare revenue and ...

Patient reminders can help physicians improve immunization rates for their practice, according to a new review of studies. All six of the reminder and recall systems tested -- including post cards, ...

Ten years ago Smile Reminder saw an opportunity to offer text message appointment reminders to physician practices that were losing upwards of $200,000 a year because of missed appointments. Some of ...

LEHI, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Solutionreach, the leader in patient relationship management (PRM) solutions, today released a study that identifies best practices for patient reminder frequency and ...

An American Medical News report discussed strategies for developing effective patient scheduling reminders. “Unfortunately, there’s no simple answer, because some strategies that will work in an older ...

Patients who completed a preappointment survey were significantly more likely to attend their clinic appointment than noncompleters and spent significantly less time in their appointment. Objectives: ...

Nowadays, it's imperative for health systems to utilize patient appointment reminders. A missed appointment can cause issues for both patients and the healthcare facilities. With that said, it's ...

In the busyness of everyday life, it is easy to forget crucial appointments and tasks that need to be done, which can lead to missed deadlines or, even worse, a late diagnosis. Most people probably ...

Automated patient appointment reminders have a positive impact on practice production, according to a study conducted by Sesame Communications. The five-year study of actual performance data tracked ...

Fecal immunochemical testing is undermined when patients fail to obtain a follow-up colonoscopy after positive test results. However, researchers identified two methods that improve follow-up rates, ...

Patient communication service Smile Reminder has launched ZubuMail, the first of a series of features it is developing for its new Extend Platform. ZubuMail, an external communication and patient ...