Any dental office knows that it is essential to remind patients about appointments a day or so beforehand. This practice has become very common with all sorts of medical offices because it helps ...

will start sending text message appointment reminders to all its patients in an effort to reduce no-shows. It's part of a larger national effort by healthcare systems, physician groups and Medicaid ...

As a child, a day seems like an eternity, but as adults' days go by in a blink of an eye and by the end of the day, we ask ourselves; what did I forget to do today? For many, a doctor's appointment ...

The humble text message is improving efficiency within the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care system. VEText is a text-message-based appointment reminder system that alerts veterans to ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WVEC) -- The Hampton VA Medical Center launched VEText on Wednesday, a text messaging system to remind veterans of appointments. The text messages will help cut down on the more than 9 ...

Did you know that veterans enrolled in the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (VR&E) program can now get appointment reminders via text? If interested, contact your Vocational Rehabilitation ...

The latest Medical Group Management Association Stat poll found the majority of healthcare organizations use text messaging to communicate appointments to patients. MGMA polled 1,569 respondents for ...

To improve the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs appointment system, the VEText program was recently implemented to remind veterans of their appointments. More: Cundiff: Programs help educate some ...

We performed a single-blind randomised controlled trial to test whether text-message reminders were effective. Two thousand two hundred and forty women receiving their first breast screening ...

BAY CITY, MI — A number of upgrades — from text reminders for appointments to classroom technology — might not be too far away for the Bay County Health Department. As a new academic partnership ...