Comments on: SMS reminders reduce missed appointments by 27% http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jason Sjobeck http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-373271 Jason Sjobeck Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:58:34 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-373271 Great idea, thanks very much, we will suggest this add-on to all our client's Asterisk PBX's where appropriate, they will love it. Cheers. Great idea, thanks very much, we will suggest this add-on to all our client’s Asterisk PBX’s where appropriate, they will love it.

Cheers.

]]> By: Al Shortland http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-366853 Al Shortland Sat, 01 Sep 2007 11:24:53 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-366853 Its a fantastic idea, and one that we have been using in our own doctors surgery for the past year. We use Txtlocal (http://www.txtlocal.com) - which, unlike the iPlato system is 100% free to setup and use.. we just pay for the text messages at 4p each and rent an inbound mobile number for £35 per month. Each day we export an excel spreadsheet from our appointments system and import it into Txtlocal, merging in patient names, appointment times and doctor details. All very very simple. The system has reduced our missed appointments by 40% in the last year and I can't understand why more practices don't use a similar system. Its a fantastic idea, and one that we have been using in our own doctors surgery for the past year. We use Txtlocal (http://www.txtlocal.com) - which, unlike the iPlato system is 100% free to setup and use.. we just pay for the text messages at 4p each and rent an inbound mobile number for £35 per month.

Each day we export an excel spreadsheet from our appointments system and import it into Txtlocal, merging in patient names, appointment times and doctor details. All very very simple.

The system has reduced our missed appointments by 40% in the last year and I can’t understand why more practices don’t use a similar system.

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-366070 Alec Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:36:10 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-366070 I guess not, Paul. That's huge. I guess not, Paul. That’s huge.

]]> By: paul sweeney http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-365994 paul sweeney Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:55:55 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/2007/08/31/sms-reminders-reduce-missed-appointments-by-27/#comment-365994 It certainly is. Would it surprise you if I told you that the UK NHS (National Health Service) lost $800m last year through missed appointments? It certainly is. Would it surprise you if I told you that the UK NHS (National Health Service) lost $800m last year through missed appointments?

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