Which patients miss appointments with general practice and the reasons why: a systematic review

J Parsons, C Bryce, H Atherton - British Journal of General Practice, 2021 - bjgp.org
Background Missed GP appointments have considerable time and cost implications for
healthcare services. Aim This systematic review aims to explore the rate of missed primary …

Short message service (SMS) reminders for childhood immunisation in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

P Eze, LO Lawani, Y Acharya - BMJ Global Health, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Introduction Childhood vaccine delivery services in the low-and middle-income countries
(LMIC) are struggling to reach every child with lifesaving vaccines. Short message service …

Does the choice between a telehealth and an in-person appointment change patient attendance?

CL Snoswell, TA Comans - Telemedicine and e-Health, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Background: Videoconference enables outpatient appointments to be conducted in a
manner that increases convenience for patients, and this increase in convenience is widely …

Short message service communication improves exclusive breastfeeding and early postpartum contraception in a low‐to middle‐income country setting: a randomised …

JA Unger, K Ronen, T Perrier… - … Journal of Obstetrics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To assess the effect of short message service (SMS) communication on facility
delivery, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF), and contraceptive use. Design Mobile WACh was a …

Predictive model-based interventions to reduce outpatient no-shows: a rapid systematic review

T Oikonomidi, G Norman, L McGarrigle… - Journal of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objective Outpatient no-shows have important implications for costs and the quality of care.
Predictive models of no-shows could be used to target intervention delivery to reduce no …

Getting patients in the door: medical appointment reminder preferences

TM Crutchfield, CE Kistler - Patient preference and adherence, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Between 23% and 34% of outpatient appointments are missed annually. Patients
who frequently miss medical appointments have poorer health outcomes and are less likely …

[HTML][HTML] App chronic disease checklist: protocol to evaluate mobile apps for chronic disease self-management

K Anderson, O Burford, L Emmerton - JMIR research …, 2016 - researchprotocols.org
Background: The availability of mobile health apps for self-care continues to increase. While
little evidence of their clinical impact has been published, there is general agreement among …

A systematic review of interventions that promote frequent HIV testing

MM Paschen-Wolff, A Restar, AD Gandhi, S Serafino… - AIDS and Behavior, 2019 - Springer
As of 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) HIV testing guidelines
recommend that those at increased risk for HIV are tested two to four times per year …

[HTML][HTML] Sistema de agendamento online: uma ferramenta do PEC e-SUS APS para facilitar o acesso à Atenção Primária no Brasil

L Postal, IC Celuppi, GS Lima, M Felisberto… - Ciência & Saúde …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
A existência de barreiras nos serviços de demanda agendada resulta no elevado índice de
absenteísmo. O objetivo deste manuscrito é apresentar as principais características do …

Interventions to increase appointment attendance in safety net health centers: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

EL Crable, DL Biancarelli, M Aurora… - Journal of Evaluation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale, aims and objectives Missed appointments are a persistent problem across
healthcare settings, and result in negative outcomes for providers and patients. We aimed to …