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    Administrative Changes to Decrease Patient Absenteeism: A Quality Improvement Project

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    Canipe, Stephanie
    Abstract
    Patient no-shows are individuals who fail to attend outpatient medical appointments without notification. This detrimental behavior leads to poor health outcomes, decrease in access to care, and financial losses. A literature review showed that enhancing communication techniques related to appointment reminders can lower non-attendance rates in a variety of outpatient clinic settings. Evidence-based information led to the formation of a quality improvement project with the aim of improving patient attendance with new communication techniques. Interventions included collecting data daily about all no-shows, performing a manual telephone reminder 24 hours prior to the scheduled appointment, and surveying the current patient population regarding their preferences for appointment reminders. The results revealed that the clinic no-show rate decreased from 7% to 1.3% during the eight-week project implementation. In addition, patient survey data demonstrated that 41% of the participants wished to have their reminder messages sent by text message; yet only 10% of the population were receiving them. Implications of the manual phone call reminders were an improved no-show rates despite patients’ preferences for text message reminders. Future projects directed at enrolling patient cellphone numbers as the primary SMS appointment reminder may be both desirable and beneficial.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7567
    Subject
    Patient no-show; non-attendance; primary care; text-messaging; attitude; inefficiency; reminder systems; generations; appointment preferences; telephone reminders; follow-up; QI project; Cochrane database
    Date
    2019-11-22
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    Canipe, Stephanie. (November 2019). Administrative Changes to Decrease Patient Absenteeism: A Quality Improvement Project (DNP Scholarly Project, East Carolina University). Retrieved from the Scholarship. (http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7567.)

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    Canipe, Stephanie. Administrative Changes to Decrease Patient Absenteeism: A Quality Improvement Project. DNP Scholarly Project. East Carolina University, November 2019. The Scholarship. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/7567. February 28, 2021.
    Chicago:
    Canipe, Stephanie, “Administrative Changes to Decrease Patient Absenteeism: A Quality Improvement Project” (DNP Scholarly Project., East Carolina University, November 2019).
    AMA:
    Canipe, Stephanie. Administrative Changes to Decrease Patient Absenteeism: A Quality Improvement Project [DNP Scholarly Project]. Greenville, NC: East Carolina University; November 2019.
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