Increasing Follow-Up Rates at a Free Clinic.

Increasing Follow-Up Rates at a Free Clinic.
J Community Health Nurs. 2019 Apr-Jun;36(2):86-90
Authors: Smith DW, Vess J, Johnson E
Abstract
This project aimed to increase the follow-up visit rates at a free medical clinic and evaluate the effects of SMS messaging on follow-up adherence, regardless of whether patients scheduled their follow-up appointments prior to leaving the clinic or if they received paper reminder cards. The use of the SMS application increased overall follow-up rate by 7%. This project supports that patients who received reminder messages via the SMS application kept their follow-up appointments consistently.
PMID: 30990745 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Community Health Nursing - April 17, 2019 Category: Nursing Tags: J Community Health Nurs Source Type: research