Online Patient Communications Appointment Reminder Services using SMS : "TEXT ME, DOCTOR! Sesame Communications has added text messages as an option for patients who wish to receive appointment confirmations from their dentists directly to their cell phones. Use of mobile phone text messaging, also called SMS, has been exploding in North America. It is particularly popular with teenagers, who make up the largest part of a typical orthodontic practice.
“We help our member practices tailor their approach to each patient according to that patient’s personal preferences,” says Frith Maier, CEO of Sesame Communications. “By giving the patient the tools to customize his experience, we build loyalty to the dental provider and increase patient referrals. It made sense for us to add text messages to the Sesame suite of services.”"
SMS is still a very underutilised tool in most medical practises, but it can help to improve patient compliance and minimise "no-shows" !
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