New York (CNN) — Going to see the doctor soon? Prepare to be hounded with appointment reminders by phone. By text. By robocall. By email. And in your online “patient portal.” Doctors and dentist ...

Dear Abby: It seems that doctors’ offices have it set up to automatically send you emails and/or text messages to confirm your appointments. It is convenient, but they send them repeatedly, starting a ...

In the busyness of everyday life, it is easy to forget crucial appointments and tasks that need to be done, which can lead to missed deadlines or, even worse, a late diagnosis. Most people probably ...

Do you run a business and constantly find that people are missing their appointments? Maybe you run a hair salon and you find that you are losing out on precious hourly wages and employee time because ...

Ten years ago Smile Reminder saw an opportunity to offer text message appointment reminders to physician practices that were losing upwards of $200,000 a year because of missed appointments. Some of ...

Decreasing the number of missed doctor appointments may be a relatively simple fix, according to a new study from The University of Texas at Arlington. Researchers found that when an outpatient clinic ...