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Patient No-Show Policy
This written patient no-show policy has helped one Massachusetts practice reduce its rate of missed and late appointments.
Every practice suffers from missed appointments, but too many of them can have a big effect on your practice’s bottom line.
What can you do to increase the likelihood your patients will show up for their scheduled appointments?
This written patient no-show policy, provided by Leann DiDomenico McAllister, administrator of Performance Pediatrics, was recently given to all patients at the Plymouth, Mass.-based practice. Since then, the practice has not only reduced its no-show rate, but also its percentage of late-arriving patients. Here is a copy that you can adapt for your own uses.
Patient No-Show Policy (click to open / download)
Cognitive Biases in Healthcare
September 27th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Dr. Nada Elbuluk, practicing dermatologist and director of clinical impact at VisualDx, about how cognitive biases present themselves in care strategies and how the industry can begin to work to overcome these biases.
