It will focus on rural and urban dermatology clinics in Southeast Texas. This manuscript aims to gain a greater understanding of the relationship between age and non-attendance of appointments made Additionally, recent surveys indicate that patients who miss appointments are young. As a result, delays associated with missed appointments can cause dissatisfaction and worse clinical outcomes.

Valuable clinic time goes unused and clinic revenue is lost. When a patient does not show up for an appointment, One major issue for physicians is the threat of a missed appointment. Likewise, this site gives practices a simple way to track confirmed appointments, cancellations, and missed appointments. ZocDoc is an online medical scheduling service that gives patients the option to schedule same-day appointments online. Patients and providers alike preferĪ streamlined system where appointments can be attained easily. CONCLUSION: The early returns of online appointment scheduling indicate that appointments made onlineĪre more likely to have lower non-attendance rates than appointments made through traditional means.Īccessibility is now one of the most important components to medicine in the 21st century.

LIMITATIONS: This study has a small sample size because online appointment scheduling In addition, the averageĪge of those who cancelled their appointments was higher than those who made their appointments. Who missed their appointments was lower than the average age of those who made their appointments. Were much lower (6.9%) than non-attendance rates at dermatology clinics through traditional means.

RESULTS: Non-attendance rates for online appointments Period on for 3 dermatology clinics located outside Houston, Texas.

METHODS: The study analyzed appointment records made over a 6-month On the internet for rural and urban dermatology clinics. OBJECTIVE: This manuscript examined attendance rates of appointments made Zuhair Siddiqui MPH, Rashid Rashid MD PhD Dermatology Online Journal 19 (4): 14 University of Texas at Houston, Houston, Texas AbstractīACKGROUND: Appointment attendance has always been a concern for physicians and the landscape is changing now that patientsĬan book appointments online in many practices. Cancellations and patient access to physicians: ZocDoc and the evolution of e-medicine

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