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Research highlights six key strategies for medical appointment reminders – News-Medical.Net
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University and the VA Portland Health Care System conducted in-depth interviews with patients at the VA and came up with a series of six recommendations to reduce the number of times patients miss appointments.
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Sep 17 2020
Researchers from Oregon Health & Science University and the VA Portland Health Care System conducted in-depth interviews with patients at the VA and came up with a series of six recommendations to reduce the number of times patients miss appointments.
The study is published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
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