Effective cancellation policy to reduce the negative impact of patient no-show

If You Book It, Will They Come? Attendance at Postdischarge Follow‐Up Visits Scheduled by Inpatient Providers

“…B) Appointments scheduled for patients (n = 47) who would otherwise be ineligible for UPHS outpatient care for insurance reasons; see Supplementary Table A NS/SDC rates for the variables listed above. 17,[22][23][24][25] We additionally calculated NS/SDC and attendance-as-scheduled rates stratified by the number of PDFVs per patient to assess for a "high-utilizer" effect with regard to PDFV attendance.…”

Evaluation of fast track strategies using agent-based simulation modeling to reduce waiting time in a hospital emergency department

“…An interactive DES system was proposed for ED improvement of a hospital in north Dublin, Ireland [8]. A simulation model can determine the optimal number of no-shows allowed to minimize the cost of patient waiting time, physician idle time, and overtime [45]. Simulation can forecast operating conditions with several measures of ED overcrowding [46].…”

Predictors of Outpatients’ No-Show: Big Data Analytics using Apache Spark

“…This could be used by clinics for rescheduling appointments. The ndings indicate that when ll rates are low and no-show probabilities are high, the time required patients to cancel appointments needs to increase in order to achieve the goal of being cost-effective [43]. A number of healthcare systems implemented SMS text messages as a reminder, which shows promise as an instant, simple, cost-effective means communications with protecting patient privacy.…”