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Impact of Pre-appointment contact and Short Message Service alerts in reducing ‘Did Not Attend’ (DNA) rate on rapid access new patient breast clinics: A DGH perspective

2020-07-06

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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Failure to attend the clinic without prior intimation, known as “Did Not Attend” (DNA) is a significant global issue. There have been no published studies attempting to reduce DNA rates in breast clinics. We aimed<bold> </bold>to assess the impact of contacting patients prior to clinic attendance and Short Message Service (SMS) reminder on DNA rates in rapid acc...

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9e4852d2-ef93-5007-a5c8-b9b8491d3770
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10.21203/rs.3.rs-24826/v2
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