© 2022Missed clinic appointments or no-shows burden health care systems through inefficient use of staff time and resources. Scheduling software with automatic appointment reminders shows promise to improve clinics’ ...

Inspired by a real case of a large regional hospital in Argentina, this research presents an integer linear programming (ILP) model for the patient appointment scheduling problem. The mathematical formulation allows to ...

The Chilean public health system serves 74% of the country’s population, and 19% of medical appointments are missed on average because of no-shows. The national goal is 15%, which coincides with the average no-show rate ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether the scheduling model influences the perception of the user about the quality of primary health care centers. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional and population-based study that measured the ...

Background: Integrated dental services within the Health System, particularly at primary health care, are crucial to reverse the current impact of oral diseases, which are among the most prevalent diseases worldwide. ...

En la ciudad de Guayaquil, en Mapasingue Oeste se encuentra ubicado el consultorio matriz odontológico World Dental, y otros dos están ubicados en Naranjito y El Triunfo. En estos establecimientos el proceso de agendamiento ...

Objective: To evaluate the value of post-treatment follow-up in osteosarcoma patients. Methods: Data were collected through a clinical record, with socio-demographic and clinical data, and information relating to the medical ...

Epidemiological surveys have revealed a high prevalence of caries among children aged 5 years in Brazil, as well as the populations high no-show rate at dental appointments scheduled in the public health system. Objective: ...