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by TylerE 1390 days ago
This sort of thing can be done really well.

One specialist I've had to go to frequently has a very good system.

An SMS 3 days before as a reminder. Another the day of, which you reply to to check in.

When they're ready for you, they text back, and you go in, and the nurse meets you at the door. (Even ignoring Covid, I'd much rather wait in my car, my with choice of tunes cranked, etc).

That's all good in and of itself.

What makes it really good is that someone human actually reads those messages and dispatches them as appropriate. So whenever I've had a billing question, need a refill, have a question for my doc whatever... I just text that number, and if it's during normal business hours I usually get a response back within 5-10 minutes. (And actual response, not "You are very important to us, we will return your call within 48 hours")

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One of the greatest conveniences of my life has been my dentist utilizing texting and text reminders
What'd I'd love for dentists and various things like that to offer is "waitlist" - where I can say "look, I'm available the next cancellation that appears, and I can be at the office in 15 minutes".
I've had doctors and dentists that, internally, would move patient's appointments up if they had a cancellation. It was pretty awesome.