The humble text message is improving efficiency within the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care system. VEText is a text-message-based appointment reminder system that alerts veterans to ...

To improve the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs appointment system, the VEText program was recently implemented to remind veterans of their appointments. According to the Veterans Health ...

Ten years ago Smile Reminder saw an opportunity to offer text message appointment reminders to physician practices that were losing upwards of $200,000 a year because of missed appointments. Some of ...

Last minute cancelled appointments and “no shows” are very costly. Many businesses attempt to reduce these by having staff dedicated to calling, emailing, and mailing clients with reminder messages, ...

HAMPTON, Va. (WVEC) -- The Hampton VA Medical Center launched VEText on Wednesday, a text messaging system to remind veterans of appointments. The text messages will help cut down on the more than 9 ...

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