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Objective Nonattendance for appointments remains a challenge to health care managers and providers. The objective of this article is to present the results of a study on the impact of Purchase $ 31.50 appointment reminders sent as short message service text messages to patients’ cell phones on nonattendance rates at outpatient clinics in S?o Paulo, Brazil. Design Data were collected on scheduled appointments in four medical clinics using Clinic Manager? or Clinic Web? systems that can send automated messages to patients. Data on appointment attendance were collected from these systems. Measurements More than 29,000 appointments were scheduled between July 1, 2007, and May 31, 2008, and for 7890 of them a text message reminder was sent to the patients cell phone. The rates of nonattendance were compared between those who were sent and those who were not sent a text message as an appointment reminder. Results The nonattendance reduction rates for appointments at the four outpatient clinics studied were 0.82% (p = .590), 3.55% (p = .009), 5.75% (p = .022), and 14.49% (p = .001). Conclusion The study results indicate that sending appointment reminders as text messages to patients’ cell phones is an effective strategy to reduce nonattendance rates. When patients attend their appointments, the facility providing care and the patients receiving uninterrupted care benefit. Article Outline Introduction Introduction Background Methods Results Discussion Conclusion Acknowledgements References Purchase$ 31.50224 End-to-end optimized TCP-friendly rate control for real-time video streaming over wireless multi-hop Purchase $ 31.50 networks Original Research Article Journal of Visual Communication and Image Representation, Volume 21, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 98-106 Haiyan Luo, Song Ci, Dalei Wu, Hui Tang Close preview | Related articles | Related reference work articles Abstract | Figures/Tables | References Abstract Rate control is an important issue in video streaming appl