Re: Using Technology to Increase Patient Loyalty for Dentists - Smile Reminder

From: The Webby (nospamattmjiatroepidemicnospam_at_san.rr.com)
Date: 06/18/04 

Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:26:07 GMT

The newsgroup might seem like nothing more than a place where dentistry
is promoted in its commercial sense to the public. It could be that
limited if not for discussion to balance out the difference between a
pure commercial purpose of posts and an educational opportunity for all
involved (lurkers and posters). Patients can learn about dentistry,
historical and current matters, and dentists can learn more about public
concerns related to their profession, current and that gone by.

TW

In article <cav8sk010ui@drn.newsguy.com>,
 John <John_member@newsguy.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> >Agreed, but this is not a venue for promotion of
> >commercial products. I find that aspect very distateful.
>
> Why not make it opt in. If you are using software you will need the
> individuals
> carrier and phone number to set it up, just ask them when they set up their
> appt
> if they want to receive a reminder note on their phone or pager. Most will
> welcome the reminder.
>
> There are a number of applications that could be setup to automatically send
> reminder notes without a lot of effort. I've seen this done as reminders for
> patients taking large volumes of medication, NotePage's software will do this
> http://www.notepage.net/software.htm
>
> John 

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