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No-show calculator

What do no-shows cost your clinic a month?

Three numbers from your schedule and one assumption about reminders. The model shows the cost of empty chairs, and how much of it two-way reminders could keep.

ReminderTwo-way

Hi Sara, a reminder of your cleaning tomorrow at 10:00. Can you make it?

ConfirmRescheduleCancel

Reschedule, please. Thursday afternoon?

Done: Thursday at 16:00.

Tomorrow 10:00 offered to the waitlistRefilled

Change any number to match your clinic. The reminder effect is yours to set; the pilot measures it on your own patients.

No-shows cost you

AED 39,000

a month · AED 468,000 a year

No-shows a week
23
A month
98
Visits kept
20/mo

At your 20% assumption, reminders keep

AED 7,800 a month

Start a 7-day pilot
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What moves the number

  1. Factor 01

    Your visit is tomorrow at 10:00.

    ConfirmReschedule

    Two-way reminders

    Patients can confirm, reschedule or cancel by replying, so the slot can be offered to someone else.

  2. Factor 02
    Day beforeMorning ofVisit

    Two reminders before the visit

    Timing

    A reminder the day before and a second one closer to the visit catch more changes of plan.

  3. Factor 03
    Missed visit · Omar R.Call offering a new slot
    Rebooked

    Recovery

    A quick call to patients who missed offers a new slot before they drift to another clinic.

FAQ

About the model

Where does the reminder effect come from?

From you. It is an assumption, not a promise. Set it low if you are unsure; the reminder agent's real effect is measured on your own patients.

Why monthly?

No-shows are counted weekly but budgets are monthly. The model multiplies the weekly figure by 52 and divides by 12.

Does an empty slot always cost the full visit value?

Not always. Some slots are refilled. Lower the visit value to reflect what an empty slot really costs your clinic.
7 days · no IT disruption

Start with a 7-day pilot.

Seven nights on your after-hours line. No IT disruption, and an ROI audit at the end.

Period
7 days
Pilot
After-Hours
Covers
Nights, weekends, holidays
Ends with
ROI audit