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Automated Telephone Services in Dentist Appointment Management

Automated Telephone Services in Dentist Appointment Management
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Author(s): Reima Suomi (Helsinki University of Technology Lahti Center, Finland), Ari Serkkola (Helsinki University of Technology Lahti Center, Finland)and Markku Mikkonen (Social and Health Affairs department in the City of Lahti, Finland)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 8
Source title: Informatics in Oral Medicine: Advanced Techniques in Clinical and Diagnostic Technologies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Andriani Daskalaki (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-733-1.ch016

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Abstract

Reservation of health care service appointments has traditionally been performed through telephone. This takes a lot of time and resources at both ends of the transaction, and can be error-prone. Especially dentist appointments are standard as compared to many other health service provision activities, and are thus a natural candidate for rationalization through modern information technology. Appointments can of course be made through the Internet, but using phones, especially mobile phones, adds flexibility to the performing of the transaction. In this article we take a look how the middle-sized Finnish city of Lahti has taken a comprehensive approach to develop new innovative services in dentist appointment management.

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