A Preliminary Investigation into the Effect of the Use of the Short Message Service (SMS) on Patient Attendance at an NHS Dental Access Centre in Scotland

2011 ◽  
Vol os18 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
John GW Perry
Keyword(s):  
Short Message Service ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Preliminary Investigation ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Attendance Rates ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Dental Appointments ◽  
Patient Attendance

Aim This study's aim was to assess whether the use of Short Message Service (SMS) text reminders sent to patients prior to their dental appointments improved attendance rates for two dentists at a dental access centre in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. Method Automated SMS text reminders were set up through practice management software at Kirkcaldy Dental Access Centre. Two audits, using a research methodology, were then performed. Failure to attend appointments with the two dentists at 150 consecutive appointments was assessed before and after implementing the SMS text reminders. The null hypothesis that SMS reminders do not improve attendance rates at the dental access centre was tested. The Yates’ corrected chi-square test was applied to the resulting data, with the level for statistical significance set at P<0.05. Results Patients readily accepted the text messages and found them to be non-intrusive. Failed attendance at appointments for the two dentists was reduced from 46/150 (31%) before the SMS text reminders were introduced to 21/150 (14%) after its introduction ( P=0.00088). Thus the use of SMS text reminders resulted in a statistically significant reduction in the number of failed attendances at appointments for the two dentists. Conclusions In this preliminary study, SMS appointment reminders reduced the number of failed appointments significantly. They can provide an automated, non-intrusive, and cost-effective method of improving patient attendance at dental appointments.

scholarly journals Implementasi Algoritma Mars Pada Pengamanan SMS

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 398
Author(s):  
Nurainun Hasanah Sinaga ◽  
Muhammad Syahrizal
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Ultrasound Image ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Encryption And Decryption ◽  
Technology Revolution ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Data Theft ◽  
Cryptographic Techniques

SMS (Short Message Service) is a popular communication technology revolution. The development of computerized technology has been very advanced. SMS is very vulnerable to data theft or theft by irresponsible parties. For the sake of maintaining the security of SMS can be done by using cryptographic techniques. Cryptographic techniques can encode text messages by encrypting them into passwords that are not understood. Mars algorithm is an algorithm that uses a 128-bit key and the encryption process consists of 32 rounds. This symmetry algorithm will produce a higher level of security for the ultrasound image because it can encode it into a form of cipher with a process that is complex enough so that it will be difficult for cryptanalysts to access the image. This research will use the Mars algorithm for the encryption and decryption process, so the process needs to go through several long stages in order to produce the final cipher. This study describes the process of securing SMS by encoding it based on the Mars algorithm, in the form of a password that is difficult for others to understand and understand. This is done as an effort to minimize acts of misuse of SMS

scholarly journals A SHORT MESSAGE SERVICE BASED DESIGN FOR A PORTABLE TELEALARM DEVICE

2002 ◽  
Vol 14 (03) ◽  
pp. 109-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
REN-GUEY LEE ◽  
KUANG-CHIUNG CHANG
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Experimental Test ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Short Message ◽  
End User ◽  
Message Transmission ◽  
Message Service ◽  
To Receive

This paper presents an SMS based design in the GSM system for a portable, light weighted, and small sized TeleAlarm device. The device is composed of a transmitter and a controller. When an emergent situation such as a stroke or a fall occurs, the user only needs to push a button to trigger the controller. The controller automatically sends text messages stored in its database through the transmitter to specified mobile phone numbers for help. The SMS uses only the control channels in the GSM system to transfer the message, which enables the receiving-end user to receive it even during a call. An experimental test shows that a complete message transmission only needs 2.949 seconds in average. The design is convenient to elderly people who may live alone.

TEXTING STYLES AND INFORMATION CHANGE OF SMS TEXT MESSAGES IN FILIPINO

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350002 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOSEPHINE JILL T. CABATBAT ◽  
GIOVANNI A. TAPANG
Keyword(s):  
Shannon Entropy ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Information Change ◽  
Average Individual

We identify the different styles of texting in Filipino short message service (SMS) texts and analyze the change in unigram and bigram frequencies due to these styles. Style preference vectors for sample texts were calculated and used to identify the style combination used by an average individual. The change in Shannon entropy of the SMS text is explained in light of a coding process.

Short Message Service (SMS) and its Applications

2011 ◽  
pp. 179-202
Author(s):  
Maizatul A. Ismail ◽  
Rafidah Md-Noor ◽  
Mazliza Othman
Keyword(s):  
Short Message Service ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
Mobile Banking ◽  
The Past ◽  
Technology Advancement ◽  
Message Service

The use of short message service (SMS) has grown tremendously in the past few years. Billions of users use this service to send text messages. Various applications have been introduced by service providers, e.g., mobile banking, summons checkpoint, SMS chat, etc., all of which have become a huge success. This chapter gives an overview of how this service is provided and discusses various SMS applications offered to the user. We explore the reasons behind its success and the issues that must be addressed to provide these applications. We also examine future trends and the challenges that must be overcome in order to enhance this service. We hope that this chapter gives a better understanding of how SMS applications are provided and what may be expected in future applications given the enhancement on the current SMS and technology advancement.

Gas Leakage Detection System (GLDS)

2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Daudi S. Simbeye
Keyword(s):  
Short Message Service ◽  
Detection System ◽  
Liquid Crystal Display ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Leakage Detection ◽  
Wireless Technology ◽  
Liquefied Petroleum Gas ◽  
Gas Leakage ◽  
Message Service

This paper mainly focuses on the detection of gas leakage and providing security when the user is around or away from home. The system is Short Message Service (SMS) based and uses wireless technology for providing security against gas leakage to users hence cost effective and more adaptable. The system comprises of sensors for detecting gas leakinterfaced to microcontroller that will give an alert to user whenever there is a gas leakage, display warning information by using Liquid Crystal Display (LCD), sending SMS to the user for notification wherever he/she might be and turning off electric power with the help of magnetic relay. This will enable the user to take precaution of explosion disaster whichmay result on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cookers like loss of properties, injury or even death. GLDS provides ideal solution to gas leakage problems faced by home owners in daily life.

Graphemic representation of text-messaging

Pragmatics ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tereza Spilioti
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
New Media ◽  
Text Messaging ◽  
Short Message Service ◽  
Text Messages ◽  
Greek Text ◽  
Short Message ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Message Service ◽  
Technological Affordances

The aim of this study is to investigate the choice of alphabetical encoding in Greek text-messaging (or Short Message Service, SMS). The analysis will be based on a corpus of 447 text-messages exchanged among participants who belong to the age group of ‘youth’ (15-25 years old) and live in Athens (Greece). The data analysis will show that the standard practice of writing with Greek characters represents the norm in Greek SMS. The script norm will be discussed in relation to the medium’s technological affordances and the participants’ stance towards new media. The analysis will then focus on non-standard graphemic choices, such as the use of both, Greek and Roman, alphabets in the encoding of single messages. It will be demonstrated that such marked choices are employed as a means of indexing the participants’ affiliation with global popular cultures and enhancing expressivity in a medium of reduced paralinguistic cues.

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