Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Managing a nurse-led Hyperthyroid Telephone Clinic with over 700 patients is challenging. If thyroid function blood test results are not available for review, telephone appointments are cancelled, resulting in empty clinic slots. A trial using direct messaging software in DrDoctor was initiated to improve clinic utilisation. This substituted best practice 14-day appointment reminder messages with two-way messaging between patients and nurses.<p class="abstext...