B
Evidence Grade B
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under review
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37.6%
37.6% -- missed appointment share forgot no reminder for Healthcare practice patients (2026)
37.6% of missed appointments were due to patients forgetting, not knowing, or receiving no reminder call.
- Data comes from a medical-oriented research study on missed appointments cited in a blog post
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Value
37.6%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
218
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
appointible.com
Primary
Tier C
https://appointible.com/biz/blog/send-schedule-sms-appointment-reminders/ ↗
Source Article
How to send and schedule SMS appointment reminders?
Original Research
appointible.com
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Methodology
Medical-oriented research on reasons for missed appointments (218 total no-shows); cited in vendor blog
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Industrymarketing
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Healthcare practice patients: 37.6% missed appointment share forgot no reminder. Source: appointible.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/no-show-forgot-no-reminder-37-6
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/no-show-forgot-no-reminder-37-6" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>37.6%</strong> -- missed appointment share forgot no reminder for Healthcare practice patients<br><small>Source: appointible.com (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/no-show-forgot-no-reminder-37-6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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