Reducing courts' failure-to-appear rate by written reminders.

Reducing Courts’ Failure-to-Appear Rate by Written Reminders

This article examines the effectiveness of using different kinds of written reminders to reduce misdemeanor defendants’ failure-to-appear (FTA) rates. A subset of defendants was surveyed after their scheduled court date to assess their perceptions of procedural justice and trust and confidence in the courts. Reminders reduced FTA overall, and more substantive reminders (e.g., with information o...

Reducing Failure to Appear in Nebraska: A Field Study

ASME Computers in Engineering Conference to appear REDUCING SETUP COST BY AUTOMATED GENERATION OF REDESIGN SUGGESTIONS

All mechanical designs pass through a series of formal and informal redesign steps involving the analysis of func tionality manufacturability cost and other life cycle factors The speed and e cacy of these steps has a major in uence on the lead time of the product from conceptualization to launching In this paper we propose a methodology for automatically generating redesign suggestions for red...

Efficacy of Different Reminders to Reduce Missed Orthodontic Appointments

Objectives: Since forgetfulness is the major cause of missed appointments, reminder systems can be used prior to appointments. The present study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of different reminders [e-mails, social networks, telephone, and short message service (SMS)] in order to reduce missed appointments by orthodontic patients. Methods: Of a total of 751 active orthodontic patients, 379 we...

Reducing Errors by RFID Technology to Achieve Lean Healthcare

Reducing wastes in the healthcare processes is crucial for developing a high performance health system. Adopted from the Toyota Production System (TPS), the Lean concept has emerged in recent years as a way of introducing innovative ideas to improve industrial processes. In the context of health care, Lean is considered as a continuous improvement model, which provides healthcare organization t...