PATIENT RECALL & REACTIVATION
From Lapsed to Loyal
How Optima Medical reactivated 1,240 lapsed patients in a single eClinicalWorks (eCW)-integrated recall campaign — at roughly zero incremental labor cost.
Executive Summary
Optima Medical was quietly losing patients who never returned for recommended follow-up care — a clinical continuity risk and a major revenue gap.
Using Curogram’s eCW-integrated SMS recall, the practice reactivated 1,240 lapsed patients in a single campaign cycle, at roughly zero incremental labor cost.
Key Success Metrics
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Reconversion Rate: 35% of lapsed patients who received a recall SMS booked within 30 days — a 3–7× lift over the 5–10% passive baseline.
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Patients Reactivated: 1,240 patients seen from recall messages alone in one campaign cycle.
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Revenue Recovered: An estimated $248,000 at $200/visit (illustrative estimate), with ~$0 incremental staff cost.
The Challenge
The Quiet Cost of Lapsed Patients
Many Optima patients failed to return for recommended follow-up care. Relying on patients to self-initiate rebooking left hundreds of thousands in potential revenue — and clinical continuity — on the table.
Continuity Risk:
Missed screenings and lapsed chronic-care management for patients who never returned.
Compounding Drop-Off:
Industry data suggests patients who miss a single appointment are 70% more likely not to return within 18 months without active outreach.
Passive Baseline:
Self-initiated rebooking yielded only a 5–10% passive return rate.
The Solution
Automated, eClinicalWorks (eCW) - Driven SMS Recall
Curogram’s recall feature analyzed the eCW database to identify patients past their recommended recall window and reached them with personalized two-way SMS — with zero staff involvement.
Automatic Targeting
eClinicalWorks data pinpointed exactly which patients were overdue for follow-up.
Frictionless Booking
Patients booked a new appointment directly by text, no calls, no hold times.
Zero Labor
The outreach and booking workflow required no staff hours.
The Results
The Highest-ROI Volume Lever in the Practice
Recall reactivates existing relationships at a fraction of new-patient acquisition cost, making it the highest-ROI volume lever for any practice with a substantial lapsed-patient base.
35% Reconversion: Roughly 1 in 3 lapsed patients booked within 30 days — a +25–30 ppt lift over passive return.
1,240 Patients Seen: Net-new appointments drawn entirely from the existing patient base.
~$248K Recovered: Estimated at $200/visit in a single campaign cycle (illustrative).
“In a multi-location primary care environment, managing lapsed patients manually is an impossible task. By integrating automated recall with our eCW environment, we effectively ‘turned the lights back on’ for 1,240 patients who had fallen out of our care cycle.
We recovered nearly a quarter-million dollars in revenue in a single campaign, but more importantly, we restored clinical continuity for a significant portion of our community.”
- Director of Quality Assurance, Optima Medical
Conclusion
Optima Medical’s recall campaign shows that the cheapest patient to win back is one you already have. By turning the eCW database into an automated reactivation engine, Curogram recovered revenue and restored continuity in a single cycle — building naturally on the same eCW reputation work documented separately for this practice.
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CLIENT PROFILE
CLIENT
Optima Medical
LOCATION
Scottsdale, AZ Multi-Location
SPECIALTY
Primary Care & Immediate Care
TECH STACK
Curogram + eClinicalWorks
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