No Shows are a real problem for healthcare organizations and represent a tremendous opportunity to save money through better planning and efficiency. In addition to higher costs to the care provider, patients who fail to show up for their appointments often require more expensive emergency care later on. Understanding who is most likely to no-show for an appointment and why a patient may intentionally or unintentionally no-show is important to determining how to best tackle the issue, and in understanding what works and what doesn’t.