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Short Text Messages to Encourage Adherence to Medication...

Short Text Messages to Encourage Adherence to Medication...

Randomized Controlled Trial in Finland

18 July 2017
From the article posted in PubMed: The main objective of our study was to investigate the impact of individually tailored short text messages on the rate of psychiatric hospital readmissions, health care service...
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How to Prevent a Heart Attack: Text Patients on Healthy...

How to Prevent a Heart Attack: Text Patients on Healthy...

An article reporting results of a clinical trial in Australia. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2442937

26 June 2016
From the Wall Street Journal summary: A recent study has found evidence suggesting text messages could reduce one’s odds of a second heart attack. A six-month clinical trial in Australia found that...
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Young People's Views and Experiences of a Mobile Phone...

Young People's Views and Experiences of a Mobile Phone...

An article from the Journal of Medical Internet Research: DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.4302

15 April 2016
From the article in JMIR: The risk of poor sexual health, including unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), is greatest amongst young people. Innovative and acceptable interventions to...
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