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The Center for Connected Health believes in the power of mobile technology to transform the lives of patients and to improve the quality of care that we provide. We are currently exploring several areas of mHealth, from smartphone applications to wireless data transfer systems that can give patients a closer relationship with their providers.
The aim of this trial is to assess the effect of text-message reminders delivered via cell phone on adherence to sunscreen application.
The goal was to offer a program to younger women who have limited support systems in place and would truly benefit from additional reminders about healthy pregnancy.
Patients battling opioid addiction require frequent testing, weekly office visits, support services and outreach, particularly during the early stages of treatment. Text messaging may be a low cost option to extend communication and could play an important role in keeping these patients feeling connected and providing reminders for testing and visits critical to success.
Our goals were to assess the usability and satisfaction of the text message system, and measure changes in pre- and post-test scores in medication adherence, maintenance behaviors, and disease severity.
We surveyed parents of children with diabetes to identify their concerns related to their children's diabetes and assess the relationship between these concerns and parental attitudes toward a glucometer integrated into a mobile phone that could provide parents and healthcare providers with a child's real-time glucose readings via text message and a secure website.
In this pilot study, data suggests that women receiving text messages found the messages to be helpful and had a higher level of attendance at their prenatal visits compared to a similar cohort in the same medical practice.
This study illustrates that the use of text messages, a simple and inexpensive technology, may be effective as a reminder aid and educational tool in young patients with atopic dermatitis.
Text (SMS) messaging is an inexpensive, simple, and ubiquitous method of communication. We piloted two programs which provided text messages to patients at a community clinic, directed at two vulnerable patient populations. One pilot targeted young, at-risk pregant and teens, and the other taregeted patients enrolled in an opioid addiction treatment program.
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