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Lewis T et al, Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 90(5)
Health systems in low- and middle-income countries continue to face considerable challenges in providing high-quality, affordable and universally accessible care. In response, policy-makers, donors and programme implementers are searching for innovative approaches to eliminate the geographic and financial barriers to health.
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Published:
May 2012 |
Keyword(s): Developing Countries, Health Information Technology, literature, mHealth, SMS
Stockwell MS et al, JAMA, 307(16)
Context
Influenza infection results in substantial costs, morbidity, and mortality. Vaccination against influenza is particularly important in children and adolescents who are a significant source of transmission to other high-risk populations, yet pediatric and adolescent vaccine coverage remains low. Traditional vaccine reminders have had a limited effect on low-income populations; however, text messaging is a novel, scalable approach to promote influenza vaccination.
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Published:
25 April 2012 |
Keyword(s): Adolescents, mHealth, Pedriatics, Randomized Controlled Trials, SMS, United States, Urban, Vaccines
Kim MJ et al, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2012
Purpose
Specialty consultations and waiting for admission to a hospital bed are major contributors to increased length of stay and overcrowding in the emergency department. We implemented a computerized short messaging service to inform care providers of patient delay in order to reduce length of stay. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of this strategy on length of stay in the emergency department.
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31 January 2012 |
Keyword(s): Emergency Department, Korea, Reminder Systems, SMS
Haug S et al, BMC Public Health, 12(1)
BACKGROUND:
Particularly in groups of adolescents with lower educational level the smoking prevalence is still high and constitutes a serious public health problem. There is limited evidence of effective smoking cessation interventions in this group. Individualised text messaging (SMS) based interventions are promising to support smoking cessation and could be provided to adolescents irrespective of their motivation to quit. The aim of the current paper is to outline the study protocol of a trial testing the efficacy of an SMS based intervention for smoking cessation in apprentices.
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19 January 2012 |
Keyword(s): Adolescents, Efficacy, mHealth, Smoking Cessation, SMS
Déglise C et al, J Med Internet Res, 14(1)
Background:
The last decade has witnessed unprecedented growth in the number of mobile phones in the developing world, thus linking millions of previously unconnected people. The ubiquity of mobile phones, which allow for short message service (SMS), provides new and innovative opportunities for disease prevention efforts.
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12 January 2012 |
Keyword(s): Developing Countries, mHealth, Prevention, SMS
Zolfaghari M et al, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2012
Aim.
To compare the effectiveness of two methods of follow-up: short message service and telephone follow-up on type 2 diabetes adherence for three months.
Background.
Using telemedicine approaches may preserve appropriate blood glucose levels and may improve adherence to diabetes control recommendations in diabetic patients.
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13 January 2012 |
Keyword(s): Adherence, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Follow-up Actions, mHealth, SMS, Telemedicine, Telephone
Yeager VA, Menachemi N. Biennial Review of Health Care Management, 2011
Background
Studies suggest text messaging is beneficial to health care; however, no one has synthesized the overall evidence on texting interventions. In response to this need, we conducted a systematic review of the impacts of text messaging in health care.
Methods
PubMed database searches and subsequent reference list reviews sought English-language, peer-reviewed studies involving text messaging in health care. Commentaries, conference proceedings, and feasibilities studies were excluded. Data was extracted using an article coding sheet and input into a database for analysis.
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Published:
2011 |
Keyword(s): Benefits, Literature Review, mHealth, Public Health, SMS
Foreman AC et al, Journal of Participatory Medicine, 3
Summary:
Mood 24/7 is an innovation in traditional mood charting using text messaging technology. Mood 24/7 allows the user to collect mood data in a standardized text message format, receives optional 160-character annotations from users in addition to their daily mood ratings, and securely stores user response data on a protected server.
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Published:
26 September 2011 |
Keyword(s): Depression, Mental Health, Mood tracking, Patient engagement, SMS, United States
Hasvold PE, Wootton R. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 2011
Patients failing to attend hospital appointments contribute to inefficient use of resources. We conducted a systematic review of studies providing a reminder to patients by phone, short message service (SMS) or automated phone calls. A PubMed search was conducted to identify articles published after 1999, describing studies of non-attendance at hospital appointments. In addition, we searched the references in the included papers. In total, 29 studies were included in the review. Four had two intervention arms which were treated as independent studies, giving a total of 33 estimates. The papers were analysed by two observers independently. A study quality score was developed and used to weight the data. Weighted means of the absolute and the relative changes in non-attendance were calculated. All studies except one reported a benefit from sending reminders to patients prior to their appointment.
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20 September 2011 |
Keyword(s): Alerts and Reminders, Appointments, Review, SMS
Hussein WI et al, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 2011
Objective
To test the feasibility of short message service (SMS) usage between the clinic visits and to evaluate its effect on glycemic control in uncontrolled type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM) subjects.
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Published:
12 August 2011 |
Keyword(s): Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, mHealth, SMS
Zurovac D et al, The Lancet, 378(9793)
Background
Health workers’ malaria case-management practices often differ from national guidelines. We assessed whether text-message reminders sent to health workers’ mobile phones could improve and maintain their adherence to treatment guidelines for outpatient paediatric malaria in Kenya.
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Published:
4 August 2011 |
Keyword(s): Alerts and Reminders, Kenya, Malaria, mHealth, Pediatrics, SMS
Asiimwe C et al, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 85(1)
Quality health management requires timely and accurate data, and paper-based reporting does not fill this role adequately. The introduction of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and the availability of wireless communications present an opportunity to open direct data transmission and feedback between peripheral health workers and central managers. In November 2009, the Uganda Ministry of Health deployed a short message service-based reporting system in two districts. At a set-up cost of $100/health facility, local technician support of $ 400 per month, and a cost of $0.53/week/clinic, the SMS reporting system was started at more than 140 clinics.
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Published:
July 2011 |
Keyword(s): Malaria, mHealth, Open Source, SMS, Uganda
Furber GV et al, The Journal of Adolescent Health, 48(1)
BACKGROUND
Mobile phones play a central role in the lives of young people and are being increasingly recognized as valuable tools in health care. However, there is a paucity of studies exploring the use of mobile phones in youth outreach mental health services. Our outreach team’s experience is that enabling youth to access their therapist directly through mobile phone improves engagement and retention, and short message service (SMS) in particular, is a useful tool for coordinating appointments. The purpose of this study was to audit the content of SMS exchanges between therapists and clients and to investigate the extent of inappropriate SMS use.
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January 2011 |
Keyword(s): Adolescents, Australia, Cellular Phone, Mental Health, mHealth, Physician-Patient Relationship, SMS
Hart T et al, Telemedicine and e-Health, 17(6)
Introduction:
Immunization schedules are complicated and difficult for parents to remember. Parents are willing to receive text message reminders. However, it is unknown whether physicians are willing to implement such a system. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a text messaging reminder system from the physician’s perspective.
Materials and Methods:
Surveys were distributed in the winter of 2009–2010 by e-mail, facsimile, and telephone interview to 149 family physicians and pediatricians who provide immunizations in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
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Published:
25 May 2011 |
Keyword(s): Alerts and Reminders, Children, Compliance, Immunization, SMS, United States
Petrie KJ et al, British Journal of Health Psychology, 2011
Objective.
While effective preventative medication is readily available for asthma, adherence is a major problem due to patients’ beliefs about their illness and medication. We investigated whether a text message programme targeted at changing patients’ illness and medication beliefs would improve adherence in young adult asthma patients.
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22 June 2011 |
Keyword(s): Asthma, Medication Adherence, SMS
Sahm L et al, Pharmacy World & Science, 31(6)
OBJECTIVE
Low levels of adherence to medication are commonly reported in chronic medical conditions. Empirical evidence suggests that patients are willing to accept pharmacist interventions to improve adherence. This study aimed to assess the levels of self-reported adherence to antidepressant medication in the community and to investigate the acceptability of text message reminders to self-reported unintentional non-adherers.
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Published:
16 September 2009 |
Keyword(s): Ireland, Medication Adherence, Reminder Systems, SMS
Bennett DA, Emberson JR. The Lancet, 378(9785)
Despite substantial reductions in smoking rates in the UK over the past few decades, smoking remains one of the biggest avoidable causes of morbidity and mortality. In 2002, smoking was estimated to be directly responsible for 12% of disability-adjusted life years lost in the UK (15·4% in men, 8·5% in women), while in 2006—07 it was estimated to cost the National Health Service £3·3 billion.
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Published:
2 July 2011 |
Keyword(s): mHealth, Smoking Cessation, SMS
Free C et al, The Lancet, 2011
Background
Smoking cessation programmes delivered via mobile phone text messaging show increases in self-reported quitting in the short term. We assessed the effect of an automated smoking cessation programme delivered via mobile phone text messaging on continuous abstinence, which was biochemically verified at 6 months.
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Published:
30 June 2011 |
Keyword(s): mHealth, Smoking Cessation, SMS, UK
Gold J et al, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 38(4)
Background:
The use of new technologies, such as mobile phones and internet, has increased dramatically in recent years. Text messages offer a novel method of sexual health promotion to young people who are the greatest users of new technology and are also at high risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
Methods:
In January 2008, young people aged between 16 and 29 years were recruited from a music festival in Melbourne, Australia. They completed a short survey and were asked to provide their mobile phone numbers. Participants received fortnightly short messaging service (SMS) relating to sexual health for 4 months, and then completed an online follow-up survey. Survey data were weighted to account for those lost to follow-up. McNemar’s test was used to compare changes in survey responses.
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Published:
14 October 2010 |
Keyword(s): Adolescent, Australia, mHealth, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Health, SMS
Juzang I et al, J Telemed Telecare, 17(3)
We explored the feasibility of engaging young black men in a 12-week text messaging programme about HIV prevention. There were two non-randomized groups of 30 young men each. The participants were aged 16-20 years, self-identifying as black or African-American, sexually active, who owned a mobile phone and lived in Philadelphia. They received three text messages per week for 12 weeks. People in the intervention group received text messages about HIV prevention, while those in the control group received text messages about nutrition.
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Published:
1 April 2011 |
Keyword(s): Behavior, Cellular Phone, HIV, mHealth, SMS, United States
