Text Messaging

CHICAGO — A text messaging program for patients with hypertension was associated with increased medication adherence and reduced systolic BP, researchers reported at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

CHICAGO — A “code blue button” to activate code teams via text message may expedite epinephrine administration and increase survival to discharge vs. code activation by overhead page or pager alerts, a speaker reported.

Weekly motivational text messages did not improve self-reported medication adherence among patients who experienced ACS vs. usual care alone, but they may have helped to improve certain lifestyle-related risk factors, researchers reported.

DENVER — Text and phone messages were minimally effective at re-engaging adolescents in preventive services, according to data presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting.

Postpartum women who participated in a text message intervention that included gamification walked an average of 647 more steps per day compared with similar women who received daily text message feedback without gamification, data show.

Results showed psychological intervention delivered via automated mobile messaging robots improved function and outcomes in patients who experienced unexpected surgical delays during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Text messaging showed promise as a surveillance tool to identify acute respiratory infections over a 5-year period in New York City, researchers found.

Patients with COVID-19 who enrolled in an automated text messaging system with twice daily check-ins were 68% less likely to die than those who did not use it, according to an ACP press release.

Young adults who received daily text messages as part of an e-cigarette cessation intervention reported higher rates of nicotine abstinence compared with a control group, according to results of a randomized clinical trial.

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