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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Meeting abstract
Texting for health in the safety net: Improving health promotion and outreach
Authors:
Susan L Moore, Henry H Fischer, Arthur J Davidson, Julia Dorado-Cole, Forrest D Pugh, Susan Becker, Curt Straub, Jeffrey D Berschling, Tracy Johnson
Published in:
Implementation Science
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Medically underserved groups, such as the uninsured, racial and ethnic minorities, and people with multiple chronic conditions, experience barriers in accessing health care. However, 91% of people in the United States use cell phones and 81% of cell phone users send and receive text messages. Based on evidence that reminder/recall improves adherence to clinical encounters, three text-message based initiatives were implemented in an integrated urban safety net healthcare system, with the aims of improving access to care, improving health care utilization, and improving patient satisfaction. …
