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Health Information Technology: Text Messaging Interventions for Medication Adherence Among Patients with Chronic Diseases

CDC

An Evidence-Based Practice

Description

In these interventions, patients who have at least one chronic medical condition receive text messages reminding or encouraging them to take their medications as prescribed.

Messages must be accessible through mobile phones and sent regularly (though frequency may vary from medication dose times to weekly reminders). Messages may be personalized for patients, and they may involve two-way communication.

Results / Accomplishments

The systematic review included 16 studies.
-Medication adherence improved significantly (16 studies).

Evidence from a subset of seven studies conducted in high-income countries was used as the basis for the CPSTF recommendation.
-Medication adherence, measured either by patient or dose, increased by a median of 13.8 percentage points (7 studies).

About this Promising Practice

Primary Contact
The Community Guide
1600 Clifton Rd, NE
MS V25-5
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 498-1827
communityguide@cdc.gov
https://www.thecommunityguide.org/
Topics
Health / Heart Disease & Stroke
For more details
Kansas Health Matters