About this resource:
Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services
Last Reviewed: August 2017
The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends text messaging interventions to help people with chronic diseases take their medicines correctly. In these interventions, people who have at least 1 chronic medical condition get text messages reminding or encouraging them to take their medicines as prescribed. Health care providers can personalize the messages for patients, and the interventions may involve 2-way communication.
Objectives related to this resource (5)
Baseline only
Little or no detectable change
Suggested Citation
Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2017). Health Information Technology: Text Messaging Interventions for Medication Adherence Among Patients with Chronic Diseases. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/health-information-technology-text-messaging-medication-adherence-chronic-disease