Impact of a Text Messaging Pilot Program on Patient Medication Adherence

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1084-1091

  Foreman, Kalee F ^a   Stockl, Karen M ^a   Le, Lisa B ^a   Fisk, Eric ^a   Shah, Sameer M ^a   Lew, Heidi C ^a   Solow, Brian K ^a   Curtis, Bradford S ^a  

^a OPTUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Medication adherence; Medication reminder; Text message

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PROPENSITY SCORE; REFERENCE DATABASE; REMINDER SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; TEXT MESSAGING; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; MALE; MEDICARE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXT MESSAGING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860747245     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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