Use of mobile phone text message reminders in health care services: A narrative literature review

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2014, Pages e222-

  Kannisto, Kati Anneli ^a,b   Koivunen, Marita Hannele ^a,b   Välimäki, Maritta Anneli ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Hospital District of Satakunta   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cellular phone; Reminder system; Review; Short message service; Text messaging

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMINDER SYSTEM; TEXT MESSAGING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CELL PHONES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TEXT MESSAGING;

EID: 84910151309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3442     Document Type: Article

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