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Text messaging improves flu vaccination rates
Text message reminders to parents about vaccinating their children against the flu are more effective than traditional mail or phone notification methods, according to a study published in the
Diabetes management texting program goes live in D.C.
It's not just hospitals or health systems that are trying to get diabetics to use mobile technology to improve their health. Washington, D.C. insurance company D.C. Chartered Health is getting in on
New diabetes texting programs have ambitious goals
After more than a year of testing the concept of using text messaging to change health behavior, a federal/state/local partnership is taking things to the next level. It's a program called
Text messaging doffed in urban health education study
Text messaging may be a preferred channel for pushing health messages these days--a number of studies are testing its efficacy right now. But for researchers at Temple University in Philadelphia,
