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Texting helps with at-risk pregnancies, Partners plans to expand program

Sending supportive text messages to moms-to-be, both during and after birth, can improve patients' prenatal and postpartum care, according to a study conducted by Partners Health in Boston, and just Read more...

Stressed smartphone users experience 'phantom texts,' study shows; WebMD launches new baby app;

> Becker's Hospital Review recently published an intriguing list of the "7 must-have iPad apps" not for physicians, but for C-level hospital execs. Article > Forget "distracted doctoring," a Read more...

Joint Commission: Doc texting unacceptable for clinical care

The Joint Commission just issued a small item that flew under the radars of most hospitals--a message to not allow physicians to use text messaging for patient health information. The statement Read more...

Text4baby successfully jumpstarts mother-doctor conversations

Free pregnancy messaging program Text4baby is proving to be highly effective, according to the latest research from University of California, San Diego and California State University in San Marcos. Read more...

HHS throws its weight behind text-based initiatives

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' new Text4Health Task Force has a library of text messages and other communications hospitals can use to improve their smoking cessation programs. Read more...

Patient privacy, message flow critical to your facility's mHealth efforts

Using SMS/text messaging to communicate with patients may be the next big thing in mHealth. But you can't just create a pithy message and push "send." According to digital marketing firm Read more...

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, Read more...

Smartphone users prefer texts for health reminders

The largest majority of smartphone users (41 percent) want to receive health reminders via text message, a new study of smartphone users finds. An equal number would choose a message delivered Read more...

Can mHealth efforts help you quit smoking? Depends where you turn

Two recently released studies show the flip sides of a single question: Can mobile technology help one quit smoking? The answer: Well...kind of. One study, conducted by researchers at George Read more...

Cell phones improving results for wounded soldiers

The trial of cell-phone-based health tracking system mCare among soldiers seems to be going well, according to recent comments by U.S. Army Col. Ron Porapatich of the Telemedicine and Advanced Read more...

Press Releases

CellTrust Supports Text2Floss Pilot Study at Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health of A.T. Still University

CellTrust and A.T. Still University to provide program promoting preventative and ongoing initiatives of health and wellnessSCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CellTrust Corporation, the Read more >>

The New York State Dental Association Endorses Demandforce as its Online Marketing and Patient Communication Software

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Demandforce Inc., a leader in online marketing and communications, today announced it has been endorsed as the exclusive online marketing and patient Read more >>

The Texas Dental Association Endorses Demandforce as Its Online Marketing and Patient Communication Software

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Demandforce Inc., a leader in online marketing and communications, today announced it has been endorsed as the exclusive online marketing and patient Read more >>

EXTENSION, INC. CEO Selected to Present at 2011 mHealth Summit

Todd Plesko to discuss how unifying healthcare VOIP phones and smartphones improves clinical workflows and patient care FORT WAYNE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EXTENSION, INC. announced today that Chief Read more >>

HHS announces Text4Health task force recommendations and global partnership

Task force provides recommendations on health text messaging, mobile health technologies and commits to a global partnership WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Read more >>