{"id":1852,"date":"2016-02-02T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2016-02-02T10:14:11","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T15:14:11","slug":"study-doctors-texts-can-prod-patients-to-take-drugs-but-questions-linger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=1852","title":{"rendered":"Study: Doctors\u2019 Texts Can Prod Patients To Take Drugs, But Questions Linger"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By\u00a0–\u00a0Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but that\u2019s hardly useful if a patient doesn\u2019t remember to take it in the first place.<\/p>\n

According to a new analysis<\/a>, there could be a possible solution: text message reminders sent to patients\u2019 phones from the doctor. Researchers found that texts could push people to do better at adhering to their drug regimens and, along the way, save the health system a fair bit of money.<\/p>\n

The paper, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, reviewed data from 16 studies, all of which explored whether mobile telephone text reminders sent to patients made them more likely to take their medicine. In total, the studies included in this meta-analysis tracked the behavior of almost 3,000 chronically ill patients, looking at how well they complied with medication regimens, and found the text messages had an impact. Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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