Text Reminders May Raise Medication Adherence in Medicare Patients

An interactive text messaging system can improve medication adherence, according to a study published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth . In the study, researchers used mPulse Mobile, a leader in mobile health engagement, on partially adherent and nonadherent Medicare patients to compare refill rates of a text message group of 12,272 with a control group of 76,068 individuals who did not receive text messages, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology . All participants had experience with other forms of refill and adherence reminders like phone calls, emails, and robo-calls. Results showed a 14.1 percent increase in refill rates in the text message group when compared with refill rates of the control group.