Product Technology: Text Messaging

SOFIA

Massachusetts General Hospital

SOFIA was created and validated in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital for children with ADHD to deliver reminders and educational messages to improve pediatric adherence and management of ADHD.

Ring of Support

SE Health

Allow seniors to age comfortably in their homes with an automated Interactive Voice Response and Smart Assistant virtual check-in.

PRAISE

University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine and NYU Langone Health

A study to provide real time adaptive personal messaging to adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Keeping In Touch

University Health Network and The Hospital for Sick Children

KIT is a text message-based chatbot tool to provide educational and care navigation support for young adults with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). KIT is currently being trialed by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the McGill University Health Centre at four sites in Ontario and two sites in Quebec.

Medication Adherence Chatbot

INTREPID Lab, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

A chatbot to support people who want to quit smoking using varenicline (the generic equivalent to Champix). The aim of this chatbot is to help people take their medication as prescribed by their healthcare provider.

DESI

The Population Health Research Institute

A clinical health coaching portal and SMS program to facilitate diet and exercise. Piloted with McMaster University to reduce risk of gestational dysglycemia, incident GDM, and infant risk in high-risk pregnant women of South Asian Ancestry.

CalmDoc

University of California San Diego

An SMS based system to continuously monitor stress in physicians.

4Me

NYU Langone Health

An academic study to provide real time adaptive personal messaging to adults with type 2 diabetes and hypertension.

SmartParent

University of British Colombia

A validated pre-natal and postpartum adaptive SMS program that provides pregnancy resources to improve perinatal health literacy and pregnancy outcomes. Used by thousands of parents across multiple health authorities in Canada, the program was co-created with the University of British Columbia.

BeWell

Univ. of Saskatchewan and CAMH

Co-created with the Univ. of Saskatchewan and CAMH, inspired by COVID-19 isolation, anxiety and depression challenges this light-touch SMS Intervention checks-in and matches employees and members with curated mental wellness tools and promotes the benefits already made available by employers.

Patient Perceptions of Text Messaging to Improve Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence: A Qualitative Study of Patients in a Ryan White Clinic

Automated Behavioral Text Messaging and Face-to-Face Intervention for Parents of Overweight or Obese Preschool Children: Results From a Pilot Study

An innovative SMS intervention to improve adherence to stimulants in children with ADHD: Preliminary findings

SmartMom Text Messaging for Prenatal Education: A Qualitative Focus Group Study to Explore Canadian Women’s Perceptions

Development and Usability of REACH: A Tailored Theory-Based Text Messaging Intervention for Disadvantaged Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

Lessons learned developing and deploying a provincial virtual mental health support during the COVID-19 pandemic

Supporting population mental health and wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: protocol for a sequential mixed-method study

Text message-based intervention, Keeping in Touch (KiT), to support youth as they transition to adult type 1 diabetes care: a protocol for a multisite randomised controlled superiority trial

Piloting a Text-Based Program to Support Clinician Well-Being at a Canadian Mental Health Hospital

Implementation of a population mental health and wellness text-message service: a mixed-methods study

Towards Meaningful Engagement with Clinician Advisors: Lessons Learned Co-Creating a Digital Mental Health Tool

Implementation of a digital health program to support clinical mental health

IWK provides free prenatal education in Nova Scotia with SmartParent

Expectant Parents’ Preferences for Teaching by Texting: Development and Usability Study of SmartMom

Automated Telecommunication-Based Reminders and Adherence With Once-Daily Glaucoma Medication Dosing: The Automated Dosing Reminder Study

American Pharmacist Association: DigitalHealth.Rx