Texting for Health
Posted on February 19, 2013 by Miki Peer
Text Messaging or SMS for Improved Health
In a recent blog we introduced the concept of mobile health or mHealth (“the delivery of healthcare services via mobile communication devices”). mHealth interventions can be divided into two types, depending on the user of the intervention: doctors or patients. mHealth programs directed at doctors are used as aids in data collection or to support decision-making, while patient-directed mHealth programs are aimed at facilitating and supporting behavior change and disease management1.