Text Messaging in Healthcare: The Elephant Knocking at the Door

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Telemedicine and e-HealthVol. 14, No. 6 MEDICAL CONNECTIVITYText Messaging in Healthcare: The Elephant Knocking at the DoorMark TerryMark TerrySearch for more papers by this authorPublished Online:26 Aug 2008https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2008.8495AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsPermissionsDownload CitationsTrack CitationsAdd to favorites Back To Publication ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byText Messages in the Field of Mental Health: Rapid Review of the Reviews24 June 2022 | Frontiers in Psychiatry, Vol. 13Impact of mhealth messages and environmental cues on hand hygiene practice among healthcare workers in the greater Kampala metropolitan area, Uganda: study protocol for a cluster randomized trial26 January 2021 | BMC Health Services Research, Vol. 21, No. 1Outcome of reminder text messages intervention on completion of routine immunization in rural areas, Nigeria15 October 2020 | Health Promotion International, Vol. 36, No. 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Integrated Care, Vol. 17, No. 6Impact of Trust and Technology on Interprofessional Collaboration in Healthcare Settings Volume 14Issue 6Aug 2008 InformationCopyright 2008, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.To cite this article:Mark Terry.Text Messaging in Healthcare: The Elephant Knocking at the Door.Telemedicine and e-Health.Aug 2008.520-524.http://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2008.8495Published in Volume: 14 Issue 6: August 26, 2008PDF download