The Minnesota Department of Human Services is now offering text message reminders for Minnesotans who have Medical Assistance or MinnesotaCare about renewing their health insurance. A new study published today in JAMA reveals text message reminders for patients who delay refilling their medications didn't help improve how regularly they refilled medications over a year. The study ...

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That is, at least, according to a new study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology: Daily text message reminders did not help the 82 women in the study become more adherent to their birth control pill ... EurekAlert!: New JAMA study shows text messages can be ineffective as medication refill reminders A new study published today in JAMA reveals text message reminders for patients who delay refilling their medications didn’t help improve how regularly they refilled medications over a year. The study ... New JAMA study shows text messages can be ineffective as medication refill reminders La Crosse Tribune: Text messages reminders for insurance renewal now available from MN Department of Human Services Text messages reminders for insurance renewal now available from MN Department of Human Services A text-message reminder to parents is enough to increase flu vaccination rates among children and adolescents with medical conditions that put them at risk of severe influenza.

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