“An sms by your doctor ‘ extends the life”

(ANSAmed) – Rome, 18 November – an sms prolongs life, especially if you reach your doctor. Two studies, one in cardiovascular patients presented at the meeting of the American Association of heart and diabetes published by Annals of Emergency Medicine, showed that a message reminding patients to take medication increases adherence to therapy.

In the first study, adherence to therapy with sms was higher than the 19%; in the second adherence to therapy was changed from 4.5 to 5.4 in the scale of 8.