Title |
Mobile phone messaging for communicating results of medical investigations
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Published in |
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, June 2012
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DOI | 10.1002/14651858.cd007456.pub2 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Ipek Gurol‐Urganci, Thyra de Jongh, Vlasta Vodopivec‐Jamsek, Josip Car, Rifat Atun |
Abstract |
Mobile phone messaging, such as Short Message Service (SMS) and Multimedia Message Service (MMS), has rapidly grown into a mode of communication with a wide range of applications, including communicating the results from medical investigations to patients. Alternative modes of communication of results include face-to-face communication, postal messages, calls to landlines or mobile phones, through web-based health records and email. Possible advantages of mobile phone messaging include convenience to both patients and healthcare providers, reduced waiting times for health services and healthcare costs. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Chile | 1 | 25% |
United States | 1 | 25% |
Spain | 1 | 25% |
Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 10 | 3% |
India | 2 | <1% |
Canada | 2 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
Ireland | 1 | <1% |
Romania | 1 | <1% |
Sweden | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 378 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Master | 72 | 18% |
Researcher | 54 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 52 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 33 | 8% |
Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 5% |
Other | 74 | 19% |
Unknown | 91 | 23% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 109 | 27% |
Psychology | 50 | 13% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 44 | 11% |
Social Sciences | 27 | 7% |
Computer Science | 26 | 7% |
Other | 42 | 11% |
Unknown | 99 | 25% |