Mobile phone text messaging in the management of diabetes
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Mobile phone text messaging in the management of diabetes.
We conducted a trial of mobile phone text messaging (short message service; SMS) for diabetes management. In an eight-month period, 23 diabetic patients used the service. Patients used SMS to transmit data such as blood glucose levels and body weight to a server. The server automatically answered with an SMS acknowledgement message. A monthly calculated glycosylated haemoglobin result was also ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1357-633X,1758-1109
DOI: 10.1258/1357633042026341