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Pairing mobile reminders with incentives improves rural immunization rates

By Dave Muoio 11:52 am March 14, 2018

A study of more than 500 children in rural India suggests that pairing SMS reminders with incentives more effectively produces desired health outcomes than the mobile reminders alone. Published today in Pediatrics, the study was a collaboration between researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Indian nonprofit child health organization Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha (BUDS) that sought to improve...

Report: Currently 500 mobile health projects worldwide

By Brian Dolan 02:27 pm March 5, 2012

Telenor CEO Jon Fredrik Baksaas According to a new study commissioned by Norway-based telecom company Telenor and produced by The Boston Consulting Group, there are currently about 500 mobile health projects underway across the globe. Based on their study of mobile health in 12 different countries, including the US, Norway, Thailand, and India, the companies released a number of metrics across a...