The impact of short message service text messages sent as appointment reminders to patients' cell phones at outpatient clinics in São Paulo, Brazil.

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Published in Int J Med Inform on September 26, 2009

Authors

Thiago Martini da Costa1, Paulo Lísias Salomão, Amilton Souza Martha, Ivan Torres Pisa, Daniel Sigulem

Author Affiliations

1: Postgraduate Program in Health Informatics, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu 862, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. tmartinicosta@gmail.com

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