Published on in Vol 21 , No 8 (2019) :August

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/14750, first published .
Automated Text Messaging With Patients in Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Clinics: Cluster Randomized Trial

Automated Text Messaging With Patients in Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Clinics: Cluster Randomized Trial

Automated Text Messaging With Patients in Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Clinics: Cluster Randomized Trial

Vera Yakovchenko 1 , MPH, MS ;   Timothy P Hogan 1, 2 , PhD ;   Thomas K Houston 3 , MPH, MD ;   Lorilei Richardson 1 , PhD ;   Jessica Lipschitz 4, 5 , PhD ;   Beth Ann Petrakis 1 , MPA ;   Chris Gillespie 1 , PhD ;   D Keith McInnes 1, 6 , ScD

1 Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research , Bedford Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Department of Veterans Affairs , Bedford , MA , US

2 Learning Health Systems , Department of Medicine , Wake Forest University , Winston-Salem , NC , US

3 Division of Health Informatics and Implementation Science , Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences , University of Massachusetts Medical School , Amherst , MA , US

4 Harvard Medical School , Boston , MA , US

5 Brigham and Women’s Hospital Department of Psychiatry , Boston , MA , US

6 Department of Health Law Policy and Management , Boston University School of Public Health , Boston , MA , US

Corresponding Author:

  • Vera Yakovchenko, MPH, MS
  • Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research
  • Bedford Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Bedford, MA
  • US
  • Phone: 1 781 687 3374
  • Email: vera.yakovchenko@va.gov