Interaction with SMS text-reminders correlate with improved medication adherence and readmission rates for congestive heart failure patients: A retrospective cohort study

• Ben Long ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ben Long, Brian Davis, Rebekah McPheters, Steven Burton

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Brian Davis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ben Long, Brian Davis, Rebekah McPheters, Steven Burton

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Rebekah McPheters ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ben Long, Brian Davis, Rebekah McPheters, Steven Burton

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Steven Burton ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Ben Long, Brian Davis, Rebekah McPheters, Steven Burton

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Magnolia Regional Health Center, Corinth, Mississippi, United States of America

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• Nabeel Hamoud ,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Dan Garmat ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Suzanne Catalfomo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Software, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Fei Li ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Ying Zhou ,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Yan L. Zhuang ,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Colin A. Banas ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

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• Weston W. Blakeslee

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wblakeslee@drfirst.com

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Applied Clinical Research, DrFirst, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6218-6750

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