Impact of a text messaging pilot program on patient medication adherence.

Background: Medication nonadherence is a well-recognized challenge associated with poor health outcomes and increased utilization of health care resources. Although many different behavioral and educational strategies are available to improve patient medication adherence, technological advances, including cell phone text messaging, represent new and innovative modalities to improve adherence and overall health outcomes.

Objective: To evaluate medication adherence among patients opting to receive text message medication reminders and a well-matched control cohort.