Bi-Directional Text Messaging

Using Bi-Directional Text Messaging in Chronic Disease Management

Learning Objectives
1. Describe what bi-directional text messaging is and how it can be used in an evidence-based way to improve hypertension and cholesterol outcomes
2. Outline key communication strategies and phrases that successfully engage patients in chronic disease management using bi-direction text messaging software

AMA CME Accreditation Information

Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Internet Live Course activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
1.00 CME points in the American Board of Surgery’s (ABS) Continuing Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

Using Bi-Directional Text Messaging in Chronic Disease Management

Managing Cholesterol

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