Baseline (a) technological capacity and (b) frequency of use of mobile phone by patient class.

Baseline (a) technological capacity and (b) frequency of use of mobile phone by patient class.

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Background: Safety-net emergency departments often serve as the primary entry point for medical care for low income predominantly minority patient populations. Herein, we sought to provide insight into the feasibility, technological proficiencies, engagement characteristics, and practical considerations for a mHealth intervention at a safety-net e...

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... the latent class analysis, a 2-class model best identified underlying classes with 75% (124/166) of patients classified as highly technologically proficient and 25% (42/166) of patients as minimally technologically proficient. The 2 classes differed in technology capacity and frequency of technology use (Figure 2), except for SMS text message capability. All highly technologically proficient patients and 95% of the minimally technologically proficient patients used SMS text messages. ...