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Patient Journal, which is free, offers a way for families and patients to track the important elements of a hospital stay, and possibly enhance the interaction between the medical staff and patients and family members.

Mobile interactive technology (such as texting) has great potential to reach users with limited health literacy skills, and the team at ODPHP is actively exploring how we can use mobile to communicate important health messages. Recent mobile campaigns, such as TXT4BABY and KNOWIT have shown promise in this regard.

That said, the digital divide is still very much a reality and more research is needed to assess the reach and impact of mobile health