CareMessage
CareMessage, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, uses text messaging in over 60 languages to help low-income patients access health care and improve clinical outcomes through partnerships with safety-net providers. The organization has demonstrated measurable impact, including re-engaging disengaged patients and saving clinics thousands of staff hours monthly. With plans to launch AI-powered tools like Wellness Copilot in 2026, CareMessage aims to expand support for chronic disease management and address social determinants of health.
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As low-income Americans face life expectancies around a decade shorter than their wealthier peers, CareMessage is working to close that gap—one text at a time. The San Francisco-based health-tech nonprofit partners with safety-net providers like free clinics and tribal health organizations to reach patients often missed by traditional systems, using simple tools like text-messaging in more than 60 languages to connect them with essential care. (In a recent randomized clinical trial led by Stanford in partnership with CareMessage, researchers found that customized text-message coaching was as effective as human telephone counseling at getting patients to be more physically active.)“We enable these organizations to help drive a variety of interventions that usually fall into one of three…
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