Recent research has shown that SMS text messages can increase opportunities for volunteers to donate blood. By utilizing mobile technology, researchers have discovered that donors are more likely to respond to a text than any other medium.

What do secure text messaging and blood donations have in common? One is being used to boost the other. Everyone knows arranging for a blood donation in an emergency situation is a harrowing ordeal that involves contacting blood banks and finding quality donors. SMS is changing the way people receive donations thanks to services such as SMS for Blood and CallFire.