Implementing a comprehensive social determinants of health program and addressing the root causes of medication nonadherence could mean the difference between a 3- and 4-star rating in Medicare ...

If we’re truly serious about reining in health care costs and improving patient outcomes at the same time, then improving medication adherence is absolutely key. And if we’re serious about improving ...

Medication synchronization programs based in pharmacies simplify the refill process by enabling patients to pick up all of their medications on a single visit. This can be especially important for ...

Actions by providers, health plans, and healthcare consumers can substantially improve surprisingly low medication adherence rates in the United States and overall population health. The American ...

There is a wide-ranging list of reasons why patients may struggle to adhere to a medication regimen, so providers must develop tools and strategies that target each individual’s needs, suggest two ...

For all the dizzying talk of repeal versus repair, one of the greatest cost drivers in healthcare is still hiding in plain sight. It’s called medication nonadherence: the simple fact that people often ...

Despite the close attention paid to medication adherence by healthcare providers, pharmaceutical marketers and manufacturers, and health educators, it continues to be an enormous problem with both ...

Medication nonadherence is not new, but it remains a persistent, complex problem. Adherence rates hover near 50%—roughly the same as two decades ago—as companies explore new ways to engage patients ...

Rates of nonadherence vary widely in the literature and can be very high, even in the tightly controlled environment of a clinical trial. Multiple factors contribute to nonadherence. For instance, ...

One root cause for healthcare’s escalating costs and continuing disparities is “medication non-adherence” -- a phrase that not only masks the issue’s severity, but also places blame on patients.