Better outpatient medication adherence reduces the likelihood of readmission after a recent myocardial infarction. Retrospective, nested case-control analysis of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . High heart failure hospitalization and mortality rates could be due in part to poor medication adherence. A ...

Background Depression is a risk factor and complication of coronary artery disease (CAD) that is associated with poor ...

Scores on a new medication adherence scale maintained a strong graded association with antihypertensive drug pharmacy fill adherence among community-dwelling seniors in a managed care organization.

On examination of the challenge and strategies, lack of adherence is in and of itself a preventable disease. The overarching goal of randomized control clinical trials is to establish a measure of a ...

In 2017, an expert commission organized by the Lancet examined the current state of asthma care. That commission identified poor medication adherence as one of the principal barriers standing between ...

A staggering percentage of people do not take their medication correctly, but pharmaceutical packaging aims to improve patient compliance using new technology to address reasons for non-adherence.

Medication adherence can be difficult when financial constraints prevent patients from affording their medications. Prescription discount cards, introduced in the early 2000s, offer a solution. These ...

Hamell discusses the complex nature of adherence and how a 360 degree approach to behaviour change—accounting for physician, patient and environmental factors driving adherence— is fundamental to ...