Many patients who are prescribed medications fail to take them appropriately—or at all—and addressing this problem could lead to significant cost savings and better care management, according to a new ...

Ensuring medication adherence is a critical aspect of patient care, directly influencing treatment outcomes and overall health. However, accurately measuring adherence has been a persistent challenge ...

Modest increases in adherence to medication regimens among Medicare patients with heart failure were associated with lower Medicare spending in 3 major drug classes. Pooled cross-sectional design ...

In an advance that could help ensure people are taking their medication on schedule, MIT engineers have designed a pill that can report when it has been swallowed. The new reporting system, which can ...

Online prescription management accounts may help promote medication adherence, as utilizing patients had a higher proportion of days covered than nonusers. A retrospective analysis was conducted using ...

Medication affordability is at a tipping point. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention painted a stark picture of a grim situation unfolding across the US. There are 9 ...

Please give a general overview of medication adherence, how this affects patients and healthcare. Medication nonadherence is the phenomenon of people not sticking to their medication. Either stopping ...

As the Boomer generation ages, the prevalence of polypharmacy — patients taking multiple medications to manage chronic conditions — is surging. Nearly 40% of older adults take five or more medications ...

A new study examining hypertension medication adherence found that high-tech interventions failed to improve how consistently patients take their blood pressure medications, despite successfully ...

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 ...

Doctors know patients do not always take their medications as prescribed. To help them stay on track, new research suggests doctors stop asking patients about missed pills and start asking about their ...

Prescription medications are usually a key element in the treatment of both common chronic healthcare conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, asthma, depression and chronic obstructive pulmonary ...