For patients managing chronic conditions, medication adherence plays a crucial role in successful treatment. However, adherence rates are alarmingly low, with only about 50% of patients consistently ...

But "no meaningful differences" were observed in overall healthcare-related financial stra ...

Addressing poor medication adherence should be a top priority in health plans to ensure short- and long-term benefits in health outcomes and financial stability. As the prevalence of chronic diseases ...

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 ...

A Support, Educate, Empower (SEE) glaucoma coaching program improves medication adherence compared with standard written education, according to a study published online Feb. 26 in JAMA Ophthalmology.

Sam Peasah, PhD, MBA, RPh, director of High-Value Health Care Value-Based Pharmacy Initiatives at UPMC Health Plan, discusses ways that health plans can help reduce the cost burden of medications to ...

Keeping patients on track with prescribed therapies can feel like trying to fill a leaky bucket — a constant struggle. Patients face significant roadblocks that make it difficult to follow through ...

Patients who went through the SEE program in Michigan were more likely to stick to their drug regimen and reported less ...

Throughout the course of a clinical trial, sponsors need to collect strong, repeatable data in order to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of a drug. In trials that rely on patients to take drugs ...

For all our advances in healthcare — more precise medications, greater access to care, smarter technology — one issue stubbornly persists: medication nonadherence. Nearly half of people with chronic ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Less than 40% of the studied veteran cohort were adherent to their inhaled COPD medications. Adherence was found ...

Navigating the complexities of health care can be daunting, especially when it comes to managing costs. With the rising prices of medications, many patients find themselves struggling to afford their ...