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Medication Adherence: Key Issues in Outcomes Research

Non-adherence to medications is common and can be associated with adverse outcomes. Non-adherence is not solely a patient problem but impacts both the care providers and the healthcare system. 

The first step toward improving adherence should be a broader recognition of the problem of non-adherence, and once identified, simple strategies should be implemented in daily practice to improve adherence. 

Certainly, there are still many challenges in further understanding the reasons for non-adherence and designing better interventions to improve adherence. However, getting patients to take their medication as prescribed is a lofty goal in order for patients to derive the maximal benefit of prescribed therapies and is also highly consistent with one of the Institute of Medicine's goals of care of patient centeredness. Read more.
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"Take the Pledge. Take Your Meds." Campaign 

Taking medicine as directed is an important step toward a longer, healthier life. Help your patients create their personal pledge, print the information in this link and use it to remind them of all the reasons needed for them to stay healthy. Click here to access the pledge site.

By taking part in this campaign your practice will have access to medication adherence support materials that you can share with patients, including the Script Your Future Wallet Card, which will help to remind patients to take their medicine as prescribed (schedule and dose)
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Tools You Can Use: Check Out the QIDE REC Medication Adherence Practice Toolkit     

Each month, QIDE REC assembles an electronic practice toolkit that focuses on a particular topic. The December Practice Toolkit includes a host of resources related to medication adherence, including educational information and tools, apps, podcasts, events, videos, success stories, and more. 

Download the December Medication Adherence Practice Toolkit now.
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December Lunch & Learn Webinar Session on Medication Adherence

Wednesday, December 16, 2015
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Join Dr. Ed Sobel, Quality Insights of Delaware Medical Director, for a closer look at medication adherence. The objectives for this session are to learn ways to improve medication adherence rates, develop a summary of existing evidence-based knowledge, and inform, raise awareness, and promote discussion among patients, clinicians, pharmacists, payers, public health practitioners, and decision makers about ways to improve medication adherence.

The agenda topics for this session include:
  • Medication adherence
  • Burden of non-adherence
  • Effective interventions to improve adherence
  • Measuring medication adherence
  • Provider's role in improving medication adherence
  • Tools and resources
  • Case studies
  • Q&A/Open Discussion
Registration is required, so let's make it a lunch date and REGISTER TODAY. Once you have registered, the login idetails will be sent to you in the registration confirmation e-mail.
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This publication was supported by the Cooperative Agreement Number 1U58DP004799-01 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.