More than 1 in 4 U.S. adults struggle to afford their prescription medications. Those who can't are left with grim choices—such as skipping doses, cutting pills in half, or abandoning prescriptions ...

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

Drug-related provisions of a landmark Biden-era law were tied to a decline in cost-related medication nonadherence among ...

Patients adherent to SUBLOCADE® for 12 months had 42% lower adjusted non-MOUD medical costs vs. those adherent to other forms of MOUDPatients ...

Medication use vividly illustrates the paradox of overuse, underuse, and misuse of health care in America. While a growing segment of the population overuses certain medicines – including opioids, ...

In March, retail pharmacy giant Walgreen Co. started hiring pharmacists specifically tasked with addressing medication non-adherence. The new role, described as a health outcomes pharmacist, entails ...

Medication adherence represents a major barrier to optimal therapeutic outcomes for a number of chronic conditions, and diabetes is no different. Often times, diabetes patients with poor glycemic ...

October 28, 2009 — Five policy recommendations intended to promote better medication adherence and improved health outcomes for patients were issued October 14 by a diverse group of healthcare and ...

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 ...

Physician-level medication adherence is a strong predictor of patient health and should be considered as a measure of physician quality. Objectives: To assess the extent to which medication adherence ...

It has been estimated that 1.7 million people die from Tuberculosis (TB), and more than 10.4 million new cases are reported every year worldwide. The global 'End TB' strategy aims to eliminate the ...