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Eliminating insurance co-payments can improve medication adherence and management of diabetes

Reducing financial barriers to medication access—a strategy known as value-based insurance design (VBID)—can improve medication adherence and management of chronic diseases such as diabetes.

21 Feb 2013

Simple urine test picks up mesalamine non-adherence

A readily available urine test could identify ulcerative colitis patients who are non-adherent to their mesalamine therapy, research shows.

25 Jan 2013

Boehringer Ingelheim initiates enrollment in Phase III IFN-free HCV trial

Today, Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the first patients have been enrolled in the company's pivotal Phase III interferon (IFN)-free hepatitis C (HCV) clinical trial programme, HCVerso.

18 Jan 2013

Pill color switch disrupts medication adherence

Simply changing the appearance of a prescription medication can significantly alter patients’ compliance with treatment, study findings show.

14 Jan 2013

Communication key in helping patients adhere to medicine

Patients are less likely to take their medications properly if they feel their family doctor or other primary care clinician is failing to communicate with them adequately, suggests a US study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

14 Jan 2013

Ineffective communication contributes to poor drug adherence

Even the best medicines in the world can be rendered ineffective if they are not taken as prescribed. The problem known as medication "non-adherence" is a major health issue in the United States, contributing to worse outcomes for people who have diabetes and other chronic diseases.

3 Jan 2013

God will control my asthma

Research shows that patients’ belief in God influences how likely they are to be adherent to asthma medication.

14 Dec 2012

Maryland P3 Program can improve outcomes of patients with chronic diseases

A new program guide, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), features the Maryland Patients, Pharmacists, Partnerships (P3) as an effective model of how health care teams that include pharmacists can improve the outcomes of patients with chronic diseases.

6 Dec 2012

Phone, letter prompts improve statin uptake

Telephoning and writing to individuals who have not filled their new prescription for statin medication significantly improves rates of prescription uptake, show US study results.

30 Nov 2012

Buying mail-order medications may encourage patients to stick their treatments

Patients newly prescribed a cholesterol-lowering medication were more likely to pick it up from the pharmacy if they received automated phone and mail reminders, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine today.

27 Nov 2012

Rheumatoid arthritis patients adhere to both adalimumab, etanercept

Patients with active rheumatoid arthritis are as likely to persist with adalimumab treatment as they are with etanercept, show the results of a 2-year randomized efficacy and discontinuation study of the two tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.

23 Nov 2012

Bipolar patients oblivious to medication nonadherence risks

European psychiatrists' survey findings suggest that over half of all patients with bipolar disorder on prescribed medication show compliance difficulties, with most unable to attribute their deteriorating condition to this behavior.

22 Nov 2012

Bipolar patients oblivious to medication non-adherence risks

European psychiatrists’ survey findings suggest that over half of all patients with bipolar disorder on prescribed medication show compliance issues, with most unable to attribute their deteriorating condition to this behavior.

21 Nov 2012

Ai Cure Technologies presents AiView digital health solution at CNS Summit

New York City-based Ai Cure Technologies opened the Innovation Showcase at CNS Summit in Boca Raton, Fla, with a presentation of its flagship digital health solution, AiView.

19 Nov 2012

New intervention strategies needed to reach HIV-infected youth at birth

As youth infected at birth with HIV reach adolescence and young adulthood, a new study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases underscores the need to promote healthy behaviors as some of these young people become sexually active.

9 Nov 2012

Reduced copayment policy has benefits all round

Reducing patients’ copayments for statins and clopidogrel could increase their adherence without adding financial burden to the healthcare system, researchers say.

18 Oct 2012

Factors associated with medication non-adherence identified for PD

Depression and complex drug regimens are among the factors associated with non-adherence to medication in patients with Parkinson’s disease, show the findings of a systematic review.

17 Oct 2012

Access to doctors’ notes ‘gives patients more control’

Giving patients access to their primary care doctors’ notes makes them feel more in control of their care and more likely to adhere to medication, suggests a US study.

12 Oct 2012

Homeless Intermediate Care Pilot Project helps reduce hospital, ED admissions

A nurse outreach programme to treat people using a homeless shelter in London led to a fall of 77 per cent in hospital admissions from the shelter and a cut of 52 per cent in emergency department attendances.

12 Oct 2012

Reduced copayment policy has benefits all round

Reducing patients’ copayments for statins and clopidogrel could increase their adherence without adding financial burden to the healthcare system, researchers say.

11 Oct 2012