title: 'Patient profiles' give providers ammunition to tame cholesterol levels.
abstract: Provider-focused intervention tames high cholesterol levels. Could it be that the solution to poor drug compliance is as simple as arming physicians with data about their patients' prescription-filling habits? Not quite, but an intervention developed by Bloomfield, CT-based CIGNA Pharmacy Management suggests this type of approach can go a long way toward getting patients to meet their cholesterol goals.
mesh_terms: D003237:Connecticut; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy*; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007356:Insurance, Pharmaceutical Services; D010349:Patient Compliance; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior