title: Medication adherence: process for implementation.
abstract: Improving medication adherence is a critically important, but often enigmatic objective of patients, providers, and the overall health care system. Increasing medication adherence has the potential to reduce health care costs while improving care quality, patient satisfaction and health outcomes. While there are a number of papers that describe the benefits of medication adherence in terms of cost, safety, outcomes, or quality of life, there are limited reviews that consider how best to seamlessly integrate tools and processes directed at improving medication adherence. We will address processes for implementing medication adherence interventions with the goal of better informing providers and health care systems regarding the safe and effective use of medications.
authors.affiliation: Pfizer Inc, Medical Affairs, New York, NY, USA ; Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Phil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mendys
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Leah L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Zullig
authors.affiliation: National Consumers League, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burkholder
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Bradi B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Granger
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA ; School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA ; Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Hayden B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Bosworth
keywords: health care systems; medication adherence; patient education; pharmacy; policy; self-management
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