title: Improving adherence to asthma therapies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Adherence to asthma therapies is poor leading to unnecessary morbidity and increased use of emergency and hospital resources. Strategies to improve adherence have not been successful.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Asthma adherence disease management is a clinical method to improve adherence for asthma patients. The method includes: diagnosing adherence status; identifying patient barriers leading to nonadherence; selecting specific strategies for the clinician for each barrier identified; use of patient-centered communication skills to enhance the effectiveness of the strategies employed. This approach is now being tested in multiple controlled trials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinicians may want to consider these strategies, in whole or in part, to improve asthma patient adherence.
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Weinstein
mesh_terms: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D037001:Directive Counseling; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic
chemical_list: D018927:Anti-Asthmatic Agents