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- Title
MEDICATION ADHERENCE: We Didn't Ask and They Didn't Tell.
- Authors
Brown, Marie T.; Sinsky, Christine A.
- Abstract
The article focuses on medication adherence that makes patients sure of having their medicine as prescribed by their health care providers and helps doctors to solve their patients medical problems. It also mentions that patients' non-adherence can lead them to frustration and poor finances. Five ways to improve medication adherence including ask the question, developing a differential diagnosis of non-adherence, and prescribing the right drug at the right dose are also mentioned.
- Subjects
DRUGS; FAMILY medicine; INFORMATION storage &; retrieval systems; MEDICAL databases; EVALUATION of medical care; MOTIVATION (Psychology); EVALUATION of organizational effectiveness; PATIENT compliance; PATIENT education; PHARMACEUTICAL arithmetic; PHYSICIAN-patient relations; QUALITY assurance; DISCLOSURE; POLYPHARMACY; MEDICATION reconciliation
- Publication
Family Practice Management, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 2, p25
- ISSN
1069-5648
- Publication type
Article