gruuparasad/medadherence

medAdherence

Medication non-adherence is a big issue for Patients, their caregivers, Providers, PBMs, Pharmacy et al, leading to several issues and costs a lot. Having a combination of strategies is very much needed to track the medication non-adherence by design, and ensure better health, cost opportunities prevail.

Common reasons for medication mismanagement, in life cycle of drug administration, are:

• Prescription abandonment *
  
• Missing meds *
  
• Irregular medication schedule *
  
• Delayed Refill *
  
• Pill vs Non-pill *
  
• Missed refill *
  
• Medication non-availability *
  
• Non-follow-up *
  
• Non-coverage *
  

Some of the well-known techniques remain:
(1) Medication Reminder Apps - in hands of patients, caregivers
(2) SMS-based text reminders setup
(3) Refill reminders to ensure medcation availability in timely fashion
(4) AI-based models to predict non-adherence in Clinical settings
(5) Personal interventions by Caregivers/Family/Self

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