Healthcare is transitioning to a patient-centric approach powered by healthcare consumerism. Patients have fast become consumers first, and with the freedom to make decisions about their health journeys, they’re looking for healthcare choices that put…
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Ensuring proper medication adherence is essential for managing chronic conditions and maintaining overall health and well-being. However, barriers can result in non-adherence—especially for patients with more complex medication regimens. What makes a regimen complex? Both…
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Medication non-adherence is a serious issue contributing to increased healthcare costs, poor quality of life, health deterioration, and treatment failure. For every 100 prescriptions written, only around 25-30 are taken as directed. Fortunately, there are…
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Medication non-adherence is a significant challenge in healthcare today. Not only does non-adherence account for approximately 33-69 percent of hospital admissions, but it can also result in treatment failure, health deterioration, increased healthcare costs, poor…
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Gaps in the healthcare system have a profound impact on patient outcomes, and not in a positive way. Poor care coordination and management can result in missed or delayed treatment, introduce dangerous patient safety concerns,…
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Pharmaceutical companies spend more than $5 billion on patient support programs each year, but only 3 percent of patients actually use them. So what gives? What does an effective patient support program look like, and…
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In the digital age, we have access to more data than ever before. Companies of all shapes and sizes use data to make smarter business decisions, manage budgets, improve efficiency, meet customer expectations, and more.…
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Medication adherence rates for most chronic disease medications hover around 50-60 percent. This results in sky-high healthcare costs and preventable morbidity or mortality. Patient intervention programs can promote adherence, but choosing the right tactics is…
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The patient journey is paramount in healthcare today. Newly emerging technologies, shifting industry dynamics, and evolving consumer preferences are reshaping what the modern patient experience should look like. That’s why more and more healthcare organizations…
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Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States. Despite this grim statistic, diabetes medication adherence rates are surprisingly low, especially given that diabetes responds well to treatment. A 2016 study found…
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