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The Promise of AI in Healthcare - AllazoHealth

The Promise of AI in Healthcare

Unlocking Tomorrow’s Healthcare with Artificial Intelligence The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way patient support programs (PSPs) and marketing strategies operate. This article dives into AI’s transformative opportunities for PSPs and marketing…

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How Omnichannel Technologies Can Improve Patient Care

How Omnichannel Technologies Can Improve Patient Care

Emerging technologies have transformed many aspects of the healthcare industry, from how care is delivered to when and where patient interactions take place. Gone are the days of strict rules-based patient support. Instead, today’s consumers…

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Improve Anti-Diabetic Medication Adherence with AI

Improve Anti-Diabetic Medication Adherence with AI

463 million. That’s the number of people around the world currently living with diabetes, according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). And it’s estimated that the figure will jump further to 578 million by 2030,…

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Patient Intervention: Effective Tactics for Pharmacies, Payers, and Pharma

4 Tips for a Successful Medication Adherence Program

For healthcare organizations, designing an effective medication adherence program to support patients can be easier said than done. According to AllazoHealth’s William Grambley, CEO, and Linda Schultz, Chief Customer and Clinical Officer, keeping these tips…

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4 Strategies to Improve Patient Medication Adherence
How Machine Learning Can Help With Non-Adherence

How Machine Learning Can Predict Medication Non-Adherence

Machine learning powers many of the services we regularly use, from personalized recommendations on Netflix and Spotify to voice assistants such as Siri or Alexa. In recent years, machine learning has gained momentum in healthcare…

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Improving Medication Adherence to Specialty Drugs
How Gaps in the Healthcare System Impact Patient Outcomes

How Gaps in the Healthcare System Impact Patient Outcomes

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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How COVID-19 Has Impacted Medication Adherence

How COVID-19 Has Impacted Medication Adherence

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted just about every facet of our lives between 2020 and 2022. So much has changed, from how we interact socially to how we access healthcare and take our medications. So…

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The Halo Effect of Adherence to Antidepressants

The Halo Effect of Adherence to Antidepressants

In the popular imagination, depression is chronic sadness. In reality, it is a devastating illness with widespread mental and physical health effects. One of the most common challenges of depression is a motivation deficit. People…

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The Importance of Diabetes Medication Adherence

The Importance of Diabetes Medication Adherence

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 can be managed with treatment. A 2016 study…

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Factors That Influence Medication Adherence

Factors That Influence Medication Adherence

Medication adherence is a complex issue that impacts the entire healthcare industry. Patients fail to take their medications as prescribed for many reasons, and the consequences are often significant. To improve medication adherence, it’s essential to…

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7 Ways to Prevent Medication Non-Adherence in Teens

7 Ways to Prevent Medication Non-Adherence in Teens

Medication non-adherence is a long-standing problem in the healthcare industry, significantly impacting patient outcomes and contributing to the rising costs of care. For patients in their teenage years, taking medications as prescribed presents even greater…

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Patient Support Programs Can Improve Medication Adherence

3 Ways Patient Support Programs Can Improve Medication Adherence

Poor medication adherence can have significant consequences, ranging from worsening health conditions and comorbidities, to an increased risk of hospitalization and even mortality. However, well-designed patient support programs supplemented by smart data and technology have…

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Reasons Why Non-Adherence Occurs

6 Reasons Why Non-Adherence Occurs

Medication non-adherence is a common and unfortunate reality in healthcare. Research has proven time and time again that despite intervention efforts, up to 50% of patients fail to take their medications as prescribed.  Far too…

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Senior medication adherence: the growing problem

Senior Medication Adherence: The Growing Problem

By the year 2030 the entire Baby Boomer generation will be age 65 or older. This growing number of senior Boomers will challenge the health care system, particularly when it comes to medication management and…

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Advances in patient interventions: How to manage complexity

Advances in Patient Interventions: How to Manage Complexity

Patient adherence programs are continually searching for more cost-effective interventions that improve clinical outcomes. Tactics have expanded beyond outreach by phone call to digital channels including emails and SMS text messages. In a trial of…

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The challenge of mental health drug non-adherence

The Challenge of Mental Health Drug Non-Adherence

Major mental health disorders are some of the most difficult conditions to manage. According to a retrospective analysis in Systematic Reviews, almost 450 million people are affected by mental health disorders worldwide, contributing 14% of…

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Overcoming medication adherence barriers in oral anticancer meds

Overcoming Medication Adherence Barriers in Oral Anticancer Meds

Over the past decade, treatment in a variety of cancers, particularly breast cancer, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and non-small cell lung cancer, has switched from intermittent intravenous therapy to self-administered targeted oral anticancer medications (OAMs). There…

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How is the Pharmaceutical Industry Addressing Medication Adherence?
Overcoming barriers in physician partnerships

Overcoming barriers in physician partnerships

Pharmaceutical companies have aspired to make medication adherence programs more effective for years. A report from Credit Suisse shows that increased adherence could substantially increase revenue from 2020–2026 for leading pharma companies such as Merck,…

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4 keys to a successful medication adherence program

4 keys to a successful medication adherence program

With medication non-adherence costing the industry more than $600 billion a year, many pharmaceutical companies are creating medication adherence programs, often in conjunction with pharmacists and payers. According to Andrea Kasprzyk, Director of Sales at…

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Artificial intelligence study demonstrates a 52% uplift in patient adherence indicators
Covid-19 Widens Disparities in Medication Adherence between Patient Populations
AI-optimized pharma patient support program drives adherence

AI-optimized pharma patient support program drives adherence

A leading pharmaceutical company engaged AllazoHealth on a multi-year project using artificial intelligence to optimize a patient support program for a major product. Overcoming an adherence challenge The pharmaceutical company faced a challenge: An estimated…

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Optimizing DIR contracts and achieving adherence measures

Optimizing DIR contracts and achieving adherence measures

Pharmacies can use artificial intelligence to make adherence improvements that meet the goals of their payer contracts, specifically the ones known as DIR (direct and indirect remuneration). When it comes to getting reimbursements, adherence plays…

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