New study demonstrates significant improvements in medication adherence and 6% lower odds of 30-day readmissions at ...

A new type of “smart pill” designed to confirm when medications are actually swallowed could one day help doctors better ...

In an advance that could help ensure people are taking their medication on schedule, MIT engineers have designed a pill that ...

Remembering to take medication every single day can become confusing and burdensome. MIT scientists have made capsules that ...

Medication adherence is important in chronic disease management. This systematic review demonstrates that dosing frequency has important effects on medication adherence. Four electronic databases were ...

Approximately half of all Americans do not take their medication as prescribed by their doctor. This medication non-adherence causes an estimated 125,000 additional deaths and as much as $300 billion ...

Adherence is difficult to measure accurately. Studies of refill data, extended electronic bottle cap monitoring and drug levels are the most robust methodologies. There is a growing role for measuring ...

A large US claims analysis links out-of-pocket medication costs with adherence and discontinuation patterns among patients ...

Medication non-adherence is a major societal problem with serious clinical and economic consequences, associated with 200,000 deaths and 125 billion euros of costs annually in Europe. Studies show ...

Medication adherence packaging is no longer a “nice to have”—it’s becoming a core component of modern healthcare delivery. As ...

In 2017, an expert commission organized by the Lancet examined the current state of asthma care. That commission identified poor medication adherence as one of the principal barriers standing between ...