patient adherence

Improving Adherence With Asthma Controllers | News Brief

A tailored interactive website appears to provide some benefit in improving controller medication adherence for children with asthma. The intervention—which prompted par­ents to assess their child’s asthma each month for 6 months and receive tailored feedback on controller use and adherence strategies—appeared to be most effective when measured at 6 months when compared with non-users.…

The Need for Ensuring Medication Continuity

The Need for Ensuring Medication Continuity | Feature

Patients discharged from the hospital have an elevated risk of discontinuing their long-term medications for chronic diseases, according to new study data. Systematic approaches to transitions are needed in healthcare to ensure medication continuity.