Introduction to Your Role in Promoting Adherence
Some Important Points…
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Providers have a responsibly to bring up medication adherence during medical visits.
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Adherence plays a critical role in care. If you are increasing the dose of a non-adherent patient, you run the risk of prescribing too much medication.
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Nonadherence is thought to account for 30% to 50% of treatment failures.
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Adherence is a key mediator between medical practice and patient outcomes.
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Module 1
1. Wroth TH, Pathman DE. Primary medication adherence in a rural population: the role of the patient-physician relationship and satisfaction with care. J Am Board Fam Med. 2006; 19(5): 478-486.
2.Kravitz RL, Melnikow J. Medical adherence research: time for a change in direction. Med Care. 2004; 42; 197-199.
3. American College of Preventive Medicine. Medication Adherence Clinical Reference. A Resource from the American College of Preventive Medicine. http://www.acpm.org/?MedAdherTT_ClinRef
