Introduction to Your Role in Promoting Adherence

Some Important Points…

• Providers have a responsibly to bring up medication adherence during medical visits.

   

• 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.

   

• Nonadherence is thought to account for 30% to 50% of treatment failures.

   

• Adherence is a key mediator between medical practice and patient outcomes.

• Module 1

   

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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