Non-adherence in health care results when a patient does not initiate or continue care that a provider has recommended. Researchers have identified non-adherence as a major source of waste in US ...

For patients managing chronic conditions, medication adherence plays a crucial role in successful treatment. However, adherence rates are alarmingly low, with only about 50% of patients consistently ...

Medication non-adherence is a persistent and complex issue that presents ongoing difficulties for patients and providers alike. When patients can’t or don’t take their medications as prescribed, they ...

For as long as there have been diseases and physicians who treat them, patients have resisted taking the medicines prescribed by their doctors. These patients are described as being "non-adherent" (or ...

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 ...

Most patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) showed partial non-adherence to antidiabetic therapy, with about one fourth of those prescribed an SGLT2 inhibitor not taking it. Partial non-adherence rose ...

Accountable care organizations are incentivized to keep their patients healthy and shrink healthcare expenditures. Ensuring that patients with chronic diseases take their medications as prescribed and ...