A digital hybrid platform with dedicated health coaches helped improve outcomes for patients with hypertension and heart failure, so the health system is expanding access to virtual primary care.

In this free webinar, learn how accounting for individual patient psychology, perceptions and beliefs can mitigate the risk of non-adherence to treatment and clinical trial dropout. The speakers will discuss the advantages of integrating this approach into overall patient engagement strategies.

Including low- to moderate-intensity physical exercise in a weekly lifestyle intervention could improve medication adherence in persons with severe mental disorders, a trial suggests.

We've got great treatments, says Steven Feldman, the key is getting patients to use them

The monthly to bimonthly injectable regimens help overcome challenges that some patients face with daily pills.

If you're not talking with your patients about how they can save money on their healthcare, you're missing an opportunity to improve outcomes.

To assess the effects that failure to take pills has on the efficacy of combined oral contraceptives, the researchers reviewed data from a pair of parallel phase 3 trials.

After identifying risks that patients may not take medications, providers received information on financial resources information to share with them.

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People who received personalized nutrition education at the grocery store significantly improved adherence to a healthy diet, in a study where researchers partnered with a large supermarket company.

With more complete data at the point of care – including patient out-of-pocket drug cost options – Emory aims to assist patients with prescription affordability and improve their medication outcomes.

The low rates of regular exercise and overall physical activity (PA) in the general population represent a significant public health challenge. Previous research suggests that, for many people, exercise leads to a negative affective response and, in turn, ...

"Identifying patients at risk for nonadherence is important to develop strategies to improve adherence."

China's ruling party has called for strict adherence to the hard-line "zero-COVID" policy in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in places. The party's

China's ruling party has called for strict adherence to the hard-line "zero-COVID" policy in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in places

Questionable benefit may hinge on number of hours used

Experts working on the next generation of pre-exposure prophylaxis want to improve adherence and expand the focus to women at risk of HIV exposure.

China's ruling party has called for strict adherence to the hard-line "zero-COVID" policy in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions after regulations were eased slightly in places. The party's

SCAN Health Plan, a not-for-profit Medicare Advantage plan that serves more than 270,000 people in Arizona, California, and Nevada, employed a process to improve the percentage of Black and Hispanic patients who took their cholesterol, diabetes, and blood pressure medicines as prescribed. The approach can be used to reduce other racial or ethnic disparities in health care.

Easing out-of-pocket expenses for preventive medications for peripheral arterial disease could help improve adherence and health outcomes.