Behavior-changing methods for improving adherence to medication.

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Willey, C. (1999). Behavior-changing methods for improving adherence to medication. Current Hypertension Reports, 1(6), 477–81.
Long-term adherence to antihypertensive drug therapy is poor, and new strategies to predict and improve adherence to prescribed drug regimens are needed. The literature on behavio…

A test of financial incentives to improve warfarin adherence.

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Volpp, K. G., Loewenstein, G., Troxel, A. B., Doshi, J., Price, M., Laskin, M., & Kimmel, S. E. (2008). A test of financial incentives to improve warfarin adherence. BMC Health Services Research, 8, 272.
Sub-optimal adherence to warfarin places millions of patients at risk for stroke and bleeding complications each year. Novel methods are needed to improve adherence for warfarin. …

Understanding the use of contextual cues: design implications for medication adherence technologies that support remembering.

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Stawarz, K., Rodríguez, M. D., Cox, A. L., & Blandford, A. (2016). Understanding the use of contextual cues: design implications for medication adherence technologies that support remembering. Digital Health, 2, 1-18.
Forgetfulness is one of the main reasons of unintentional medication non-adherence. Adherence technologies that help people remember to take their medications on time often do not…

Osteoporosis telephonic intervention to improve medication regimen adherence: a large, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial.

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Solomon, D. H., Iversen, M. D., Avorn, J., Gleeson, T., Brookhart, M. A., Patrick, A. R., ... & Katz, J. N. (2012). Osteoporosis telephonic intervention to improve medication regimen adherence: a large, pragmatic, randomized controlled trial. Archives of internal medicine, 172(6), 477-483.
Multiple studies demonstrate poor adherence to medication regimens prescribed for chronic illnesses, including osteoporosis, but few interventions have been proven to enhance adhe…

A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to β-blocker therapy following myocardial infarction.

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Smith, D. H. (2008). A randomized trial of direct-to-patient communication to enhance adherence to β-blocker therapy following myocardial infarction. Archives of Internal Medicine, 168(5), 477-483.
We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial in 4 geographically dispersed health maintenance organizations testing the hypothesis that a simple direct-to-patient interventi…

Implementation of a Medication Adherence Program (MAP) in the Primary Care Setting for Adults Diagnosed with Hypertension

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Harrell, R. (July 2017). Implementation of a Medication Adherence Program (MAP) in the Primary Care Setting for Adults Diagnosed with Hypertension (DNP Scholarly Project, East Carolina University).
Medication adherence is a significant problem in primary care. The primary care site chosen for this project reported poor patient medication adherence was related to age, health …

An apple a day: Habit formation in medication adherence.

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Marquez-Padilla, F. (2015). An apple a day: Habit formation in medication adherence (Department of Economics, Princeton University).
In this paper I study the causal effect of prescription duration on medical nonadherence and explore its effects on habit formation. By exploiting a recent change in policy made b…

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