Overcoming Barriers to Medication Adherence in Complex Populations
Senscio’s Krista Thomas on the importance of education and engagement in achieving better outcomes
“Once they have the knowledge, you can see the medication adherence go up, you can see how they are taking better care of themselves, you can see as their blood sugars go down, their blood pressures go down, and you know that hey, all it took was them taking their medications correctly for this to happen."
Addressing one of the Nation's biggest health care challenges
About one in five prescriptions are never filled, according to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those that are, about half are taken incorrectly, leading to at least 100,000 preventable deaths and roughly $100 billion in preventable health care costs each year. More than half of adults over the age of 65 report taking four or more prescription drugs, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. Read more.