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Using Feedback Informed Treatment to Improve Medication Adherence and Reduce Healthcare Costs
Medication adherence is a BIG problem. According to recent research, nearly one-third of the prescriptions written are never filled. Other data document that more than 60% of people who actually go the pharmacy and get the drug, do not take it as prescribed. What’s the problem, you may ask? Inefficiency aside, the health risks are — read more
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The Effects of Feedback on Medication Compliance and Outcome: The University of Pittsburgh Study
A number of years ago, I was conducting a workshop in Pittsburgh. At some point during the training, I met Dr. Jan Pringle, the director of the Program Evalutation Research Unit in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh. Jan had an idea: use outcome feedback to improve pharmacy practice and outcome. Every… — read more