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Medication non-adherence is a major healthcare challenge globally, with over half of patients with chronic conditions in developed countries failing to follow their prescribed medication regimen. This can lead to poor disease outcomes, increased hospital ...

Medication adherence is a major problem in the healthcare industry: it has a major impact on an individual’s health and is a major expense on the healthcare system. We note that much of human activity involves using our hands, often in conjunction ...

Elderly people or individuals diagnosed in the very early stages of Alzheimer’s Disease might have difficulty in taking medications according to the doctors’ instructions due to the vision problems or memory loss. However, medication adherence can ...

The treatment of chronic diseases commonly includes the long-term use of medication. However, patients typically do not accurately or continuously take their medications as prescribed. Building on medication reminders, this paper conceptualizes ...

Ensuring optimal medication adherence is a complex problem and require involvement of multiple stakeholders in a healthcare system. Poor medication adherence leads to severe health consequences as well a serious increase in healthcare costs. To ...

Poor adherence to prescribed drug treatments is one of the leading causes of illness and treatment failure, which increases re-hospitalizations. In Mexico, the factors that most contribute to the non-adherence problem are age, polypharmacy, and ...

Good medication adherence is directly proportional to good health recovery and general improvement of a patient’s health condition. Although many good medication adherence monitoring methods/techniques exist, the level of medication adherence for ...

Pharmaceutical pictograms are figures that provide a visual representation of medication instructions and warnings. Pictograms were created in order to lower the continuously rising problem of poor medication adherence due to patients ...

We present a retrospective analysis of data collected in the United States from the 2015 National Consumer Survey on the Medication Experience and Pharmacists’ Role in order to model the relationship between health information sources ...

Smartphone apps can potentially help in enhancing oral anticancer medication (OAM) adherence. Patient adoption and efficacy of such apps depends on inclusion of user-centred and evidence-based features. The objective of this study was to identify ...

Increasing popularity of inhaled therapy for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) stimulates research on both drug formulations and smart devices to support efficient pulmonary drug delivery. A major concern is the ...

Medication non-adherence in seniors can lead to severe health complications, including morbidity, mortality and decreased quality of life. In view of ageing populations worldwide, there is significant interest among the healthcare sector and ...

A recent trend in healthcare is to motivate patients to self-manage their health conditions in home-based settings. Self-management programs guide and motivate patients to achieve self-efficacy in the self-management of their disease through a regime of ...

Poor adherence to medication is a prevalent issue that affects 50---60% of chronically ill patients. We present Medplan, a platform for patients/caregivers and healthcare professionals (HCPs) that aims to enhance adherence, increase patient medication ...

Addressed medication non-adherence, an important aspect in healthcare which significantly influences patients health and expenses to patients, healthcare providers and insurance companies.The PMMP platform implemented and tested through a randomized ...

Patient acceptance is one of the major barriers toward widespread use of mHealth systems. The aim of this study was to assess system operability and whole trial feasibility, including patients' experience with their use of COMMODITY12 mHealth system ...

HighlightsWe propose a wearable sensor system for detecting swallows.We collect data and evaluate the system's ability to detect medication using machine learning algorithms.We use a probabilistic model to improve classification accuracy based on timing ...

We investigate the association between the use of Electronic Health Records EHR core functions in physician practices and medication adherence among chronically ill adults, as well as how patient activation moderates this relationship. Cross-sectional ...

Medication non-adherence is a major concern in the healthcare industry and has led to increases in health risks and medical costs. For many neurological diseases, adherence to medication regimens can be assessed by observing movement patterns. However, ...