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Research Research demonstrates patient communications improve medication adherence A great body of research conducted at leading universities and healthcare systems demonstrates that automated patient communications drive and improve medication adherence. As new communications technologies evolve, research is conducted to determine how to best use them to improve patients' outcomes. When conducting studies, researchers prefer working with iReminder to provide phone, SMS texting, smart phone alerts and email because:
Understanding — and solving — patient non-compliance is an urgent public health concern. One-quarter (1/4) of people receiving prescriptions never fill the first one. Patients with chronic diseases, such as diabetes and coronary artery disease, adhere to their medication regimen only 50% of the time. Medication non-adherence is a frequent cause of preventable hospitalizations and costs the U.S. health care system $300 billion annually. |
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