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PHOENIX, July 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Avella Specialty Pharmacy and AdhereTech are proud to share the results that their successful partnership continues to have for patients. Avella currently uses the AdhereTech program for five specialty medications, in programs with four different pharmaceutical manufacturers. Averaged across all patients and programs from …
Tag Archives: adherence
July, 2018
April, 2018
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23 April
Prime Therapeutics Finds Poor Adherence to High-Cost Multiple Sclerosis Therapy
PAUL, Minn., April 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Two new studies by pharmacy benefit manager Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime), using real-world integrated medical and pharmacy data, show members with multiple sclerosis (MS) had 8.3 times higher annual total health care expense than members without MS. More than 80 percent of the …
November, 2016
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16 November
Medication Nonadherence Causes Pharmaceutical Companies to Lose $637 Billion in Revenue Annually
NORWALK, Conn., Nov. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — HealthPrize Technologies today announced the publication of an update to a research paper co-authored with Capgemini estimating annual pharmaceutical revenue losses of $637 billion due to medication nonadherence to medications for the treatment of chronic conditions. Globally, revenue loss has increased from $564 …
September, 2016
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27 September
Breaking Down Restrictions
For many years, the standard plan for treating hepatitis C infections called for excluding active drug users. Experts at the 5th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users who recently met in Oslo, aim to revise what is considered standard care. New research was discussed at the symposium, specifically …
August, 2016
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22 August
CVS Study Shows Value in Tailoring Medication Adherence Interventions to Specific Patient Populations
WOONSOCKET, R.I., Aug. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — A new study from the CVS Health Research Institute found that interventions to keep patients with common chronic conditions adherent is extraordinarily cost-effective. The study, published today in The American Journal of Managed Care, also found an even greater opportunity for cost-savings if …
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17 August
Walgreens Partners with HealthPrize Technologies for Game-Based Drug Adherence Platform
NORWALK, Conn., Aug. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — HealthPrize Technologies today announced a collaboration with Walgreens through which the HealthPrize Action Engine® patient engagement and medication adherence platform will be offered through the drugstore chain’s website. The Walgreens program powered by HealthPrize will finish development later this month and will be …
July, 2016
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20 July
Sticking Points
There are several ‘sticking points’ that get in the way of patients sticking with their prescribed treatment. In fact, medication nonadherence remains a key area of wasted health care resources. A recent article in the Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy points out that there are two types of …
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12 July
Study Finds Low Levels of Adherence & Persistence Remain Barriers to Reducing Costs of Diabetes Complications
PARSIPPANY, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Despite improved diagnosis and advances in treatment options for individuals with Type 2 Diabetes, sub-optimal therapy adherence and persistence result in significant economic and societal burden as well as avoidable patient complications in six diverse healthcare systems around the world, according to a new report series issued today …
March, 2016
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29 March
Texting For Meds
Could better medication adherence be just a “text away”? According to a new analysis taking a closer look at several previous studies about adherence, when patients receive text reminders about their medication, adherence rates go up. Way up. Looking at medication adherence data from approximately 2,700 patients with chronic diseases, …
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9 March
Smoothing the Path
Medication adherence continues to be a challenge for the health care community. Successful treatment of disease simply cannot occur if patients are not adherent to medications. In addition, non-adherence leads to systemic waste. For example, up to 10% of all money spent on health care is attributed to avoidable health …