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Ten-step Adherence Action Agenda Advocates For Patients of Multiple Chronic Conditions
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/24/2013 - 13:48
- Establish medicine adherence as a priority goal of all federal and state efforts
- Establish the role of the patient navigator within the care team to help patients with multiple chronic conditions
- Promote clinical management approaches that are tailored to the specific needs and circumstances
- Incentivize the entire healthcare system to incorporate adherence education and medication support
- Eliminate the barriers that impede patients with multiple chronic conditions to refill their prescription medicines
- Reduce the cost-sharing barriers by lowering or eliminating patient copayments for prescription medicines used to treat the most common chronic diseases
- Accelerate the adoption of new health information technologies that promote medication adherence.
- Establish medication adherence as a measure for the accreditation of healthcare professional educational programs
- Address multiple chronic conditions and optimal medication management approaches in treatment guidelines
- Focused research on medication adherence to promote the safe and appropriate use of different medicines in this patient population
Source: National Council on Patient Information and Education
Source URL: http://www.bemedicinesmart.org/A3_Report.pdf
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