Medication Adherence

App may improve meds adherence among seniors with mild cognitive impairment … Maine, Hawaii top list of states’ pandemic healthcare performance … COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy spills into adults’...

More prescriptions do not necessarily mean better health outcomes. Deprescribing, which is the planned and supervised process of intentionally stopping a medication or reducing its dose, is a critically...

Taking stock of the industry coming out of the pandemic The pandemic has impacted us all. We were caught unaware and unprepared, some more than others – but we all had a level of suffering. However,...

When older adults take blood pressure medications as prescribed, even the most frail live longer, according to a study of 1.3 million.

A phone call, email or text successfully prompts statin-takers to fill their first prescription and stick with their medication regimen, say researchers.

Medication adherence may help keep residents out of the hospital, according to a new investigation of adults age 50 and older.

In an odd twist of logic, seniors risk falls, sickness and even hospitalization when they switch to using a pill organizer. A new guide offers solutions.

Stericycle has created Seal&Send Medication MailBack Envelopes and Medication Collection Kiosks to give long-term care facilities new options to dispose of unused or expired medications.

People not following their doctors’ medication orders contributes to an estimated 125,000 deaths and 10% of hospitalizations per year, along with somewhere between $100 billion and $289 billion in...

Family members need to know what to expect when their loved one enters a nursing home: Falls may happen, medications may change, and a private room may not be an option.