An Rx for better outcomes, lower costs

American Medical News
December 7, 2009

...nearly 75% of Americans report that they don't always take their medications as directed; one in three never even fill their prescriptions. Needless to say, the lack of medication adherence comes at a huge price and demands our renewed attention... 

...Broad-based solutions to improving adherence also have been advanced by the New England Healthcare Institute (www.nehi.net). Those solutions include creation of health care teams, better patient engagement and education, payment reform to provide incentives for counseling, and leveraging of health information technologies to provide direct evidence of medication adherence behaviors.

Link to Full Article: http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2009/12/07/edca1207.htm