Written by the Health Quality Innovation Network:
Taking medications as prescribed or medication adherence is important for controlling chronic conditions, treating temporary conditions, and overall long-term health and well-being.
Clinician Resources:
- Why You Need to Take Your Medications as Prescribed or Instructed
- The Benefits and Risks of Adherence to Medical Therapy
Patient Resources: The items and practices below can be shared with your patients to help them increase their own medication adherence practices:
- Easy-to-use, one-page medication log
- A medical appointment question list to help them prepare beforehand
- Conduct targeted comprehensive medication reviews (CMR) at least annually. Click HERE to learn more about HQIN’s Blue Bag Review.
- Medication synchronization is a medication management strategy that aligns the refill dates for two or more prescriptions. Encourage individuals who receive multiple prescriptions to ask for their medications to be filled on the same dates.