Medication Compliance & Drug Monitoring – #HITsm Chat Topic

We’re excited to share the topic and questions for this week’s #HITsm chat happening Friday, 10/5 at Noon ET (9 AM PT). This week’s chat will be hosted by Joy Rios (@askjoyrios) and Robin Roberts (@rrobertsehealth) on the topic of “Medication Compliance & Drug Monitoring”.

One of the most effective medical interventions to significantly improve the health of patients doesn’t require the latest technology or expensive medication but simply involves helping them take their existing medication as prescribed.
It’s not a light topic, but we believe that people can benefit from more awareness about their actual risks, as opposed to sensationalized risks that make good stories for the popular media.

Between 41% and 59% of mentally ill patients take their medication infrequently or not at all.

Examples of common non-adherence behaviors include:

1 in 2 people missed a dose
1 in 3 forgot if they took the med
1 in 4 did not get a refill on time

Medication non-adherence is an enormous problem that is still largely unaddressed by the healthcare system, but it’s not totally out of our control. Join us for this week’s #HITsm chat as we talk about medication compliance and drug monitoring.
Topics for this week’s #HITsm Chat:
T1: In what ways has medication non-compliance affected you or anyone you know? Professional or Personal. Can be acute or episodic… #HITsm
T2: Why didn’t the patient adhere? Was there a social determinant? An issu...

Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 3, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: #HITsm Digital Health Healthcare Healthcare AI Healthcare Interoperability HealthCare IT #HITsm Topics Drug Monitoring Joy Rios Medication Compliance Robin Roberts Source Type: blogs