Background: Suboptimum medication adherence is common in the United States and leads
to serious negative health consequences but may respond to intervention. Purpose: To …

Background People who are prescribed self administered medications typically take only
about half their prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications …

Background People who are prescribed self-administered medications typically take less
than half the prescribed doses. Efforts to assist patients with adherence to medications might …

Background Despite advances in treatment, the increasing and ageing population makes
heart failure an important cause of morbidity and death worldwide. It is associated with high …

Background: Many persons and their families are burdened by serious chronic illness in late
life. How to best support quality of life is an important consideration for care. Purpose: To …

Background The roles of pharmacists in patient care have expanded from the traditional
tasks of dispensing medications and providing basic medication counseling to working with …

Background: Patients with heart failure who take several prescription medications
sometimes have poor adherence to their treatment regimens. Few interventions designed to …

Background Breathlessness is a common and distressing symptom in advanced stages of
malignant and non‐malignant diseases. Appropriate management requires both …

Background At some point in life, virtually everyone experiences some type of pain. Pain is
often classified as acute or chronic. Acute pain, such as postoperative pain, subsides as …

Drug‐related problems are frequent and may result in reduced quality of life, and even
morbidity and mortality. Many studies have shown that clinical pharmacists can effectively …