Improving medication adherence may have a greater influence on the health of our
population than in the discovery of any new therapy. Patients are nonadherent to their …

Introduction Medication adherence can be defined as the extent to which one's medication-
taking behaviour follows that mutually agreed upon by the prescribing physician. Optimal …

Objective Despite evidence indicating therapeutic benefit for adhering to a prescribed
regimen, many patients do not take their medications as prescribed. Non-adherence often …

Objective: To propose a unifying set of definitions for prescription adherence research
utilizing electronic health record prescribing databases, prescription dispensing databases …

Although statin therapy has proven to be the cornerstone for prevention and treatment of
cardiovascular disease (CVD), there are many patients for whom long-term therapy remains …

Background Although statins have been shown to reduce cardiovascular disease mortality,
less than half of US adults achieve their low-density lipoprotein cholesterol goal. In many …

BACKGROUND: Significant disparities exist in cardiovascular outcomes based on
race/ethnicity and gender. Rates of evidence-based medication use and long-term …

Background: Classifying medication adherence is important for efficiently targeting
adherence improvement interventions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of …

Background Prior studies suggest that persistence with and adherence to statin therapy is
low. Interventions to improve statin persistence and adherence have been developed over …

Statins are highly effective drugs prescribed to millions of people to lower LDL-cholesterol
and decrease cardiovascular risk. The benefits of statin therapy seen in randomized clinical …