Archive for the ‘Compliance’ Category
Saturday, August 4th, 2007
After the English health service announced it is going to reward drug addicts who comply with treatment programs by giving them shopping vouchers, an article in this week's British Medical Journal wonders whether it is acceptable to do this.
According to Tom Burns, a senior psychiatrist at Warneford Hospital, Oxford, rewarding ...
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Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
Millions of U.S. residents with chronic conditions either do not take medications correctly or stop taking them altogether, according to a report to be released this week by the National Council on Patient Information and Education, the AP/Peoria Journal Star reports. According to the report, people who initially are symptom-free ...
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
"Insuring All Children -- The New Political Imperative," New England Journal of Medicine: In the health policy report, NEJM national correspondent John Iglehart discusses the history of SCHIP and the program's effect on access and quality. Iglehart also discusses the debate in Congress over reauthorizing and expanding SCHIP, which expires ...
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Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
Allergy season is here, and over-the-counter allergy medications are flying off the shelves. But did you know that mixing certain allergy medications with other medicines can have hazardous effects on your health?
The active ingredients of allergy products can cause over-medicating with other combination or single-entity non-prescription or prescription medications.
"By consulting ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Although taking an aspirin regularly can lower the risk of heart disease, a new study finds that too few adults are using the common pain reliever for prevention.
Past studies have proven that aspirin can prevent a heart attack in people with heart disease and can lower the chances of getting ...
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Monday, April 16th, 2007
Half of all patients don't take their medications as directed, putting their health at risk and potentially driving up the cost of their health care.
In "Patient Compliance with Medications: Issues and Opportunities" (Pharmaceutical Products Press, $32.95), Jack Fincham, A.W. Jowdy Professor of Pharmacy Care at the University of Georgia College ...
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Thursday, April 12th, 2007
A soon-to-be released online device, called Med-eMonitor, will be used as part of a Medicare program in Tennessee to alert patients when to take their medications, the Tennessean reports. The device sends elderly people reminders, usually with a song-like tone, to take their medication. It also sends a message to ...
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Tuesday, April 10th, 2007
Patients report that leaflets provided with prescription drugs do not meet their needs, according to a new systematic review. Instead, poor layout and complex language often hinder communication.
Review studies confirm that written drug information does not improve patient understanding of their medications. Many people would like information that better helps ...
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Monday, April 9th, 2007
People are mixing supplements, herbs and over-the-counter medications and prescription drugs to cure themselves of ills, unaware that they could be making themselves sicker, says George Grossberg, M.D., director of the division of geriatric psychiatry at Saint Louis University.
Dr. Grossberg is about to change all that. He is the co-author ...
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