Integration of Provider, Pharmacy, and Patient-Reported Data to Improve Medication Adherence for Type 2 Diabetes: A Controlled Before-After Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with diabetes often have poor adherence to using medications as prescribed. The reasons why, however, are not well understood. Furthermore, most health care delivery processes do not routinely assess medication adherence or the factors that contribute to poor adherence.

Objective

The objective of the study was to assess the feasibility of an integrated informatics approach to aggregating and displaying clinically relevant data with the potential to identify issues that may interfere with appropriate medication utilization and facilitate patient-provider communication during clinical encounters about strategies to improve medication use.

Methods

We developed a clinical dashboard within an electronic health record (EHR) system that uses data from thr

SUBMITTER: Dixon BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4763113 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature