Ensuring medication adherence is a critical aspect of patient care, directly influencing treatment outcomes and overall health. However, accurately measuring adherence has been a persistent challenge ...

This study compares the performance of several definitions of concurrent adherence to related medications. For each medication class, adherence for each patient was estimated using prescription-based ...

Self-reported adherence tended to overestimate medication adherence compared with electronic monitoring. Electronic monitoring of oral hypoglycemic agents but not self-reported adherence predicted ...

We believe the time has come to reconsider the use of medication adherence measures in the Medicare Star Rating System, as these measures no longer meaningfully discern quality differences across ...