Building relationships for better health: 3 patient interventions to improve adherence

The financial and health implications of medication nonadherence are staggering — costing the U.S. healthcare system between $100 and $290 billion annually and taking the lives of 125,000 people each year. When patients fail to take their medications as directed, they are at risk of disrupted treatment, disease progression, increased hospitalizations and unnecessary medical costs.

While patients navigate new challenges to adherence brought on by the pandemic, such as fear of in-person visits to hospitals, pharmacists are ideally positioned to promote the value of adherence through a patient-centered approach to pharmacotherapy.

Pharmacists can work directly with patients to improve their adherence and, ultimately, their quality of life. Here are three patient-centered interventions that pharmacists can leverage to improve medication adherence:

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MORE ABOUT Alan Van Amber, RPh

As Senior Vice President of Provider Services, Alan is responsible for developing networks that meet client access, discount and quality needs, and providing oversight of the Navitus pharmacy network, including auditing and credentialing. Alan directs strategies for the procurement of pharmacy services through retail, mail and specialty channels to provide the best value to clients and members. 

Prior to joining Navitus, Alan held several senior-level positions at Prime Therapeutics, including Vice President of Pharmacy Network Management. He contracted with provider pharmacies for the initial launch of Medicare Part D, generated multimillion-dollar network savings from market-leading discounts and secured favorable dispensing fee agreements.