Overcoming Low Adherence to Chronic Medications by Improving their Effectiveness using a Personalized Second-generation Digital System
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Areej Bayatra1, Rima Nasserat1, Yaron Ilan1
1Department of Medicine, the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Introduction:
Low adherence to chronic treatment regimens is a significant barrier to improving clinical outcomes in patients with chronic diseases. Low adherence is a result of multiple factors.
Methods:
We review the relevant studies on the prevalence of low adherence and present some potential solutions.
Results:
This review presents studies on the current measures taken to overcome low adherence, indicating a need for better methods to deal with this problem. The use of first-generation digital systems to improve adherence is mainly based on reminding patients to take their medications, which is one of the reasons they fail to provide a solution for many patients. The establishment of a second-generation artificial intelligence system, which aims to improve the effectiveness of chronic drugs, is described.
Conclusion:
Improving clinically meaningful outcome measures and disease parameters may increase adherence and improve patients' response to therapy.
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