Category Archives: medication adherence

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  Medication adherence vs. medication compliance

  Posted on January 21, 2013 by courtneyhughes in health behaviors, health costs, medication adherence

  People have asked me what the difference is between adherence and compliance, so I thought I’d post a short explanation: These two terms are both used to describe the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed by their health care providers. Not to confuse, but there are even more terms that describe this behavior— […]

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• Health and financial impact of implementing clinical decision support systems

  Posted on February 20, 2009 by courtneyhughes in health costs, health technology, medication adherence

  Today, a Healthcare IT News article was published on the financial impact of clinical decision support (CDS) systems. The article reported results from research I did as a consultant to Anvita Health, a health care analytics company. The primary finding is that the potential cost savings attributable to decreased medical costs from using advanced CDS […]

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