Fun and Games for Medication Adherence
Fun and Games for Medication Adherence
Fun and Games for Medication Adherence
By Deborah Abrams Kaplan
July 24, 2020
Summary
Positive feedback comes when patients see the medication control the disease and influence results of laboratory tests.
Aside from wanting to do right by their patients, providers participating in value-based care programs also have a financial incentive to encourage medication adherence, because nonadherent patients make it harder to meet financial benchmarks.
Available technologies addressing adherence range from embedding medications with ingestible sensors to digital reminders to patients to take their pills.
Patients schedule reminders to take their medication and log in to mark when it was taken or give a reason it wasn't.
HealthPrize Technologies in Norwalk, Connecticut, works with patients and drug companies, using gamification, behavioral economics and loyalty marketing techniques to encourage medication adherence.
Medisafe lets patients document biometrics such as blood pressure, blood glucose levels and blood oxygen levels and correlate that information with their medication adherence.
Technology is just one tool, along with patient education, counseling, decision-making strategies, medication therapy, refill synchronization policies and innovative contracting arrangements.
Reference
Kaplan, D. A. (2020, July 24). Fun and Games for Medication Adherence. Retrieved July 28, 2020, from https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/fun-and-games-for-medication-adherence