Researchers like the EMERGE guideline
The publication about the EMERGE guideline in the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing was among the most dowloaded articles in 2019, see link. The EMERGE guideline or the ‘ESPACOMP Medication Adherence Reporting Guideline’ is aimed at improving the reporting of medication adherence studies. It is…
Looking back at ESPACOMP Porto 2019
The annual ESPACOMP conference of this year about medication adherence was held at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Porto link. Porto is Portugal’s second largest city and the country was actually named after the city (the former name of Porto was Portucale)….
Video ESPACOMP Porto 2019
A lovely video about ESPACOMP Porto 2019 made by Charlotte Poot
ESPACOMP interprofessional training for healthcare professionals on adherence to medications in Lyon, France
An interdisciplinary Franco-Swiss team is currently developing the first French-speaking interprofessional training programme on adherence in Lyon, France. Supported by ESPACOMP, this programme is a collaboration between two academic institutions: the Health Services and Performance Research (HESPER) laboratory, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France, and…
Polypill for the prevention of cardiovascular disease
A combination pill, a so-called ‘polypill’, that contains low doses of multiple medications with proven effectiveness for the prevention of cardiovascular disease led to greater reductions in systolic blood pressure and LDL cholesterol level than were observed with usual care in a socioeconomically deprived minority…
PhD Position: Electronic Healthcare Data and medication adherence support in primary care
Edinburgh Napier University, School of Health and Social Care, invite applications for a three-year PhD position in Edinburgh, Scotland. This studentship is part of a quality improvement initiative aiming to integrate feedback from Electronic Healthcare Data in medication adherence support in primary care. More specifically,…
Who is … Liset van Dijk?
Who is … Liset van Dijk? Liset Van Dijk wrote her doctoral thesis about family sociology at the University of Utrecht (in the center of the Netherlands) after she had obtained her Master degree at Wageningen University (situated in a small town in the eastern…
Who is … Bernard Vrijens?
Bernard Vrijens obtained his PhD in applied mathematics from Ghent University (Belgium) and currently holds the position of professor at the University of Liège (Belgium). He is also CEO of the AARDEX company that delivers MEMS devices for electronic monitoring of medication taking as well…
Statistical Analysis and Interpretation of Medication Adherence Data
Interested in how to measure medication adherence? Learn how to turn adherence electronic monitoring, EHR, claims data or self-report data into meaningful outcomes at the ESPACOMP Data Analysis workshop. Join us 19-21 November in Porto, Portugal. See workshop program. Register here.
Implementation science and e-health – Porto – Nov 21, 2019
Interested in how to implement e-health solutions to manage medication adherence ? Come to our preconference “Implementation science and e-health” at ESPACOMP 2019 in Porto on Nov 21. This one day workshop addresses the intersection of implementation science and e-Health. Building upon prior ESPACOMP implementation…