Adherence: A bitter pill to swallow
On Wednesday October 2, 2019, the RCPE Manchester, in collaboration with Health Innovation Manchester, is organizing a symposium on patients’adherence to medicines; that is, the extent to which patients take their medications as prescribed. It aims for health professionals to understand The Problems, The Determinents,…
International experts in anticoagulation launch an interprofessional Guideline to support patients receiving oral therapy: New research from Int J Clin Pharm
The need to create a new Guideline emerged from the observation that anticoagulation therapy is consistently among the top five reasons for hospital admission, suggesting management of such therapy is suboptimal. Moreover, there was a need to complement those created by well-recognised societies and associations,…
Adherence to ART is key to reduce risk of HIV transmission
A prospective observational study, published in the Lancet, that was conducted at multiple sites in 14 European countries, demonstrates that the risk of HIV transmission is effectively zero in gay couples, who engage in condomless sex and of which 1 partner has HIV but whose…
Original Investigation 2018
A study published in the JAMA demonstrates that a 3-month intervention program that stimulates patients’ long-term self-management in combination with transition, reduced the number of hospitalizations in patients with COPD and improved their quality of life as well (see: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2714645). These findings are important, as…
Call for Abstracts 2019
Dear Colleague: We are pleased to announce that the 22nd ESPACOMP conference will be held from November 21st to November 23rd in Porto, Portugal. ESPACOMP is the leading conference for researchers, clinicians, policy makers, and others interested in the science of medication adherence. This year’s ESPACOMP conference will have a special…
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