The path to medication adherence is filled with road blocks. In order to overcome what is stopping your population from taking their medication as prescribed understanding the barriers is key.

1. MEDICATION ADHERENCE:
A MULTIFACETED CHALLENGE

2. The path to medication adherence
is filled with road blocks.
In order to navigate it successfully, organizations need to focus
on fostering long-lasting behavior change through personalized,
meaningful engagement with high-risk and difficult-to-reach populations.

3. 1
WHY MEDICATION ADHERENCE
IS IMPORTANT?
82%
of U.S. adults currently take
at least one medication
of U.S. adults take
five or more medications
of patients with chronic conditions do
not take their medication as prescribed
29%
50%

4. 90M
U.S. adults have inadequate health literacy,
placing them at risk for poor clinical outcomes
and increased rates of hospitalization
Up to
75%of patients who are prescribed statins
stop taking them after 2 years

5. 2
MEMBER CHARACTERISTICS
OF NON-ADHERENCE
Diagnosed with multiple conditions
Pharmacy not easily accessible
History of non-adherence for other medications
Likely to be living alone
Non-English speaker
Low income subsidy status
No loyalty to a single pharmacy
Younger in age
Not enrolled in an auto-refill program
Non-Caucasian in ethnicity

6. 3
TOP BARRIERS TO
MEDICATION ADHERENCE
47% 11% 8% 6% 5% 3% 3% 17%
Time Management Lack of Knowledge
Side Effects
Provider-Related Motivation
Physical Limitations Financial Other

7. 4
Takes the lives of
125,000people each year
Costs the
U.S. healthcare system
$300M
Accounts for up to
2/3of all medication-related
hospitalizations
POOR MEDICATION ADHERENCE…
FINANCIAL AND HEALTH COSTS

8. 5
FOUR STEPS FOR IMPROVING
MEDICATION ADHERENCE
Identify individuals you can actually impact with predictive analytics
Activate difficult-to-reach segments of your population with personalized engagement
and high-touch interventions
Overcome individualistic barriers to adherence with motivational interviewing tactics
and by increasing patients’ health literacy
Strengthen patient-provider relationships and communication by improving care
coordination and enabling greater provider involvement and outreach
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