Medication non-adherence is a leading cause of increased morbidity and mortality, posing a high cost to the U.S. healthcare system.
$300B
Annual U.S. healthcare costs attributed to medication non-adherence are approximately $300 billion.
50%
Each year, an astonishing 50% of the 5 billion prescriptions in the U.S. go unfilled or are not taken as prescribed. This represents a huge opportunity to improve patient health and drive business growth.
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Medication non-adherence leads to treatment failures. Medications cannot work if they’re not properly taken.
Medication misuse is a significant issue.
Barriers to medication adherence are multifactorial, complex, and individualized. Solutions must be multi-modal, adaptable, and personalized to achieve optimal patient outcomes.
According to the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), patients who don’t adhere to their medications exhibit at least three of these nine behaviors:
Failure tofill a prescription
Refusal torefill a prescription
Frequently missmedication doses
Taking a lowerdose than prescribed
Taking a higherdose than prescribed
Stoppingmedication too soon
Taking anold medication
Taking someoneelse’s medication
Forgetting to takeprescribed medication.
An Analytics-Driven Adherence Solution
SimpleCare Medical Services' pharmacist-led medication adherence solutions, powered by AI-driven technology, address social determinants of health and leverage advanced predictive analytics to identify and classify patients at risk of medication non-adherence. This capability enables our pharmacists to effectively prioritize and customize interventions that improve a patient’s adherence to their treatment plan while providing valuable insights and actionable organizational reports to physicians.
The SimpleCare Medical Services Difference
Customizable
Our turnkey solutions are customizable to meet your specific patient population needs. We collaborate closely with you to define goals and metrics for success.
Predictive Analytics
Our platform harnesses predictive analytics to aggregate and analyze clinical and behavioral data from diverse sources, enabling us to assess risk, identify adherence gaps, and prioritize tailored interventions.
Patient Engagement
Our clinical pharmacists collaborate with patients and caregivers to pinpoint the underlying reasons for non-adherence. Through motivational interviewing, they encourage behavioral changes that enhance medication adherence and continuation.
High-Touch Patient Engagement
Our clinical pharmacists establish strong relationships with patients and caregivers to collectively identify the root causes of non-adherence. Using motivational interviewing techniques, they facilitate behavioral changes that enhance medication adherence and continuation.
User-friendly, HIPAA-compliant technology
Enables quick, secure, and convenient access to virtual or telephone consultations.
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