The importance of
medication compliance.

Medication compliance is whether or not a patient takes a medication as prescribed. It is incredibly important for the effective implementation of a treatment plan, but sometimes there are major barriers associated with medication compliance. This is especially profound in the elderly population, who are the population most likely to have multiple chronic illnesses. Most of these can be related to two major issues: complicated instructions and a lack of awareness on scheduling.

The complexity
for elderly patients.

In 2010, it was reported that the average elderly individual was on 8 to 13 different medications. Furthermore, each medication has a unique set of instructions. For example, some drugs need to be taken with food, while some other drugs need to be taken without food. Remembering the instructions surrounding one medication can be difficult enough, but trying to accommodate each of the different requirements of multiple medications can be too much for elderly patients. This will lead them to take the medication incorrectly, rendering it ineffective, or it can lead them to not take the medication at all.


The key of medication management.

There are a number of aspects to medication management, all of which are focused on making sure that medications are used appropriately. Keeping track of all of the medications currently in use by a patient is an important part. This can include creating databases describing medications, their dosages, and how they are being used. We believe that care providers are desperately needed in these processes to confirm that patients are getting their medications on time and in the correct doses.