ATS: Automated Nagging Increases Drug Adherence
www.medpagetoday.com SAN DIEGO, May 21 -- Automated phone reminders may increase the likelihood patients will take medication for chronic conditions, a researcher said here. In a randomized, controlled trial, asthma patients who received calls increased adherence to inhaled corticosteroids by about two percentage points compared with patients who weren't nagged, according to William Vollmer, Ph.D., of the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Ore.Asthma — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this
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