How accurately do physicians assess medication adherence and make decisions to intensify medications for patients with uncontrolled blood pressure?
Physicians poorly recognize medication non-adherence in patients with uncontrolled blood pressure, highlighting the potential benefit of providing objective adherence measures during clinical visits.
Providers recognized non-adherence for less than half of patients whose pharmacy records indicated significant refill gaps, and often intensified BP medications even when suspected serious non-adherence. Making an objective measure of adherence such as the CMG available during visits may help providers recognize non-adherence to inform prescribing decisions.
Meddings et al. (Tue,) studied this question.
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