Tips, research, and real stories about medication adherence, caregiving, and healthy aging.
AARP was offered two free years of RememberPills.com for all 40 million members. No cost to AARP. No cost to members. Their response: "not aligned with our current strategy." 42 members die every day from not taking their pills.
Medication non-adherence costs the American healthcare system $500 billion every year. It is one of the most expensive and preventable crises in healthcare — and almost nobody is talking about it.
129,000 Americans die every year from a cause that is almost entirely preventable. They are not dying from a disease we have not yet cured. They are dying because they did not take the medication that was already prescribed to them.
Medication adherence means taking your medications as prescribed — the right dose, at the right time, every day. It sounds simple. For millions of Americans, it is anything but.
Medicare Advantage plans live and die by Star Ratings. Medication adherence is the single highest-weighted clinical domain. Here is what that means — and what to do about it.