Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Compliance News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/compliance/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156162.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156162.php Comparative-Effectiveness Research - Implications of the Federal Coordinating Council's Report Primary Care / General Practice Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155298.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155298.php Shire plc has launched a new UK adherence programme, called 'Be Active', to support patients who have been prescribed Calcichew D3 Forte (1250mg calcium carbonate and 400IU colecalciferol). Current guidance highlights the importance of calcium and vitamin D supplementation in the elderly at risk of falls and fractures. Seniors / Aging Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155092.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155092.php With today's announcement that the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) has offered to voluntarily grant some $80 billion in discounts to Medicare beneficiaries over the next decade in an effort to reduce overall healthcare costs, the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council (HCPC) noted that far greater savings can be achieved if immediate steps are taken to help people take their prescription drugs properly. Compliance Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153285.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153285.php According to a research abstract that will be presented on Wednesday, June 10, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) negatively affect women's sleep. Sleep is further impaired by pain, depression and poor adherence to RA medications. Arthritis / Rheumatology Tue, 09 Jun 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153118.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153118.php Men who work with their female partners while receiving continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are more likely to adhere to their treatment, according to a research abstract presented on Monday at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies. Results indicate that patients who work with their partners have the highest level of adherence for CPAP therapy. Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153116.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153116.php According to a research abstract presented on June 8, at SLEEP 2009, the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, active problem solving strategies are associated with successful use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Results of the study indicate that certain coping strategies that are associated with CPAP success vary according to how "CPAP success" is defined. Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/152202.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/152202.php The latest research in liver disease being presented at Digestive Disease Week® 2009 (DDW®) has important implications for tracking disease development in patients and for current and future transplant recipients. Researchers are making great strides in diagnosing and treating liver disease. "The research being presented during DDW shows how widespread our efforts are in understanding and treating liver disease," said Brent Tetri, MD, Saint Louis University. Litigation / Medical Malpractice Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/152180.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/152180.php The June issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes new insights on why some corneal transplants fail, why some patients skip their glaucoma medications, and why preventing infections after LASIK is a growing concern. Eye Health / Blindness Sat, 30 May 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151897.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151897.php Surprisingly few pharmacies in the U.S. are able to translate prescription medication instructions into Spanish, making it difficult for patients who speak only Spanish to understand how to take their medications properly, according to a new study from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Pharmacy / Pharmacist Fri, 29 May 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151795.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151795.php Though the growing shift toward oral chemotherapy agents offers cancer patients greater freedom and independence during their treatment, physicians say use of the new medications also poses more chances for patients to skip doses, miss prescription refills, and take their drugs in a dangerous way. Cancer / Oncology Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151758.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151758.php A new instrument for improving patient understanding and acceptance of long-acting injectable antipsychotic therapy (LAT) has been published in the April edition of Psychiatry 2009.1 This novel, psychosocial approach encompasses Goal setting, Action planning, Initiating treatment, and Nurturing motivation (GAIN) through the use of a clinical discussion tool. Schizophrenia Fri, 22 May 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151046.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151046.php A new study finds that nearly one in four African American women with late stage breast cancer refused chemotherapy and radiation therapy, potentially life saving therapies. Published in the July 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that more efforts are needed to ensure that all women with breast cancer receive appropriate care. Breast Cancer Thu, 21 May 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150963.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150963.php Data presented today at the 8th European Congress on Menopause (EMAS) demonstrated that the majority of osteoporosis patients treated with EVISTA(R) (raloxifene) stay on therapy for the first two years. 300 postmenopausal osteoporosis patients received oral treatment with EVISTA(R). Patients were considered compliant if they had taken at least 80% of their medication.[1] Prof. Dr. P. Bones / Orthopaedics Thu, 21 May 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150952.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150952.php Multiple sclerosis patients managed by a specialty pharmacy program were more compliant with medication, and had a lower risk of being hospitalized for their disease than those who were not managed by a specialty pharmacy program, according to a study completed by HealthCore, Inc. HealthCore researcher Jingbo Yu presented the study at the International Society of Pharmacoeconomic and Outcomes Research 14th Annual International Meeting in Orlando, Fla. Multiple Sclerosis Wed, 20 May 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150762.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150762.php Aerosol delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles may provide a means to improve drug delivery and increase patient compliance, thus reducing the severity of individual illnesses, the spread of epidemics, and possibly even retarding antibiotic resistance. Delivery of antibiotics via nanoparticles has shown promise as a drug delivery mechanism, particularly for controlled release or depot delivery of drugs to decrease the number of doses required to achieve a clinical effect. Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Tue, 19 May 2009 07:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150606.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150606.php Many low-income women are failing to take the hormonal therapy prescribed as part of their breast cancer treatment, possibly lowering their survival rates, according to a study led by a researcher in the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. "Low-income women with breast cancer have a higher mortality rate than other women with cancer, and we wanted to see what might be causing this," said Gretchen Kimmick, M.D. Breast Cancer Mon, 18 May 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150384.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150384.php Automated phone calling may help physicians solve a perennial problem: patients who don't take medicine prescribed for chronic health conditions. Researchers at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, in Portland, Oregon, tested an automated calling service designed to encourage patients with asthma to fill or refill their prescriptions for inhaled corticosteroids (ICS). Compliance Mon, 18 May 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150385.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/150385.php New research suggests that patients newly diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) who use a short-course of the sleep aid, eszopiclone, when beginning continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy, are more adherent with therapy in six months. The findings were presented at the American Thoracic Society's International Conference in San Diego on May 17. OSA is a common disorder that leads to multiple adverse effects on health and quality of life. Sleep / Sleep Disorders / Insomnia Thu, 07 May 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/149239.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/149239.php Asthma patients who spend as little as 30 minutes with a health care professional to develop a personalized self-management plan show improved adherence to medications and better disease control, according to a new study by a team of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. Study findings are published in the April 2009 issue of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. May is National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. Respiratory / Asthma Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147872.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147872.php There are important variations in the reported costs of diabetes non adherence which are due to methodological differences among studies. Therefore, decision makers need to identify those sources of variation, and based their decision only on high quality studies. The objective was to review and analyze carefully all published studies related to costs of diabetic patients who do not adhere to medications and identify sources of differences among studies. Diabetes Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147879.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147879.php Medication non-adherence is commonly associated with adverse health conditions and increased economic burden to the health care system and is a critical issue especially in case of chronic therapies such as schizophrenia. Due to its usefulness in recent years, administrative claims data has been one of the most commonly used sources for calculating medication adherence. Schizophrenia Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147548.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147548.php IBM (NYSE: IBM) and contract manufacturer and third party logistics provider Golden State Medical Supply (GSMS) announced the two companies have worked together to help drug companies comply with stringent prescription drug pedigree regulations in advance of state and federal mandates. Global counterfeit drug sales will grow at almost twice the rate of legitimate pharmaceutical commerce by 2010 according to estimates from the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest. IT / Internet / E-mail Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147162.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147162.php Palisade Systems, a leading provider of data loss prevention products and services, announced today the addition of a new healthcare customer, Gibson General Hospital, that is using its data loss prevention technology, PacketSure, to protect its patients' records. IT / Internet / E-mail Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146568.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146568.php Medication mistakes at home have created a dangerous situation in America according to a recent national study, and the need for a new approach to medication management is critical, according to Shane Reeves, D. Pharm and co-owner of Reeves-Sain. Reeves said we need to move away from the traditional system of bottles to a clearer, more easily managed system, and his company has developed the product to do that. Compliance Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146488.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146488.php "In any given month, about 40% of the approximately 1,900 clients actively enrolled" in Washington, D.C.'s AIDS Drug Assistance Program are "not utilizing antiretroviral medications," Christopher Keeys -- president of the district's Drug Utilization Review Board and Clinical Pharmacy Associates, as well as a professor at Howard University -- writes in a HIV / AIDS