The latest Compliance News articles published daily. Includes news on drug compliance - how well a patient follows the instructions for taking his/her medication. Poor compliance is a leading cause of failed medical treatment and drug-resistant conditions.
Innovative Strategy Could Help People Follow Doctors' Orders, Take Medications
17 November 2009
People who received daily text messages reminding them to apply sunscreen were nearly twice as likely to use it as those who did not receive such messages, a new study led by a UC Davis Health System dermatologist has found...
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Suggestions Abound For Cutting National Health Care Costs
16 November 2009
Two publications looked at the problem of rising health costs and ways to try to "bend the curve."
In a cover story, BusinessWeek reports: "None of the health-care reform bills on the table in Washington do anything...
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Studies Geared To Improving HIV Care And Prevention Supported By Federal Stimulus Funds
07 November 2009
UCSF HIV researchers have received two NIH grants of $1 million each to study the use of web-based, patient controlled personal health records to improve health and HIV prevention outcomes for HIV positive patients...
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