Enhancing medicine adherence through multifaceted personalized medicine management

摘要

Medicine adherence is a growing problem that affects not only patients but also the healthcare industry. In this short paper, we represent a brief overview of the severity of medicine non-adherence, especially to elderly patients of chronic conditions, and the reasons behind the phenomenon. A generic survey of the existing methods of interventions to aid in medicine adherence is then discussed, followed by the identification of the lacking areas that such interventions could not address. The need for a multidisciplinary approach that incorporates features of personalized medicine management towards addressing the problem is then explored, investigating the possible solutions through the establishment of concordance and instilling behavioral changes in patients through education and motivational strategies. The paper will then focus on an ongoing research and development work in the form of a medicine dispenser which attempts to bring under a single platform the multifaceted approach to address medicine adherence and the benefits that ensue.