Virtual Care Platforms Offer Promise of Improved Medication Adherence

摘要

All of us are creatures driven by habits, both positive and negative. We start the New Year resolved to eat healthier and exercise more, but within a few weeks we've often abandoned the gym for the couch once again. Knowing that your health depends upon new routines doesn't make adopting them any easier. There's growing evidence, however, that technological advances in the virtual world can spur lasting behavior changes in the real one. That could have profound clinical and financial consequences, particularly when it comes to medication adherence by those coping with diabetes, asthma and other chronic ills.