Patients' Untold Stories

Most healthcare professionals know that patients do not completely tell them the truth about adhering to their medication regimen. There are steps done to help patients become better with medication adherence. However, here is some evidence that shows even when patients seem to be truthful in communicating their adherence they are not telling the truth. Even when the healthcare professional tries to intervene and increase adherence for patients, the clinician reporting of adherence doesn't provide accurate measurement. The best way to measure adherence is through electronic monitoring. The following study came to find these results. As discussed in class, Proteus Biomedical has come out with a product to help perform this tasks of monitoring adherence called the Raisin ingestible drug sensors and monitoring system.

Here is the study: http://jerryfahrni.com/2011/10/accurate-assessment-of-adherence-man-vs-machine-abstract/