Medication Adherence Experts Challenge Status Quo in New HealthPrize Interviews

NORWALK, Conn., January 11, 2016 – In a newly released survey conducted by HealthPrize Technologies, an industry-leading medication adherence and digital patient engagement company, medication adherence experts across varied fields shared their views on advances in – and challenges of – current research. Specifically, what has moved the needle, what remains in need of greater depth of knowledge, and what misperceptions may cause roadblocks along the way.

“Insights gained from our interviews challenge the results of decades of study, reinforcing the idea that medication adherence research is ever-evolving,” says Katrina Firlik, MD, co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of HealthPrize. “Up for debate are how we understand adherence patterns, patients for adherence interventions, and set adherence goals. At the same time that fundamental debate persists, however, it is clear that real forward progress is being made.”

Among the insights offered by the expert panel were thoughts on group-based trajectory models to measure adherence longitudinally, personalized interventions to avoid the one-size-fits-all approach, and inherent inaccuracies found in current adherence measurement metrics.

The experts who were interviewed by HealthPrize are:

Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD – Associate Director, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Research Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Nursing, Duke University Medical Center

Jessica Franklin, PhD – Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Biostatistician, Division of Pharmacoepedmiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Walid Gellad, MD, MPH – Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh

Ian M. Kronish, MD – Assistant Professor, Division of General Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center

Wei-Hsuan Jenny Lo-Ciganic, PhD, MSCP, MS – Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacy, Practice and Science, University of Arizona

Zachary A. Marcum, PharmD, PhD, BCPS – Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Washington

Bernard Vrijens, PhD – Chief Science Officer, WestRock Healthcare; Associate Professor of Biostatistics, University of Liege, Belgium

Dr. Firlik’s full white paper report on the interviews can be found here: http://bit.ly/1SHWnuF