Did you know 50% of chronic patients in Spain fail to adhere to their prescribed treatments?
Low therapeutic adherence is a major community health challenge associated with a reduced quality of life, worse disease control, and a rise in complications and health spending.
Pharmacists are the health professionals who can best rise to this challenge thanks to custom pharmacy care services.
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Accessibility, proximity and professionalism
Coordinated intervention by all health professionals is key to detecting compliance-related problems and providing patient-focused solutions. The reach and professional skill sets of pharmacists put them at the heart of this community health challenge, offering…
- Medication monitoring and detection of drug-related problems.
- Detection of non-adhering patients and intervention using the MDS Monitored Dosage System.
- Self-care advice and therapeutic compliance.
- Professional support.
How can these actions help patients?
Pharmacy care promotes patient engagement with their disease and its treatment, a determining factor in improving therapeutic adherence. The patient is given…
- An informative reinforcement regarding your disease and its treatment.
- A commitment to actively participate in the management of their disease.
- Greater autonomy.
The purpose of the pharmacist’s intervention is to strengthen the control of the disease and, therefore, to improve the patients’ quality of life.
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What impact do these actions have on the pharmacy?
All these health promotion actions help address the community health challenge around low therapeutic adherence. They also strengthen the role of the care pharmacist, boosting patient loyalty as patients can see it improves their health.