Researchers develop strategy to improve patient adherence
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
Physicians can help their patients follow prescribed treatments and achieve healthier results -- particularly in chronic disease management -- by using a three-pronged strategy: the Information-Motivation-Strategy (IMS) Model -- developed after synthesizing findings from more than 100 large-scale studies and meta-analyses conducted between 1948 and 2009.