Patient Compliance

Report looks at patient compliance

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 10th, 2004

"Pharmaceutical Patient Compliance and Disease Management," a report from Cutting Edge Information, concludes that patients with chronic illnesses, such as sleep problems, diabetes, and hypertension, pose serious threats to their health by not complying with prescribed treatment regimens. In serious cases, estimates conclude that noncompliance causes more than 100,000 deaths per year.

While companies such as InnoMed Technologies, who recently developed a facial interface to provide comfort to millions of people suffering from sleep apnea, aid in patient compliance, pharmaceutical companies are also making strides to decrease noncompliance. For example, Roche established...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2004-05-10)

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