What strategies can be used to improve patient adherence to lipid-lowering medications?
Strategies to improve patient adherence to lipid-lowering medications include drug regimen simplification, patient education and information, intensified patient follow-up with reminders via mail, telephone, and hand-held pill devices, complex behavioral approaches, group sessions, decision support systems, administrative improvements, or large-scale pharmacy-led automated telephone sessions. Intensified care was delivered by different healthcare providers, including pharmacists, nurses, and physicians.