TIPHealth® is dedicated to Improving Treatment and Medication Adherence in America

According to the World Health Organization Medication adherence can have a more direct impact on improved patient health outcomes than the specific treatment itself. 

Non-adherence to treatment regimens and medication therapy has long been recognized as a substantial roadblock to achieving improved patient health outcomes 

Typically, adherence rates of 80% or more are needed for optimal therapeutic efficacy but it can be a challenge for people to make healthy choices—and the data prove it.

• 50% of patients do not take their medications correctly. 
• Up to 2/3 of all medication-related hospitalizations are the result of poor medication adherence
• Medication non-adherence costs the US Healthcare system up to $300 billion annually or 10% of the total U.S. healthcare costs
• Medication non-adherence is a problem that applies to all chronic conditions; affects all demographic and socio-economic levels; diminishes the ability to treat diabetes, heart disease, cancer, asthma, and many other diseases
• Non-adherence causes 30%-50% of treatment failures and 125,000- deaths annually

It’s time to treat medication non-adherence as a public health epidemic!

Today’s “call to action” for clinicians is to integrate interactive technology adherence programs into the patients’ treatment plans and expand their treatment and medication adherence voice, reach, and care beyond the walls of the medical office, pharmacy, or other traditional practice settings.