Memorial Healthcare System Leverages DrFirst To Drive Medication Adherence And Enhance Outcomes

Memorial Healthcare System has launched a comprehensive medication management initiative with DrFirst to enhance medication adherence and improve health outcomes, according to an announcement. Using prescription fill data from DrFirst, the program identifies non-adherence and polypharmacy risks, enabling care teams to intervene early to optimize therapy and close care gaps, the announcement stated.;

Medication non-adherence is a widespread problem in the U.S., contributing to up to 69% of hospital admissions, nearly 125,000 deaths, and as much as $300 billion in avoidable costs each year, according to the announcement. Barriers to medication adherence include cost, lack . . .