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Encouraging behavioral change to make the most of their treatment

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A pioneering program designed for healthcare professionals and their patients that encourages improvements in adherence to treatment. Armed with the latest techniques in behavioral science and evidence-based digital solutions, A:CARE aims to transform care and advance health equity through education, insight and coaching:

  • Recognizing the challenges of non-adherence
  • Improving medication adherence by understanding its drivers
  • Changing mindsets from “treating diseases” to “treating people”
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A:CARE CONGRESS

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Half of your patients do not take their medication1.

No, they don’t forget it!

MEDICATION ADHERENCE IS A COMPLEX HUMAN BEHAVIOR1.

Explore how the right behaviors lead to optimal adherence at the world’s largest congress on medication adherence and behavioral science.

Embrace the challenge, change the narrative!

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DISCOVER OUR ARTICLES ABOUT MEDICATION ADHERENCE

Articles have been developed to support healthcare professionals in improving adherence. These articles offer easy-to-understand resources on how behavioral science influences adherence, along with practical insights for specific therapy areas. They complement a series of in-depth masterclasses that delve into adherence and behavioral science topics.

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Power of algorithm: Identifying high-risk non-adherent patient groups

Medication adherence is essential for successful treatment, especially for long-term chronic diseases. Adherence simply means taking the medicine or performing intervention as prescribed by doctors. Non-adherence to therapy can make any treatment ineffective, leading to suboptimal health results. This may further escalate to be the cause of increased morbidity and mortality1-3. Non-adherence is also a…

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Interventions to tackle medication non-adherence

Medication adherence, or the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed, is remarkably low and it has been reported that typically, patients adhere to about 50% of prescribed medications1. Factors causing medication non-adherence are varied and can be grouped into patient-related, therapy-related, and healthcare system-related1. Some of the common reasons are forgetfulness, adverse effects,…

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Healthcare practitioners: A potential springboard for adherence success

Optimum disease management requires taking medication in the required dosage at the right time as advised by health care practitioners (HCPs). Patients, however, fail to adhere to the prescription even though they have some idea about the benefits. The World health organization declared that resolving treatment non-adherence will have a far greater impact on human…

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Personalization of adherence support with Patient Support Programs (PSPs): the advent of the digital era

The video will coming soon… Patient Support Programs (PSPs) are behavioral interventions designed to help patients adhere to their medication and treatment plans PSPs are increasingly incorporating digital components, such as SMS, web portals and artificial intelligence to reach the broadest patient population possible Effective PSPs are personalized, applying behavioral-science technique to digital interventions to…

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EXPLORE MASTERCLASSES

The A:CARE program aims to help reinforce the alliance between the patient and their healthcare provider team. A:CARE offers information and training to healthcare professionals to help them identify and manage patients’ behavioral, emotional and psychological drivers which impact adherence.

A key part of our educational tools is the series of masterclasses, developed with globally respected experts in behavioral science to share the latest behavioral science techniques on how to best help people on their health journey.

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EXPLORE TOOLS

A:CARE INSIGHT

A validated predictive behavioral diagnostic tool
for better health through better adherence.1

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MY A:CARE APP

A digital solution to help your patients to cope with their
condition and stick to their treatment.

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A:CARE PARTNERS

The a:care program is being recognized by national and international
medical societies and public institutions.

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References

  1. Brown MT, Bussell JK. Medication adherence: WHO cares? Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Apr;86(4):304-14. doi: 10.4065/mcp.2010.0575.
  2. De Bock E, Dolgin K, Arnould B, Hubert G, Lee A, Piette JD. The SPUR adherence profiling tool: preliminary results of algorithm development. Curr Med Res Opin. 2022 Feb;38(2):171-179. doi: 10.1080/03007995.2021.2010437. Epub 2021 Dec 11