Automated Outreach & Adherence to Cholesterol-Lowering Medication

Resource title: Automated Outreach to Increase Primary Adherence to Cholesterol-Lowering Medications.

Resource description: This journal article summarizes findings from a randomized controlled trial that evaluated an automated system for improving adherence to statins for lowering cholesterol in patients who had received a prescription from their clinician but had not filled it.

Document author(s)/institution of origin: Derose SF, Green K, Marrett E, et al. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2013;173(1):38-43.

File size and format: 287 KB; Link to PDF

Number of pages: 6

Target audience: Clinicians

Copyright information: 2013, American Medical Association

Acknowledgements: American Medical Association

Date: 2013