Drug Topics April 26, 2024
Kelly Malkamaki, RPh, senior product pharmacy analyst at AssureCare, shared her experience and thoughts on medication adherence in the pharmacy.
At the April 2024 Total Pharmacy Solutions Summit, held virtually on April 13, Kelly Malkamaki, RPh, senior product pharmacy analyst at AssureCare, led a discussion on the role of medication adherence in the pharmacy. The session, titled “The Crucial Role Medication Adherence Plays in Pharmacy Today,” focused on the medication adherence, the factors affecting it, tools for improving it, and the impact it has on pharmacies today.
“The [FDA] states that medication adherence, or taking medications correctly, is generally defined as the extent to which patients take medications as prescribed by their doctors,” said Malkamaki. “This involves factors such as...