Within integrative medicine “adherence” is more than ensuring patients remembering to take their medication. It's about adhering to a new lifestyle, exercise routine, ditching bad habits, incorporating a new nutrition plan (in addition to medication or supplement use). This slide show take a look at the differences between "patient adherence" and "patient compliance", areas of adherence, the consequences of non-adherence and what you can do as their healthcare professional.

1. Patient Adherence
For the Integrative Healthcare Professional
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2. Adherence vs Compliance
What’s the difference?

3. Compliance: the action or fact of
complying with a wish or
command.
( not patient-centric)

4. Adherence: steady or faithful
attachment.
(patient-centric)

5. For an integrative medicine
patient,“Adherence” is more than
remembering to take their
medication.

6. It involves active participation, and
adhering to changes in…

7. lifestyle
(smoking, drug use, sleep, stress)

8. nutrition
(weight management, gluten free, DASH)

9. & exercise
(weight management, therapeutic, rehabilitation)

10. …in addition to medication or
supplement use.

11. Why don’t patients adhere?

12. 1: Lack of patient education
(the why and how)

13. 2: Lack of solid patient-practitioner
relationship
Did you know: There is a 19% higher risk of non-adherence among patients whose
physician communicates poorly than among patients whose physician communicates well?

14. 3: Economics
(barriers to care)

15. 4: Inconvenience
(interference with existing schedule or lifestyle)

16. 5: Loss of Motivation
(lack of immediate results, external influencers, boredom)

17. 6: Undesirable Side Effects
(emotional discomfort, mood changes, physical effects)

18. …and that leads to
consequences, including:

19. …relapse, reduced quality of life,
and additional health expenses.

20. As an integrative medicine
professional, you know patient
adherence is critical...

21. …which requires early
intervention…

22. …and a multitude of tactics to
help educate & motivate patients
to stay involved in their plan of
care…

23. …but where to begin?

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