Abstract
In the wake of the 21st century, healthcare systems around the globe are faced with an exponential rise in expenses, heavy utilization of services associated with a steep rise in aging population, and limited financial as well as human resources to manage the growing healthcare needs. A large percentage of chronic diseases deteriorate to the point where a crisis is reached resulting in unnecessary long-term hospitalization at massive cost to the healthcare sector. A critical inference drawn from epidemiological data and past studies is that preventing occurrences of acute episodes holds the key to providing quality healthcare, reducing incidences of prolonged hospitalizations and resultant healthcare expenses. This research is a work-in-progress that seeks to explore innovative strategies towards promoting medication compliance among chronic patients. This paper discusses the need for medication compliance and the cost of non-compliance to the healthcare sector. Salient behavioral, organizational, and technical research issues, opportunities, and challenges associated with promoting medication compliance via communication, computing, and sensing technologies are discussed. Potential benefits and costs of deploying innovative IT based medication compliance are also presented.
Recommended Citation
Sneha, Sweta and Varshney, Upkar, "Strategies Towards Chronic Disease Management via Medication Compliance" (2012). AMCIS 2012 Proceedings. 41.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2012/proceedings/Posters/41
Strategies Towards Chronic Disease Management via Medication Compliance
In the wake of the 21st century, healthcare systems around the globe are faced with an exponential rise in expenses, heavy utilization of services associated with a steep rise in aging population, and limited financial as well as human resources to manage the growing healthcare needs. A large percentage of chronic diseases deteriorate to the point where a crisis is reached resulting in unnecessary long-term hospitalization at massive cost to the healthcare sector. A critical inference drawn from epidemiological data and past studies is that preventing occurrences of acute episodes holds the key to providing quality healthcare, reducing incidences of prolonged hospitalizations and resultant healthcare expenses. This research is a work-in-progress that seeks to explore innovative strategies towards promoting medication compliance among chronic patients. This paper discusses the need for medication compliance and the cost of non-compliance to the healthcare sector. Salient behavioral, organizational, and technical research issues, opportunities, and challenges associated with promoting medication compliance via communication, computing, and sensing technologies are discussed. Potential benefits and costs of deploying innovative IT based medication compliance are also presented.