Access to Medications: Examining Problems and Exploring Solutions

Medication non-adherence is a thorny problem: for patients, whose health outcomes suffer; and for providers and payers, who encounter a variety of hurdles. Severe disconnects not only create problems, but also prevent timely discovery.

Health IT solutions are needed to address issues of access, affordability, and adherence. Solutions must present clinical decision insights, insurance coverage, and out-of-pocket patient costs together to provide actionable information to clinicians while the patient is in front of them. As technologists and solution providers seek to improve patient outcomes, keeping ease of use and interoperability in focus will be vital to success.