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Grand Rounds November 17, 2023: Personalized Patient Data and Behavioral Nudges to Improve Adherence to Chronic Cardiovascular Medications: Results from the Nudge Study (Michael Ho, MD, PhD; Sheana Bull, PhD)

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The Nudge study wanted to find out if nudges could help patients improve medication adherence by promoting behavioral change through positive reinforcement. Text messages can be implemented as a low-cost intervention to improve medication refill adherence across different healthcare systems with disperate EHR systems.

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Grand Rounds December 2, 2022: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mobile Health Intervention in Heart Failure and Diabetes: Lessons Learned (G. Michael Felker, MD, MHS)

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Medication adherence can be a barrier to effectiveness. The focus of the study was on physical activity and medication adherence. Secondary endpoints were change in medication adherence, change in HRQOL, change in NT-proBNP, and change in hemoglobin A1C from baseline to 3 months. Key Points. Discussion Themes.

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Grand Rounds February 23, 2024: Virtual Vigilance: Monitoring of Decentralized Clinical Trials (Adrian Hernandez, MD; Christopher J. Lindsell, PhD)

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It is based on good study design and focusing on the key principles we are trying to adhere to. Tags #pctGR, @Collaboratory1 The post Grand Rounds February 23, 2024: Virtual Vigilance: Monitoring of Decentralized Clinical Trials (Adrian Hernandez, MD; Christopher J. There has to be a range of approaches that could be fit for use.

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BD partners with Biocorp on connected self-injection devices

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Medtech giant Beckton Dickinson (BD) has signed a deal with France’s Biocorp to use the latter’s near-field communication (NFC) tags in injectable devices. The Injay tag can confirm a complete injection and transfer that information via an NFC reader to a smartphone or tablet for review by a healthcare professional.

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Jolly Good/Teijin Pharma develop VR digital therapeutics for depression

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In 2019 Cognitant and Addenbrook’s Hospital in Cambridge, UK piloted a programme that aimed to educate patients to improve adherence to rheumatoid arthritis medicines. Virtual reality is a technology that is beginning to be used in healthcare across a variety of settings.

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Patient adherence – the key to restoring trust in pharma

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This lack of trust in such a crucial industry can lead to decreased compliance, poor treatment adherence, and negative health outcomes for patients. This discrepancy can be caused by a variety of factors, however, one of the primary and most solvable ones is patient non-adherence to their medications.

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Grand Rounds May 19, 2023: Aspirin or Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin for Thromboprophylaxis After a Fracture (Robert O’Toole, MD)

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A pilot study, called the ADAPT trial, demonstrated feasibility, similar in-patient compliance and similar post-discharge adherence for the 2 options. Researchers aimed to test the safety and effectiveness of Aspirin use as prophylaxis in orthopedic trauma cases.

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