Where are the Compliance Tools?
Every major health related website talks about Compliance, because compliance it is a well-documented waster of healthcare dollars. In my opinion, those sites could and should be doing so much more.
None of the major disease-specific sites I checked offer effective or useful compliance tools. - other than the usual list of some general ways to remember to take your pills: “Take your pills with meals, put the bottle by your bedside, etc.” I’m guessing the reporters, writers and editors behind the sites don’t have to take medications, and don’t understand how huge the problem really is.
Some very effective compliance tools exist, but most patients don’t know about them, don’t realize that they need them, and/or don’t know where to look for them. The major health web pages represent an opportunity to educate, yet compliance is missing from the message. I’m going to look closely at Health Tools On The Web, and see just how badly we need to bring some awareness of compliance tools to these editors and web masters. I’ll start with American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, and the American Diabetes Association.
Posted: February 5th, 2007 under Healthcare Tools, patient compliance.
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