By Myles Starr
Filling prescriptions at health-system specialty pharmacies (HSSPs) can help reduce primary medication nonadherence (PMN) rates and improve patient outcomes, according to research presented at the ASHP Midyear 2024 Clinical Meeting & Exhibition, in New Orleans (poster 7-013).
The authors reported that patients with prescriptions sent to non-HSSPs were 60% more likely to fail to adhere to their medication than those who had prescriptions sent to HSSPs.
Adherence gaps are