Preventive medicine
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Preventive medicine · Oct 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialThe effect of interactive reminders on medication adherence: A randomized trial.
Expanding on evidence that interventions to improve health are more effective when informed by behavioral science, we explore whether reminders designed to harness behavioral science principles can improve medication adherence. We conducted a randomized controlled trial with 46,581 U. S. participants with commercial or Medicare Advantage insurance from Humana. ⋯ The reminders increased medication adherence by 0.7 pills per dollar spent over our 181day study period. Trial registry name: Effect of Reminders on Adherence. Registration identification number: NCT02411006 URL for the registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02411006.