There are many barriers to adherence including patient issues, medical issues, and health care system issues. Patient issues, such as low health literacy, fear of side effects, denial, and stigma, have a direct influence on medication adherence and treatment outcomes.

CTE’s customized adherence education initiatives can have a positive effect on medication adherence for people with a variety of health conditions. Increasing health literacy, communicating methods to promote adherence, and reducing stigma can increase medication adherence rates. Successful adherence programs that engage the patient to become more involved in their treatment and personalize their treatment goals can motivate patients toward adherence.

CTE’s Educational Design Process provides patients with useful tools and motivation strategies to encourage them to have an active role in treatment and increase their medication adherence. This is an important goal for both our initiative sponsors and the health outcomes of those patients for whom they support.