From Medical Prescription to Patient Compliance

The prescription talk – an approach to teach patient-physician conversation about drug prescription to medical students

Background: Medication communication from physicians to patients often is poor, by this among others enhancing the risk of non-adherence. In this context, a neglect regarding the prescription talk has been complained. Aim of the project: In a newly developed elective medical students work on physician-patient conversations dealing with drug prescription. Essential aspects related to an effectiv...

Using noncontingent reinforcement to increase compliance with wearing prescription prostheses.

We evaluated the effects of noncontingent reinforcement (NCR) on compliance with wearing foot orthotics and a hearing aid with 2 individuals. Results showed that NCR increased the participants' compliance with wearing prescription prostheses to 100% after just a few 5-min sessions, and the behavior change was maintained during lengthier sessions. The results are discussed in terms of the potent...

Patient compliance in medical practice and clinical trials.

Investigating Physicians' Compliance with Drug Prescription Notifications

Special Issue Tsipi Heart Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [email protected] Yisrael Parmet Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [email protected] Nava Pliskin Ben-Gurion University of the Negev [email protected] The objective of this study was to investigate physicians' compliance with recommendations for drug substitutes embedded within an electronic medical record, to assess factors affecting...

Prescription compliance or illicit designer drug abuse?

A 62-year-old Caucasian woman underwent evaluation for possible liver transplantation. She had endstage cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C and alcohol abuse. Among the tests ordered were urine screens for various drugs of abuse, including amphetamines, for which the patient’s urine sample was positive. Given the patient’s history of alcohol abuse and possible other drug abuse, her physicians qu...