The Bob Harrington Show - Episode 44: Improving patient adherence to medication with Dr Eric Peterson

Summary: Patient adherence to medication has long defied quantification, with many physicians assuming that the cost of medications is the primary factor explaining poor rates of compliance. The MI FREEE trial conducted by Dr Niteesh Choudry, and presented during AHA 2011 offers stunning proof that compliance is a more complicated issue than cost alone and raises numerous issues that our guest Dr Eric Peterson discusses. How do we explain abysmal rates of patient adherence to medication? Should the physician be held responsible for adherence?