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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2014
Express Scripts, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Robert F. Nease, St. Louis, MO (US);
David A. Tomala, Chesterfield, MO (US);
Seda Follis, St. Louis, MO (US);
Tina L. Bauman, Indianapolis, IN (US);
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A system and method for improving adherence to therapy programs, in particular to adherence to medication therapy and/or to healthcare therapy, that includes medication therapy. Methods of the present invention may also be used to improve compliance with and/or adherence to other wellness and/or health care programs. Methods and systems of the invention may include methods of identifying patients who are at risk of non-adherence, non-compliance, or likelihood of cessation with a therapy program, predicting a basis for such noncompliance, and targeting interventions directed to patients who have been identified as likely to be non-compliant, wherein interventions take into consideration the predicted basis for noncompliance.