Medication Compliance Is A Key Concern For Employers, According To New Survey

• Date: December 14, 2009
• Source: www.medicalnewstoday.com

Employers are taking initiatives to enforce their employees in following medical prescriptions so as to prevent future expenses on high cost medical treatment. This forms a part of what is called Medication Compliance or Medication adherence which means to follow a medicine treatment plan provided by an individual's health care provider, filling prescriptions and taking medications as prescribed. Employers are taking key interest in enforcing this based on surveys that have shown that serious non-compliance has resulted in huge productivity loses. The key focus is on diabetes along with heart diseases and blood pressure. Preventive healthcare and lifestyle behaviors have been rated as factors high on importance to manage costs on employee healthcare.