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		<title>The Must-See Medication Reminder Video</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2010/04/22/the-must-see-medication-reminder-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reminders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Context-Aware Pill Bottle and Medication Monitor Video &#8211; Great Without Glitz There is nothing technologically unique about the Context-Aware Pill Bottle and Medication Monitor (an accurate but not  euphonious and decidedly not catchy name) from the University of Calgary, and there is certainly nothing slick in the production values of the video  about that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do Babies Come From?  Turns Out Quite A Few Come From Adherence Failure</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2010/04/21/where-do-babies-come-from-turns-out-quite-a-few-come-from-adherence-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2010/04/21/where-do-babies-come-from-turns-out-quite-a-few-come-from-adherence-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Noncompliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Half Of US Pregnancies Unintended An article in the  Health Journal portion of the 20 April 2010 Wall Street Journal, The Birth-Control Riddle by Melinda Beck, offers these impressive statistics regarding unintended pregnancies: Almost half of all pregnancies in the U.S.—some 3.1 million a year—are unintended, according to the most recent government survey, from 2001.1 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House, MD Uncovers Patient Noncompliance</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/11/22/house-md-uncovers-patient-noncompliance/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/11/22/house-md-uncovers-patient-noncompliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bagatelles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asthma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As he is wont to do, Dr. House asks the right diagnostic question; in this case, the diagnosis is unintentional noncompliance: Credit Due Department: My friend and colleague, Lord of Leisure, alerted me to this video. Readers who viewed this page also viewedThe Must-See Medication Reminder VideoMore Adherence Fun &#8211; HealthPrize TechnologiesA Review Of Treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Adherence Fun &#8211; HealthPrize Technologies</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/10/29/more-adherence-fun-healthprize-technologies/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/10/29/more-adherence-fun-healthprize-technologies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Enhancements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shortly after publishing Patient Compliance And The F Word, my post about Jonathan Richman&#8217;s essay, The Only Way Pharma Can Improve Compliance: Fun, I serendipitously heard from Katrina Firlik, MD, who introduces herself as a neurosurgeon-turned-entrepreneur, now founder and chief medical officer of a new start-up in the medication adherence space: www.healthprize.net. On checking that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Make The Patient Compliance Concept More Useful NOW &#8211; Step #4. Don&#039;t Say &quot;Adherence&quot; When You Mean &quot;Brand Loyalty&quot;</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/10/19/how-to-make-the-patient-compliance-concept-more-useful-now-step-4-dont-say-adherence-when-you-mean-brand-loyalty/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/10/19/how-to-make-the-patient-compliance-concept-more-useful-now-step-4-dont-say-adherence-when-you-mean-brand-loyalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AlignMap Web]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The How To Fix Patient Compliance Now Series This is the fourth in a series of posts offering  steps to improve the study of and communication about patient compliance. These recommendations are simple and inexpensive; their implementation, in fact, is solely a function  of motivation on the part of those working in the field. Finally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Patient Compliance And Behavioral Economics</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/09/03/patient-compliance-and-behavioral-economics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Decision-Making]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavioral Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patient compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Where Is The Quintessential American Compliance Setting? Hint: It&#8217;s Not The Doctor&#8217;s Office According to Robert Cialdini, writing in Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, the quintessential American compliance setting is the Tupperware Party.1 We&#8217;ll get to the &#8220;why&#8221; behind that claim and what the medical community might learn from get-togethers in suburban living rooms dedicated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Medication Discounts To Increase Compliance</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/08/31/using-medication-discount-to-increase-compliance/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/08/31/using-medication-discount-to-increase-compliance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alignment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[incentives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medication compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the Wall Street Journal article, UnitedHealth To Give Discounts For Adhering To Prescriptions,1 UnitedHealth will offer $20 discounts off monthly co-pays for members who refill certain prescriptions within about 30 days after the last prescription runs out &#8211; essentially rewarding patients for adhering to treatment plans, The pilot program applies to only certain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming An Effective Patient Should Begin In The Classroom, Not The Examination Room</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/08/04/becoming-an-effective-patient-should-begin-in-the-classroom-not-the-examination-room/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/08/04/becoming-an-effective-patient-should-begin-in-the-classroom-not-the-examination-room/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patient Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient's Role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transforming Compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Epiphany Du Jour &#8211; Training To Be An Effective Patient That Begins Post-Diagnosis Begins Too Late1 Question #1: What is the likelihood that an individual reaching  adulthood in the US will eventually find himself or herself in the role of a patient? Answer #1: Almost certain, according to my calculations.2 Question #2: When and how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMA Non-Compliant Patients Resolution &quot;Not Adopted&quot; On Technicality</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/17/ama-non-compliant-patients-resolution-not-adopted-on-technicality/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/17/ama-non-compliant-patients-resolution-not-adopted-on-technicality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patient's Role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transforming Compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Magic! &#8220;Resolution 710 &#8211; Identifying Abusive, Hostile Or Non-Compliant Patients&#8221; Changed To Procedural Code Issue OK &#8211; Resolution 710, proposed at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association,1 was always technically a procedural coding issue. Heck, it&#8217;s not even an unusual sort of procedural coding issue. The Non-Compliant Patient Coding Resolution Isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AlignMap In Cites Update</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/17/alignmap-in-cites-update/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/17/alignmap-in-cites-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[AlignMap In Cites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AlignMap In Cites, the tumblelog companion to this blog, offers succinctly annotated links to web sites and online material pertinent to treatment adherence. Typically, these are brief news stories, videos of compliance enhancement devices, and summaries of treatment studies that require little explication.  In addition, AlignMap In Cites posts frequently include information sources from outside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Different AMA View Of Non-Compliant Patients</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/16/a-different-ama-view-of-non-compliant-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/16/a-different-ama-view-of-non-compliant-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Patient's Role]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transforming Compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the preceding AlignMap post, AMA Resolution On Non-Compliant Patients – What&#8217;s Up With That?, I was critical of a proposed Resolution coming before the American Medical Association House Of Delegates bearing the subject line, &#8220;Identifying Abusive, Hostile or Non-Compliant Patients&#8221; and beginning Whereas, Many patients are becoming more abusive and hostile toward physicians for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMA Resolution On Non-Compliant Patients &#8211; What&#039;s Up With That?</title>
		<link>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/15/ama-resolution-on-non-compliant-patients-whats-up-with-that/</link>
		<comments>http://alignmap.com/2009/06/15/ama-resolution-on-non-compliant-patients-whats-up-with-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Allan Showalter, MD</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Policies & Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transforming Compliance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In one of those instances of serendipity about which one hears so much, the AMA and I have each been independently engaged in changing the current perspective and policies on management of non-compliant patients. Our proposals, it turns out, are not identical. The result of my efforts today can be found in the preceding post, Beyond [...]]]></description>
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