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The Benefits of Multimed
Adherence Packaging
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Medication Non-Adherence Is a
Severe Problem in the U.S.
32 million Americans are being treated with five or more chronic medications today.
Problem
 1.5 billion prescriptions not
taken properly
Annual Impact
 120K avoidable deaths
 $310B in avoidable costs
 10% of all general hospital
admissions
 23% of people entering nursing
homes
 50% of readmissions
Source: New England Healthcare Institute, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and 2009 CDC Data.
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Forgetfulness Is the #1 Cited
Reason for Non-Adherence
Reasons Cited by Patients for Poor Medication Adherence
Other*
Forget to Use/
Refill or
Confused
Unwanted Side
Effects
No Symptoms/
Believe Drugs
Unnecessary
Drugs not
Effective
Cost
Source: Harris Interactive Patient Survey, 2005.
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Packaging Is an Important Component
of the Adherence Solution
Drug
Packaging
Disease
Management
Programs
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Medication
Therapy
Management
(MTM)
In-home
Devices/Alerts
Blister Packaging Is Proven to Increase
Adherence & Health Outcomes
Medication Adherence
Systolic Blood Pressure
P value <0.001
P value = 0.005
200
97.4%
100%
Mean Systolic BP, mmHg
Patients w/ >80% Adherence to all Meds
The FAME Study*
80%
60%
40%
21.7%
20%
150
133.2
129.9
100
50
0
0%
Usual Care
Group (n=76)
Continued
Pharmacy
Care Group
(n=83)
Usual Care
Group (n=62)
Continued
Pharmacy
Care Group
(n=73)
* The Federal Study of Adherence to Medications in the Elderly (FAME) was a multiphase, single-center study of the efficacy of a comprehensive pharmacy care program,
including patient education and medication blister packaging, to improve medication adherence among military health care beneficiaries >65 on >4 chronic meds/day.
Source: Lee JK, et al, JAMA, December 6 2006 Vol 296, No. 21.
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Healthcare Reform and Focus on
Reimbursement Drives Need for Adherence
 Quality not Quantity
 CMS Triple Aim:
 Better care for individuals
 Better health for populations
 Reduce per capita costs
 Focus
 Process
 Outcomes
 Efficiency
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The SureMed by Omnicell
Multimed Adherence Packaging Solution
 Easy to use
 Promotes adherence
and compliance
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Benefits of SureMed by Omnicell
Adherence Packaging
 Patient and caregiver preferred packaging solution
‒ Patients who start on SureMed stay on SureMed
 Proven to increase adherence in a randomized controlled study (FAME)
 Easy to use
‒ Immediate visual verification of missed doses
‒ Package design keeps patients on schedule
‒ Blisters are easy to open
 Convenient
‒ Flexibility, portability
‒ Pill sorting can be time consuming and stressful
‒ One RxMap card can hold significantly more
prescriptions than the competition
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The Value of SureMed to Your Hospital
 Be on the forefront of healthcare reform in your community
‒ Improve patient quality of life and quality of care
‒ Develop care-centered practice
‒ Increase patient engagement
 Lower costs
‒ Reduce emergency room and physician visits
‒ Prevent costly readmissions
‒ Maintain control of high-impact patient populations
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Lower Total Health Spending
by Facilitating Adherence
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Additional References
• Calendarized blister cards improved adherence to hormone replacement therapy from
32% to 50%.
• Leonard WG, Leonard D. Calendar oriented compliance. Maturitas, Sept. 1984.
• Dramatic improvements in blood pressure were seen in the study group with improved
adherence. Diastolic BP decreased 50% compared to 17% and systolic BP decreased
57% compared to 40%.
• Impact of Innovative Packaging on Adherence and Treatment Outcomes in Elderly Patients with
Hypertension. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Jan/Feb 2008, 48:1 pp. 58-63.
• Catalent Pharma Solutions’ April 2011 study demonstrated a 17-point increase in patient
persistency to drug over 12 months using adherence packaging compared to amber
vials.
• Reminder packaging exhibited a medication possession ration of 80% compared to 73%
for traditional packaging. Days covered with reminder packaging was 76% versus 63%
for traditional packaging.
• Patient Preference and Adherence 2012: 6 499-507. Dovepress Open Access to
Scientific and Medical Research.
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