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A call for a systems-thinking approach to medication adherence: stop blaming the patient.

July 23, 2018

Lauffenburger JC, Choudhry NK. JAMA Intern Med. 2018;178(7):950-951.

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Systems thinking has been applied to address various underlying conditions that contribute to medical errors. This commentary discusses factors that affect patient medication nonadherence and suggests that a systems thinking approach can enable reliable patient use of prescription medications.

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