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Improving Adherence, Improving Outcomes: An Expert Interview With Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD | Medscape
Adherence to topical therapies is important to the success of the therapies. But how does one measure adherence? And how does the caregiver improve adherence to maximize effectiveness? Medscape interviewed Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, with these and other questions about adherence in mind...
Alternatives, Advancements, and Adherence in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis Management | Dermatology Times
With advanced developments in atopic dermatitis (AD) treatments for pediatric patients and shared struggles to ensure patient adherence, course directors for the Society for Pediatric Dermatology 48th Annual Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, July 13-16, welcomed a panel of experts to delve into...
Why Don’t Patients Follow Their Doctors’ Advice? | American Association of Medical Colleges
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in September 2016 that one in four Medicare participants age 65 or older—that’s 5 million people—do not take their blood pressure medicine as directed. In fact, 20 to 30 percent of prescriptions for chronic health conditions...
How to stick with your treatment plan | National Psoriasis Foundation
Steven R. Feldman, M.D., a dermatologist at Wake Forest University and a member of NPF’s medical board, rattles off three reasons why treatments, especially topicals, often fail if you have psoriatic disease. “One, poor compliance; two, poor compliance; and three, poor compliance,” Feldman says...
More Than 25% of Acne Patients Fail to Get Prescribed Medications | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Medicine obviously can’t do much good if it sits on a pharmacy shelf. Yet more than one-quarter of the acne patients surveyed by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers didn’t get medications prescribed by their dermatologists. Among the 143 acne patients...
Improving Management of Patients with Psoriasis to Reduce Costs | First Report Managed Care
Steven R Feldman, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology at the Psoriasis Treatment Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, discussed how to improve treatment adherence and outcomes in patients with psoriasis at the NAMCP 2017 Spring Managed Care Forum. Dr Feldman stated...
Compliance is shockingly understudied | Dermatology Times
Dermatologists are good at making the right diagnoses and prescribing the right therapies. But getting patients to use their prescriptions is another story-one that's shockingly understudied in dermatology, according to Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology...
The Doctor Visit is the Most Powerful Tool for Medication Adherence | Rheumatology Network
The first reason a patient may not be improving is due to poor compliance, says Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Psoriasis Treatment Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina. Dr. Feldman recently spoke about patient adherence to prescribed treatments...
Throwback Thursday: Dr. Steve Feldman speaks about psoriasis and medication adherence | Patients Like Me
In honor of Psoriasis Awareness Month, we’re throwing it back to January 2013, when we sat down with Steve Feldman, MD, PhD, and Professor of Dermatology, Pathology & Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. In his interview, he spoke about the challenges...
Feldman discusses improving adherence to treatment | Healio Rheumatology
At the interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit, Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, a dermatologist at Wake Forest University Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., discussed strategies to improve adherence to medications and how his team has studied the issues of compliance to medication...
Physician Spotlight: Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD (Part 1) | Practical Dermatology
How big of an issue is adherence/patient compliance in dermatology? It is an enormous issue. When dermatologists prescribe treatment and patients don’t improve, it’s probably because of one of three reasons. Making the wrong diagnosis and prescribing the wrong treatment are probably not...
Physician Spotlight: Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD (Part 2) | Practical Dermatology
Why do you think compliance is such a chronic issue for so many patients? “It’s human nature,” says Dr. Feldman. “We have our routines, and for many of us, taking medication is not part of our routine behavior. Trying to remember to do new things is difficult until we create a new pattern,” he notes...
Viewpoints: Challenging Dogma in Psoriasis Care | Practical Dermatology
In medicine, there are certain axioms that we hold that guide our research and practice. Some of these are fundamental tenets that have been with us for decades. Some are the result of scientific breakthroughs in the understanding of treatments or disease states. Others are dogmas that have stuck...
Adherence to topical therapies is important to the success of the therapies. But how does one measure adherence? And how does the caregiver improve adherence to maximize effectiveness? Medscape interviewed Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, with these and other questions about adherence in mind...
Alternatives, Advancements, and Adherence in Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis Management | Dermatology Times
With advanced developments in atopic dermatitis (AD) treatments for pediatric patients and shared struggles to ensure patient adherence, course directors for the Society for Pediatric Dermatology 48th Annual Meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, July 13-16, welcomed a panel of experts to delve into...
Why Don’t Patients Follow Their Doctors’ Advice? | American Association of Medical Colleges
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in September 2016 that one in four Medicare participants age 65 or older—that’s 5 million people—do not take their blood pressure medicine as directed. In fact, 20 to 30 percent of prescriptions for chronic health conditions...
How to stick with your treatment plan | National Psoriasis Foundation
Steven R. Feldman, M.D., a dermatologist at Wake Forest University and a member of NPF’s medical board, rattles off three reasons why treatments, especially topicals, often fail if you have psoriatic disease. “One, poor compliance; two, poor compliance; and three, poor compliance,” Feldman says...
More Than 25% of Acne Patients Fail to Get Prescribed Medications | Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Medicine obviously can’t do much good if it sits on a pharmacy shelf. Yet more than one-quarter of the acne patients surveyed by Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center researchers didn’t get medications prescribed by their dermatologists. Among the 143 acne patients...
Improving Management of Patients with Psoriasis to Reduce Costs | First Report Managed Care
Steven R Feldman, MD, PhD, professor of dermatology at the Psoriasis Treatment Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, discussed how to improve treatment adherence and outcomes in patients with psoriasis at the NAMCP 2017 Spring Managed Care Forum. Dr Feldman stated...
Compliance is shockingly understudied | Dermatology Times
Dermatologists are good at making the right diagnoses and prescribing the right therapies. But getting patients to use their prescriptions is another story-one that's shockingly understudied in dermatology, according to Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of dermatology...
The Doctor Visit is the Most Powerful Tool for Medication Adherence | Rheumatology Network
The first reason a patient may not be improving is due to poor compliance, says Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Psoriasis Treatment Center at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in North Carolina. Dr. Feldman recently spoke about patient adherence to prescribed treatments...
Throwback Thursday: Dr. Steve Feldman speaks about psoriasis and medication adherence | Patients Like Me
In honor of Psoriasis Awareness Month, we’re throwing it back to January 2013, when we sat down with Steve Feldman, MD, PhD, and Professor of Dermatology, Pathology & Public Health Sciences at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. In his interview, he spoke about the challenges...
Feldman discusses improving adherence to treatment | Healio Rheumatology
At the interdisciplinary Autoimmune Summit, Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD, a dermatologist at Wake Forest University Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C., discussed strategies to improve adherence to medications and how his team has studied the issues of compliance to medication...
Physician Spotlight: Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD (Part 1) | Practical Dermatology
How big of an issue is adherence/patient compliance in dermatology? It is an enormous issue. When dermatologists prescribe treatment and patients don’t improve, it’s probably because of one of three reasons. Making the wrong diagnosis and prescribing the wrong treatment are probably not...
Physician Spotlight: Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD (Part 2) | Practical Dermatology
Why do you think compliance is such a chronic issue for so many patients? “It’s human nature,” says Dr. Feldman. “We have our routines, and for many of us, taking medication is not part of our routine behavior. Trying to remember to do new things is difficult until we create a new pattern,” he notes...
Viewpoints: Challenging Dogma in Psoriasis Care | Practical Dermatology
In medicine, there are certain axioms that we hold that guide our research and practice. Some of these are fundamental tenets that have been with us for decades. Some are the result of scientific breakthroughs in the understanding of treatments or disease states. Others are dogmas that have stuck...