European Network to Advance Best Practices and Technology on Medication Adherence: Mission Statement
Job F. M. van Boven, Ioanna Tsiligianni, Ines Potočnjak, Jovan Mihajlović, Alexandra L. Dima, Urška Nabergoj Makovec, Tamás Ágh, Przemysław Kardas, Cristina Mihaela Ghiciuc, Guenka Petrova, Noemi Bitterman, Fatjona Kamberi, Josip Čulig, Björn Wettermark, European Network to Advance Best Practices and Technology on Medication AdherencE (ENABLE)
Abstract
Medication non-adherence is associated with almost 200,000 deaths annually and €80-125 billion in the European Union. Novel technological advances (smart pill bottles, digital inhalers and spacers, electronic pill blisters, e-injection pens, e-Health applications, big data) could help managing non-adherence. Healthcare professionals seem however inadequately informed about non-adherence, availability of technological solutions in daily practice is limited, and collaborative efforts to push forward their implementation are scarce. The European Network to Advance Best practices and technoLogy on medication adherencE (ENABLE, COST Action 19132) aims to 1) raise awareness of adherence enhancing solutions, 2) foster knowledge on medication adherence, 3) accelerate clinical application of novel technologies and 4) work collaboratively towards economically viable policy, and implementation of adherence enhancing technology across healthcare systems.