Assessment of medication adherence app features, functionality, and health literacy level and the creation of a searchable Web-based adherence app resource for health care professionals and patients

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 293-302

  Heldenbrand, Seth ^a   Martin, Bradley C ^a   Gubbins, Paul O ^b   Hadden, Kristie ^a   Renna, Catherine ^a   Shilling, Rebecca ^a   Dayer, Lindsey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MOBILE APPLICATION; RATING SCALE; SMARTPHONE; VISUAL RATING SCALE; DEVICES; REMINDER SYSTEM; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; REMINDER SYSTEMS; SMARTPHONE;

EID: 84969160185     PISSN: 15443191     EISSN: 15443450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.japh.2015.12.014     Document Type: Article

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