Practical Ways to Improve Patient Adherence

The New York Times has called adherence the world’s "other drug problem." Physicians prescribe medications, but patients do not always use them. While it would be easy for physicians to blame patients for treatment failures, physicians can do more to motivate patients to use their medications as recommended.

Practical Ways to Improve Patient Adherence, Second Edition, is an excellent resource for physicians and allied health professionals whose patients exhibit poor adherence. Daniel J. Lewis, MD (Department of Dermatology, University of Pennsylvania Health System), and experienced adherence researcher, Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD (Departments of Dermatology and Social Sciences & Health Policy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine), examine the problem of poor adherence and offer concrete techniques to encourage patients to use their medications and improve treatment outcomes.

This book offers novel, potent ways to get patients to use their medications and improve treatment outcomes – tools healthcare providers can use day in and day out. A medical education is not complete without a thorough understanding of the hurdles that contribute to poor adherence and what health professionals can and should do about it.

"20 years of patient adherence research presented in a simple, fun, and easy-to-read style … a once-in-a-lifetime treat!"

, MD, Dermatologist

Named the winner of the 2022 “Best Overall” Dermie Award by the Dermasphere podcast.

Published in association with the Journal of Dermatological Treatment.

Daniel J. Lewis, M.D. is a dermatology chief resident physician in the cutaneous oncology track at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Lewis earned a B.A. in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania, earned his M.D. at Baylor College of Medicine, and completed his internship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. He is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He has authored over 75 peer-reviewed manuscripts as well as multiple textbook chapters. He was named Post-Doctoral Trainee of the Year in 2022 by ADEN and winner of the 2022 ASDS Young Investigators Writing Competition. He will be the 2023-2024 Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dan also works as a professional sports journalist and has written over 90 articles for Yahoo! Sports, Bleacher Report, and SB Nation (www.DanielLewisSports.com). Dan is also Founder of Penn Fitness for Life, a community service organization based in Philadelphia that seeks to combat the growing obesity epidemic in the United States by empowering children to live healthy lives.

Steven R. Feldman, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor of Dermatology, Pathology, and Social Sciences & Health Policy and Director of the Center for Dermatology Research at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He has authored over 1,200 peer-reviewed articles, and he has served as the principal investigator of industry, foundation, and federally funded studies.

Dr. Feldman has been ranked by ExpertScape as one of the top-five worldwide experts in psoriasis, dermatology, and treatment adherence. He has served as a member of the medical board of the National Psoriasis Foundation, chaired that board’s subcommittee on education, and served as Director of the Foundation’s Chief Residents’ Meeting on psoriasis treatment. He has also chaired the American Academy of Dermatology’s Psoriasis Education Initiative Workgroup. He was the founder of www.DrScore.com and Chief Science Officer of Causa Research. He is Senior Advisor, Dermatology & Patient Adherence, for Sensal Health. He serves as the editor of or an editorial board member for multiple dermatology journals and is the author of Compartments: How the Brightest, Best Trained, and Most Caring People Can Make Judgments That Are Completely and Utterly Wrong. He is also the creator of www.PromisedLandMuseum.org, The Jewish Museum of the Palestinian Experience.