Terry C. Davis, PhD; Michael S. Wolf, PhD, MPH; Pat F. Bass III, MD; Jason A. Thompson, BA; Hugh H. Tilson, MD, DrPH; Marolee Neuberger, MS; and Ruth M. Parker, MD
As the focus on health care delivery continues to shift from inpatient to outpatient settings, the practice of quality control over medication use is becoming more the responsibility of the patient and less the responsibility of the provider. Yet, patients do not always take medications as prescribed, and as a result, outpatient adverse drug events are common
Studies have found that many patients are not receiving oral or written instructions from their physicians and pharmacists on how to appropriately manage prescription medications. As a result, instructions on the prescription container label assume greater importance. The Institute of Medicine estimates that 90 million adults in the United States may have trouble understanding and acting on health information. Medication container labels, in particular, may be confusing and difficult to comprehend for many patients.
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