Sarah L. Cutrona, MD, MPH

US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) clinicians’ perspectives on what constitutes a good e-consult and why suboptimal e-consult requests occur contain broadly applicable lessons for other health systems.

Despite increasing availability of healthcare information technology, a literature review showed few clinical data on medication adherence interventions using this technology.

In this review of randomized controlled trials designed to improve adherence to cardiovascular medications, electronic interventions and in-person, pharmacy-based interventions showed the highest success rates.