William M. Vollmer, PhD

Improving adherence to long-term medication therapy remains a challenge. Health information technology interventions that leverage electronic medical records are promising, low-cost approaches for increasing adherence.

Automated telephone reminders resulted in a small but significant increase in adherence to inhaled corticosteroids among adult asthma patients in a large managed care organization.

Asthma-specific quality of life and a history of acute episodes can be used together to identify risks of subsequent acute exacerbations.