Improving Medication Adherence Behaviors Through Personalized, Technology-Powered Interventions

The World Health Organization refers to non-adherence as a worldwide problem of striking magnitude. Non-adherence leads to worsened medical conditions, increase comorbidity of disease, or death. Clinical studies have shown the most effective strategies for adherence are those that are individualized to the context that each patient and situation require. Yet, existing aids are relatively ridged and poorly support adaptation to individual behaviors and lifestyles. We believe our work in this space is relevant to the HEALTHI workshop. Broadly, we are eager to engage in scholarly conversations and collaborations which seek to improve the research community’s ability to move beyond one-size-fits-all approaches to the design and construction of technologies to improve human health.