App improves medication adherence for cardiac stent patients

According to a recent study, a tablet app helped heart patients with drug-eluting stents take their medications correctly. The researchers found that patients in the intervention group examined had a 10 percent higher medication use outcome than patients in the control group.

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NUTRITION AND DIET	NATURE, SPORTS, PLACES	CULTIVATING HEALTH	MENOPAUSE	MOM IN SHAPE
TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE	HEART SURGERY	MEDICINES AND MEDICAL DEVICES	PARENTING	THE CULTURE OF HEALTH
HEALTH UTILITIES	GENERAL MEDICINE	NATURAL MEDICINE, THERMAL	MIND AND BRAIN	NEUROVEGETATIVE DYSTONIA
WAYS OF BEING	HEALTH AND SOCIETY	HEALTHCARE AND PATIENTS	SEXUALITY	OLDER AGE
CANCERS	EMERGENCIES

NUTRITION AND DIET	NATURE, SPORTS, PLACES
CULTIVATING HEALTH	MENOPAUSE
MOM IN SHAPE	TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
HEART SURGERY	MEDICINES AND MEDICAL DEVICES
PARENTING	THE CULTURE OF HEALTH
HEALTH UTILITIES	GENERAL MEDICINE
NATURAL MEDICINE, THERMAL	MIND AND BRAIN
NEUROVEGETATIVE DYSTONIA	WAYS OF BEING
HEALTH AND SOCIETY	HEALTHCARE AND PATIENTS
SEXUALITY	OLDER AGE
CANCERS	EMERGENCIES

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM	RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	UROGENITAL SYSTEM	HEART AND CIRCULATION	SKIN
INFECTIOUS DISEASES	EYES	EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT	BONES AND LIGAMENTS	ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
NERVOUS SYSTEM

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM	RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
UROGENITAL SYSTEM	HEART AND CIRCULATION
SKIN	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
EYES	EARS, NOSE, AND THROAT
BONES AND LIGAMENTS	ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
NERVOUS SYSTEM

App improves medication adherence for cardiac stent patients