Adherence promotion strategies, such as the Medication Adherence Promotion System, proved to be cost-effective and improved rejection rates among adolescent kidney transplant recipients, according to a published study.
“To date, there are several randomized controlled trials that show systems to improve medication adherence can improve adherence in transplant patients, but they have not demonstrated a decrease in rejection rates — which is the primary purpose to improve medication adherence in transplant patients,” Charles D. Varnell Jr., MD, MS, assistant medical director of