Editorial: Digital Tools to Measure and Promote Medication Adherence

Back in 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its influential report “Adherence to long-term therapies: evidence for action.” It highlighted the significant clinical and economic burden of medication non-adherence on both patients and societies. Notably, one of its key take home messages included “Increasing the effectiveness of adherence interventions may have a far greater impact on the health of the population than any improvement in specific medical treatments” (1). Increasing the effectiveness of adherence interventions includes efficient identification of risk groups, effective measurement and monitoring, the provision of personalized interventions and their implementation in daily clinical practice (Figure 1).