Over 485,000 people in the United States have chronic kidney disease, a progressive
kidney disease that may lead to hemodialysis. Hemodialysis involves a complex regimen of …

Objectives This review of systems thinking (ST) case studies seeks to compile and analyse
cases from ST literature and provide practitioners with a reference for ST in health practice …

Adherence to a prescribed medication regimen is influenced not only by characteristics of
the individual patient, but also by factors within the patient's environment, or so-called …

Russell C, Conn V, Ashbaugh C, Madsen R, Wakefield M, Webb A, Coffey D, Peace L.
Taking immunosuppressive medications effectively (TIMELink): a pilot randomized …

Objective To explore the medication-taking behavior of successful kidney transplant
recipients and determine what behaviors were common among this group. Methods Open …

The older population has grown tremendously, and this trend is expected to continue. At
present, there are nearly 40 million adults who are 65 years and older in the United States …

Purpose: A clinical nurse specialist-led intervention to improve medication adherence in
chronically ill adults using renal transplant recipients as an exemplar population is …

THE PROBLEM: Attempts have been made to replace the bio-medical approach with that of
systems biology, which considers dynamic human behavior (internal factors) for chronic …

Background Significant international differences abound in the adherence of hemodialysis
(HD) patients to prescribed treatments. Unfortunately, factors influencing adherence within …

Medication non-adherence is a common healthcare problem and is associated with
treatment failure, high healthcare costs, and poor outcomes. For elders, who have more …