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USciences: Script Your Future

Script Your Future is a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of medication adherence as a vital step toward better health outcomes.

Half of the 3.2 billion annual prescriptions dispensed in the United States are not taken as prescribed. Numerous studies have shown that patients with chronic conditions adhere only to 50-60 percent of medications as prescribed, despite evidence that medication therapy improves life expectancy and quality of life. Approximately 125,000 deaths per year in the United States are linked to medication non-adherence. Between 33 and 69 percent of medication-related hospital admissions in the U.S. are due to poor adherence, with total cost estimates for non-adherence ranging from $100-300 billion each year including costs for additional doctor visits, emergency room visits, hospital admissions, and additional medicines. Nearly three out of four Americans don’t take their medications as directed, resulting in serious health consequences, especially for people with chronic diseases. Many factors contribute to non-adherence, but the effect is always the same—patients are putting their health and their future at risk. Script Your Future is a national campaign to raise awareness about the importance of medication adherence as a vital first step toward better health outcomes. In partnership with more than 100 public and private stakeholder organizations, the campaign provides tools to help patients and health care professionals better communicate about ways to improve medication adherence. Student pharmacists and other health professions students can help. Script Your Future knows that it takes the active involvement of the entire health care team to improve adherence. Health care professionals play a critical role in helping patients with chronic conditions understand the safe and effective use of prescribed medication. Pharmacy, medical, nursing students, and other health professions students, as well as community members, all have a unique role to play in improving medication adherence.

27/08/2022

Had a great time meeting prospective new APhA members! The S*F patient care team is looking for co-chairs, so DM us w/ any inquiries or questions.

14/04/2022

to the capitol! Thank you for having us help with a medication adherence presentation. We had such a blast talking with legislators about the importance of the House Bill 1535/Senate Bill 511 (:

07/04/2022

Even though the campaign may be over, there’s still some cool memories we didn’t post! Happy and welcome to our “TakeYourMedsThursday”

31/03/2022

! Look at all of these smiles during our campaign😍

26/03/2022

Last fun fact Friday of this campaign!!

24/03/2022

It’s Thursday! Time for a little . On March 17th, the Usciences Script Your Future team collaborated with ! We had such a wonderful turnout on our event about what stigma is, how to properly dispose medications, and the resources on campus!

23/03/2022

last fact or myth wednesday of this years campaign!! thanks for coming along for the ride :)

18/03/2022

Another Friday calls for a fun fact! Learn more about the FDA and view the brochure the USciences S*F team created… in English and Vietnamese!

17/03/2022

Not a true , but the S*F team created a COVID-19 brochure in English and Vietnamese for the campaign. Swipe to see some students reading the details! Only smiles at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy ☺️

16/03/2022

15/03/2022

Come join the S*F team this Thursday for our Stigma Speaker Event! Learn more about what stigma is, safe medication disposal practices, and the resources located on campus ☺️

11/03/2022

Happy Friday! Time for another fun fact (:

Address

600 S 43rd St

19104

Website

http://www.scriptyourfuture.org/

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