August 2024 (Revised August 2024)
Background Note
HBS Case Collection

Note on Adherence in Healthcare

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Zachery Page and Ben Creo

Format:Print
| Language:English
| Pages:23

Abstract

This note provides an overview of adherence in healthcare. It discusses systemwide costs of non-adherence, common barriers to adherence, relevant stakeholders, novel compliance tactics, and the impact on digital therapeutic adoption. It is recommended as a companion to Herzlinger, Regina E., and Annelena Lobb, "Sword Health," Harvard Business School Case 323-022, December 2022 (Revised June 2023), and to any case that touches on medication adherence.

Keywords

Health Care and Treatment; Behavior; Health Industry

Citation

Herzlinger, Regina E., Zachery Page, and Ben Creo. "Note on Adherence in Healthcare." Harvard Business School Background Note 325-025, August 2024. (Revised August 2024.)