Leveraging digital medication adherence technologies to enhance sustainability of European health systems: ENABLE’s key recommendations

Acknowledge • Around 50% of medication is not taken as prescribed • Medication non-adherence is associated with an estimated 200,000 deaths and a financial burden of €125 billion annually in Europe • Enhancing medication adherence improves clinical outcomes, while reducing the financial and environmental burden on health systems Inform • Adoption of digital technologies can effectively support medication adherence and improve patients’ health outcomes • Innovative digital technologies foster communication and collaboration among healthcare professionals and patients, and should be made more accessible Incentivise • Increased investment and incentives to accelerate sustainable, cost-effective implementation of digital adherence technologies in health systems are necessary • Digital adherence technology should be an integral part of clinical trials to support efficient drug development Steer & support • Data-driven European strategies to improve medication adherence are essential • Reimbursement of effective digital adherence technology is critical to unlock their full potential of making health systems more efficient