AUTHOR=van Boven Job FM , Tsiligianni Ioanna , Potočnjak Ines , Mihajlović Jovan , Dima Alexandra L. , Nabergoj Makovec Urska , Ágh Tamás , Kardas Prezmyslaw , Ghiciuc Cristina Mihaela , Petrova Guenka , Bitterman Noemi , Kamberi Fatjona , Culig Josip , Wettermark Björn , European Network to Advance Best Practices and Technology on Medication AdherencE (ENABLE) TITLE=European Network to Advance Best Practices and Technology on Medication Adherence: Mission Statement JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pharmacology VOLUME=12 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2021.748702 DOI=10.3389/fphar.2021.748702 ISSN=1663-9812 ABSTRACT=

Medication non-adherence is associated with almost 200,000 deaths annually and €80–125 billion in the European Union. Novel technological advances (smart pill bottles, digital inhalers and spacers, electronic pill blisters, e-injection pens, e-Health applications, big data) could help managing non-adherence. Healthcare professionals seem however inadequately informed about non-adherence, availability of technological solutions in daily practice is limited, and collaborative efforts to push forward their implementation are scarce. The European Network to Advance Best practices and technoLogy on medication adherencE (ENABLE, COST Action 19132) aims to 1) raise awareness of adherence enhancing solutions, 2) foster knowledge on medication adherence, 3) accelerate clinical application of novel technologies and 4) work collaboratively towards economically viable policy, and implementation of adherence enhancing technology across healthcare systems.