American Hospital Association: Study: EHR Flags Medication Non-adherence, Reducing Transplant Rejection Risk.

A novel electronic health record-based marker can alert clinicians to medication non-adherence in transplant patients and facilitate early intervention, reducing the likelihood of organ rejection, according to a study led by researchers at Houston-based Texas Children’s Hospital and Mount Sinai Health System. The study found that the Medication Level Variability Index can identify adolescent and young adult patients with an elevated probability of organ rejection and help clinicians implement interventions to improve outcomes after a liver transplant.