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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: Clinical

From Frustration to Confidence: Tackling Medication Adherence in Rheumatology

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time

    Moderator(s)

  • RR

    Rachel Randell, MD,MS

    Duke University
    Durham, North Carolina, United States

    Disclosure(s): Biogen: my husband is employed at biogen (Ongoing), Stock options or bond holdings in a for-profit corporation or self-directed pension plan (Ongoing)

  • Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH

    UCSF
    San Francisco, California, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • KS

    Kai Sun, MD,MS,RhMSUS

    Duke University
    Durham, North Carolina, United States

    Disclosure(s): Aurinia: Consultant (Terminated)

  • Puja Khanna, MD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    University of Michigan
    Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

    Disclosure(s): Arthrosi: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Horizon/Amgen: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); Olatec: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing); SOBI: Consultant (Ongoing)

This session will focus on practical and proactive solutions for the clinician to close the medication adherence gap, helping clinicians recognize non-adherence on a timely basis and equipping them with tools to address non-adherence, including effective communication skills and the use of novel technologies.

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the multitude of complex underpinnings for non-adherence, including patient-specific and modifiable factors steeped in distrust in the health system
  • Develop a skillset to assess and address nonadherence, focused on closing communication gaps with patients that contribute to ongoing difficulty affording medications, depression, and pill burden, etc.
  • Apply digital strategies, such as medication apps, electronic pillboxes, and social media to help patients succeed with medication adherence

Presentations:

  • 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM Central Time
    The Young and the Restless: Using Novel Technology to Address Medication Non-Adherence in Young Adults with SLE

    Speaker: Giya Harry, MD, MSc, MPH – Brenner Children's Hospital - Wake Forest Baptist Health

  • 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM Central Time
    Set in Our Ways: Developing a Toolkit to Close Communication Gaps in Assessing and Addressing Medication Nonadherence Across Rheumatic Diseases

    Speaker: Kai Sun, MD,MS,RhMSUS – Duke University