Prof. Grace WongHong Kong SAR Professor Grace Wong is Professor of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. She graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001 with honors and distinctions in Medicine. In 2010, she received the Doctorial Degree of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Grace Wong’s main research…
Prof. Nijasri C. SuwanwelaThailand Dr. Nijasri C. Suwanwela is a Professor of Neurology at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. She received her medical degree and completed her residency in neurology from Chulalongkorn University. She was awarded by Anandamahidol Foundation and had her fellowship training in cerebrovascular disease at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston,…
Dr. Tong Wei YewSingapore Dr. Yew is a Senior Consultant at the Division of Endocrinology, National University Hospital, and Assistant Professor at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He is deeply passionate about person-centred care. He leads the ‘Year of Care’ pilot at NUH, which aims to transform clinic consultations into…
Assoc. Prof. Tan Ngiap ChuanSingapore Clin A/P (Dr) Tan is Director, Department of Research, SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP), Singapore and Vice-Chair (Research), SingHealth Duke-NUS Family Medicine Academic Clinical Program. Clin A/P (Dr) Tan has been a Family Physician cum senior consultant for the past 15 years. He is a Fellow with the College of Family Physicians…
Assoc Prof. Teerapat YingchoncharoenThailand Dr. Teerapat Yingchoncharoen is practicing cardiologist and a clinical instructor at the division of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi hospital, Mahidol university, Bangkok, Thailand. He is also the director of echocardiography laboratory, as well as the Heart Failure Clinic at Ramathibodi hospital. Dr. Teerapat Yingchoncharoen has background in cardiac imaging and…
Non-adherence in women’s health can result in unintended pregnancies and poor management of menopause symptoms. Women may not use, adhere to, or discontinue contraception because of side effects, a “bad image” or simply forgetting to take it. As for menopause, which can afflict a woman for more than one-third of her life,women may forego treatment,…
With antimicrobials, non-adherence affects more than the individual patient1—it also drives treatment-resistant pathogens2. To keep antimicrobials alive, physicians must help their patients adhere to their medication, said Prof. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, who examined the barriers to antibiotic use and adherence and how to overcome them. To improve adherence, physicians must continue their education on the topic and leverage…
Before we can manage and improve medication adherence in chronic conditions, we must first measure it, said Prof. Bernard Vrijens. Patients on long-term therapy need to adhere to treatment 80% of the time for it to work best, but this benchmark doesn’t tell the whole story., Vrijens added. Different patients could be reaching 80% in…