Pharmacists can monitor medication adherence in several ways, in addition to traditional pill counting. Drs. Megan Ehret and Nathaniel Rickles discuss new innovations in technology that can be used to address medication nonadherence.

Megan Ehret, PharmD, MS, BCPP, is the Pharmacist Corner PsychU Section Advisor of PsychU. Ms. Ehret earned her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Toledo in Ohio and a Master’s in Clinical and Translational Research at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Ms. Ehret completed a Psychiatry Pharmacy Residency at Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center and a Psychopharmacology and Pharmacogenomics Fellowship at Nova Southeastern University.

Nathaniel Rickles, PhD, BCPP is an Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice, School of Pharmacy at University of Connecticut. Mr. Rickles’ primary research interests include improving the roles of community pharmacists to improve medication adherence and safety in vulnerable populations such as those with mental illness and older adults. Mr. Rickles earned his Doctor of Pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science.

Speakers are paid consultants of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

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