According to the study by Suffoletto et al. (2012), increasing the adherence rate related to the use of oral antibiotics in patients discharged from an urgent or emergent care facility is an essential step in decreasing Emergency Room readmissions and potential treatment failures. The authors of this study purposed that using electronic medication reminders would improve the antibiotic treatment adherence rates of patients discharged from an Emergency Room with a new prescription for oral antibiotics (Suffoletto, Calabria, Ross, Callaway, & Yealy, 2012). The results of the study showed a slight increase in the adherence rates of oral antibiotic use in patients recently discharged from an urgent/emergent care facility, who received electronic
