There are two main strategies used to improve adherence. The first is education, which is used to improve patient’s knowledge of a problem in hopes that it will prompt them to change their behavior; unfortunately this strategy has not proven very effective. There are also four different behavioral strategies that are used. The first is prompting, which entails sending reminders to patients about appointments or medication refills, and putting the date and time for all doses on the package of the medication. Second, there is tailoring the regiment, which means making the time and amounts of medication easier for each individual patient to adhere to. Motivational interview falls under this category and entails an interview that warns, informs,
