Understanding nonadherence, and the power of time

Philip A. Masters, MD, FACP, ACP's Vice President of Membership and International Programs, continues his monthly column on KevinMD. In one post, Dr. Masters looks at the reasons why patients don't follow physicians' instructions.

In another post, Dr. Masters describes how he has emulated the high-value care advice he learned as a resident to administer “a dose of the tincture of time.” The “trick is knowing when it is OK to wait and watch,” he writes.