In one study, Alicia Fernández, M.D., of San Francisco General Hospital and the University of California, San Francisco, and coauthors examined the association of patient race / ethnicity, preferred language and physician - patient language concordance with
adherence to newly prescribed
diabetes medications among Latino and white patients.
Her recent research focus has been
medication adherence in older patients with hypertension,
adherence to physical activity recommendations in patients with
diabetes and provider
adherence to
medication guidelines.