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MeSH Heading: Drug Monitoring
Tree Number(s): E01.370.520.200
Unique ID: D016903
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016903
Scope Note: The process of observing, recording, or detecting the effects of a chemical substance administered to an individual therapeutically or diagnostically.
Entry Term(s): Assessment of Medication Adherence; Fidelity Monitoring; Measurement of Medication Adherence; Medication Adherence Assessment; Medication Adherence Measurement; Medication Adherence Rate; Medication Fidelity Monitoring; Monitoring, Drug; Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
See Also: Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; Patient Compliance; Pharmacovigilance
Public MeSH Note: 1992
History Note: 1992
Date Introduced: 1992/01/01
Last Updated: 2026/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Concept UI: M000767971
Scope Note: Various measurements of proper patient compliance in medication adherence. Adherence measurement includes self-reporting forms and monitoring systems and devices used for assessing medication adherence.
Terms: Assessment of Medication Adherence Preferred Term
Term UI T001144715
Date07/22/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Measurement of Medication Adherence
Term UI T001144716
Date07/22/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Medication Adherence Assessment
Term UI T001144717
Date07/22/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025); Medication Adherence Measurement
Term UI T001144718
Date07/22/2024
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2025)

Drug Monitoring MeSH Descriptor Data 2026