Medication adherence among Chinese patients managing chronic conditions including hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease represents one of the most significant and consequential healthcare quality gaps in China's primary care system, with adherence rates for long-term preventive medications consistently falling below optimal levels in ways that contribute substantially...

Health information technology interoperability, which enables seamless electronic data exchange between pharmacy management systems, electronic health records, payer adjudication platforms, clinical decision support networks, and public health reporting systems, represents the technical infrastructure gap whose resolution is most consequential for realizing the full clinical and economic value...