How far are we from a medication use process aiming at well-informed adherent patients with long-term medications in Finland? Qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Finland is one of the few countries that has established a national Medicines Information (MI) Strategy. The ultimate goal of the strategy is a well-implemented medication use process resulting in well-informed adherent patients. This study aimed at evaluating the implementation of the strategy 3 years after its launch.

Design

The evaluation applied a pragmatic approach and was conducted by interviewing stakeholders involved in the National MI Network enhancing the MI Strategy's implementation. The network comprises national key stakeholders producing and using MI. Data were deductively analysed according to the medication use process of the MI Strategy using the framework method, complemented with inductively derived categories.

Setting

National implementat

SUBMITTER: Mononen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7307543 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature