title: Approaching harmonised medication information management through process and information modelling.
abstract: Medication information should be available in a correct content and format and where and when needed in medical care. In this paper process and information models are presented in order to identify the items, their relations, contents, sources and use contexts of medication information. The motivation for this study has been to develop a harmonized information model for medication information to overcome current problems and pitfalls in medication information management and information accessibility.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Sciences, eHealth Research, University of Tampere, 33014 Tampere, Finland. Pirkko.Nykanen@uta.fi
authors.forename: Pirkko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nykänen
authors.forename: Joonas
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mäkinen
authors.forename: Pirkko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kortekangas
authors.forename: Antti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Toivanen
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D008490:Medical Informatics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations