title: Medication information management: capturing multiprofessional perspective.
abstract: Medication information management (MIM) is a crucial activity for good quality of medication, but unfortunately not without problems. In order to improve medication information management the core activity of medication as a cooperative activity is to be studied as a whole, and the multiprofessional viewpoint for the improvement needs must be captured. In this paper we present our approach to gain such shared understanding, based on our regional development project experiences in Northern Savonia, Finland. The central features of the approach include thematic interviews supported by activity-driven models and a workshop with professionally mixed groups. Participants agreed strongly on the usefulness of the approach.
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, School of Computing, Healthcare Information Systems Research and Development, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Irmeli
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Luukkonen
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, School of Computing, Healthcare Information Systems Research and Development, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mykkänen
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Department of Health and Social Management, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Eija
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kivekäs
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Department of Health and Social Management, Kuopio, Finland.
authors.forename: Kaija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saranto
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D016303:Clinical Pharmacy Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055695:Electronic Prescribing; D005387:Finland; D063025:Health Information Management / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008510:Medication Systems, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*