title: Medication Information Flow in Home Care.
abstract: Critical success factors in medication care involve communication and information sharing. Knowing the information needs of each actor in medication process in home care, is the first step to ensure that the right type of information is available, when needed. The aim of the study was to describe the needed and delivered information in home care in order to perform medication care successfully. A total of 15 nurses from primary home care participated a workshop focusing on medication treatment. The qualitative data was collected by focus group technique. Data was analyzed according to content analysis. Three medication information themes were formulated: Client-related information, medication, and medication error. The critical medication information were generic drug information, validity of the list of medication and client's clinical status. As a conclusion findings, show the diversity of the medication information in home care.
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Department of Health and Social Management.
authors.forename: Teija
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Norri-Sederholm
authors.affiliation: University of Eastern Finland, Department of Health and Social Management.
authors.forename: Kaija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saranto
authors.affiliation: Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Advanced clinical care Programme.
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paakkonen
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D004358:Drug Therapy; D017144:Focus Groups; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008508:Medication Errors / Q000517:prevention & control; D036301:Qualitative Research