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

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.

Trends in the receipt of medicines information among Finnish adults in 1999-2014: a nationwide repeated cross-sectional survey.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine long-term trends in the receipt of medicines information (MI) among adult medicine users from 1999 to 2014.

Design: Repeated cross-sectional postal survey from the years 1999, 2002, 2005 and 2008-2014.

Setting: Each study year, a new nationally representative sample of 5000 Finns aged 15-64 years was drawn from the Population Register Centre of Finland.

A national approach to medicines information research: A systematic review.

Background: The Finnish Medicines Agency Fimea published the first National Medicines Information (MI) strategy in 2012. For the purpose of implementing the MI strategy into practice by the national MI Network, a comprehensive inventory of MI research in Finland was needed.

Objective: To systematically review literature on MI research conducted in Finland by analyzing and classifying the studies, and identifying the gaps in MI research.