TY - GEN
T1 - Harmonizing Nursing Terminologies
AU - Coenen, Amy
AU - Paese, Fernanda
AU - Saba, Virginia
AU - Jansen, Kay
AU - Hardiker, Nicholas R.
AU - Kim, Tae Youn
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In this paper, the authors report on a study aimed at harmonising two nursing terminologies, the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) and the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®). As the electronic health record evolves and the need for interoperability extends beyond local and national borders, a degree of standardisation across healthcare terminologies become essential. Harmonising across terminologies results in a) increased consensus relating to domain content and b) improvements in the terminologies involved. Findings from this study suggest that there is much overlap of content in nursing terminologies. The continued harmonisation between nursing terminologies and other healthcare terminologies are recommended to achieve international interoperability.
AB - In this paper, the authors report on a study aimed at harmonising two nursing terminologies, the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) and the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®). As the electronic health record evolves and the need for interoperability extends beyond local and national borders, a degree of standardisation across healthcare terminologies become essential. Harmonising across terminologies results in a) increased consensus relating to domain content and b) improvements in the terminologies involved. Findings from this study suggest that there is much overlap of content in nursing terminologies. The continued harmonisation between nursing terminologies and other healthcare terminologies are recommended to achieve international interoperability.
KW - Health Terminology Standards
KW - International Classification for Nursing Practice
KW - Interoperability
KW - Nursing
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U2 - 10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-776
DO - 10.3233/978-1-61499-564-7-776
M3 - Conference contribution
C2 - 26262157
AN - SCOPUS:84951971459
SN - 9781614995630
VL - 216
T3 - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
SP - 776
EP - 779
BT - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
PB - IOS Press
T2 - 15th World Congress on Health and Biomedical Informatics, MEDINFO 2015
Y2 - 19 August 2015 through 23 August 2015
ER -