Future Advancement of Health Care Through Standardized Nursing Terminologies: Reflections from a Friends of the National Library of Medicine Workshop Honoring Virginia K. Saba

Overview

Journal J Am Med Inform Assoc

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Medical Informatics

Date 2023 Aug 8

PMID 37553233

Authors

Karen Dunn Lopez

Laura Heermann Langford

Rosemary Kennedy

Kathleen McCormick

Connie White Delaney

Greg Alexander

Jane Englebright

Whende M Carroll

Karen A Monsen

Affiliations

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Abstract

Objective: To honor the legacy of nursing informatics pioneer and visionary, Dr. Virginia Saba, the Friends of the National Library of Medicine convened a group of international experts to reflect on Dr. Saba's contributions to nursing standardized nursing terminologies.

Process: Experts led a day-and-a-half virtual update on nursing's sustained and rigorous efforts to develop and use valid, reliable, and computable standardized nursing terminologies over the past 5 decades. Over the course of the workshop, policymakers, industry leaders, and scholars discussed the successful use of standardized nursing terminologies, the potential for expanded use of these vetted tools to advance healthcare, and future needs and opportunities. In this article, we elaborate on this vision and key recommendations for continued and expanded adoption and use of standardized nursing terminologies across settings and systems with the goal of generating new knowledge that improves health.

Conclusion: Much of the promise that the original creators of standardized nursing terminologies envisioned has been achieved. Secondary analysis of clinical data using these terminologies has repeatedly demonstrated the value of nursing and nursing's data. With increased and widespread adoption, these achievements can be replicated across settings and systems.

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