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Title | ||
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Representing nursing assessments in clinical information systems using the logical observation identifiers, names, and codes database. |
Abstract | ||
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In recent years, the Logical Observation Identifiers, Names, and Codes (LOINC) Database has been expanded to include assessment items of relevance to nursing and in 2002 met the criteria for "recognition" by the American Nurses Association. Assessment measures in LOINC include those related to vital signs, obstetric measurements, clinical assessment scales, assessments from standardized nursing terminologies, and research instruments. In order for LOINC to be of greater use in implementing information systems that support nursing practice, additional content is needed. Moreover, those implementing systems for nursing practice must be aware of the manner in which LOINC codes for assessments can be appropriately linked with other aspects of the nursing process such as diagnoses and interventions. Such linkages are necessary to document nursing contributions to healthcare outcomes within the context of a multidisciplinary care environment and to facilitate building of nursing knowledge from clinical practice. The purposes of this paper are to provide an overview of the LOINC database, to describe examples of assessments of relevance to nursing contained in LOINC, and to illustrate linkages of LOINC assessments with other nursing concepts. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2003 | 10.1016/j.jbi.2003.09.008 | Journal of Biomedical Informatics |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
standardized nursing terminology,loinc database,nursing assessment,nursing contribution,logical observation identifiers,controlled medical vocabularies,support nursing practice,nursing practice,loinc code,loinc assessment,representing nursing assessment,nursing knowledge,nursing process,codes database,terminology,nursing concept,clinical information system,information system | Information system,Data mining,Nursing Outcomes Classification,Computer science,Nursing process,Knowledge management,Health care,Nursing,Multidisciplinary approach,MEDCIN,Nursing assessment,LOINC,Database | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
36 | 4-5 | 1532-0464 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
7 | 1.14 | 1 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Matney | 1 | 27 | 5.62 |
| Suzanne Bakken | 2 | 612 | 111.65 |
| Stanley M. Huff | 3 | 202 | 31.86 |