Embedding nursing interventions into the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) (2017)
Journal Article
Fortune, N., Hardiker, N., & Strudwick, G. (2017). Embedding nursing interventions into the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI). Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 24(4), 722-728. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw173

Objective: The International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI) is currently being developed. ICHI seeks to span all sectors of the health system. Our objective was to test the draft classification’s coverage of interventions commonly del... Read More about Embedding nursing interventions into the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Health Interventions (ICHI).

The use of computerised clinical decision support systems in emergency care : a substantive review of the literature (2016)
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Bennett, P., & Hardiker, N. (2017). The use of computerised clinical decision support systems in emergency care : a substantive review of the literature. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 24(3), 655-668. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocw151

Objectives: This paper provides a substantive review of international literature evaluating the impact of computerised clinical decision support systems (CCDSS) on the care of emergency department (ED) patients. Material and Methods: A literature s... Read More about The use of computerised clinical decision support systems in emergency care : a substantive review of the literature.

Understanding the use of standardized nursing terminology and classification systems in published research : a case study using the International Classification for Nursing Practice® (2016)
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Strudwick, G., & Hardiker, N. (2016). Understanding the use of standardized nursing terminology and classification systems in published research : a case study using the International Classification for Nursing Practice®. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 94, 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.06.012

Background In the era of evidenced based healthcare, nursing is required to demonstrate that care provided by nurses is associated with optimal patient outcomes, and a high degree of quality and safety. The use of standardized nursing terminologie... Read More about Understanding the use of standardized nursing terminology and classification systems in published research : a case study using the International Classification for Nursing Practice®.

Dashboards for improving patient care : review of the literature (2014)
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Dowding, D., Randell, R., Gardner, P., Fitzpatrick, G., Dykes, P., Favela, J., …Currie, L. (2015). Dashboards for improving patient care : review of the literature. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 84(2), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2014.10.001

Aim This review aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of evidence for the use of clinical and quality dashboards in health care environments. Methods A literature search was performed for the dates 1996–2012 on CIN... Read More about Dashboards for improving patient care : review of the literature.

Integration of an OWL-DL knowledge base with an EHR prototype and providing customized information (2014)
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Jing, X., Kay, S., Marley, T., & Hardiker, N. (2014). Integration of an OWL-DL knowledge base with an EHR prototype and providing customized information. Journal of Medical Systems, 38(9), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-014-0075-4

When clinicians use electronic health record (EHR) systems, their ability to obtain general knowledge is often an important contribution to their ability to make more informed decisions. In this paper we describe a method by which an external, formal... Read More about Integration of an OWL-DL knowledge base with an EHR prototype and providing customized information.

Inter-terminology mapping of nursing problems (2014)
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Kim, T., Hardiker, N., & Coenen, A. (2014). Inter-terminology mapping of nursing problems. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 49, 213-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2014.03.001

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of overlap between the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) and the Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine–Clinical Terms (SNOMED–CT), with a specific focus on nursin... Read More about Inter-terminology mapping of nursing problems.

Public health interventions and behaviour change: Reviewing the grey literature (2012)
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Franks, H., Hardiker, N., Mcgrath, M., & Mcquarrie, C. (2012). Public health interventions and behaviour change: Reviewing the grey literature. Public Health, 126(1), 12-17

Objectives This study identified and reviewed grey literature relating to factors facilitating and inhibiting effective interventions in three areas: the promotion of mental health and well-being, the improvement of food and nutrition, and intervent... Read More about Public health interventions and behaviour change: Reviewing the grey literature.

Factors that influence public engagement with eHealth: a literature review (2011)
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Hardiker, N., & Grant, M. (2011). Factors that influence public engagement with eHealth: a literature review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 80(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.10.017

Purpose: Public engagement with eHealth is generally viewed as beneficial. However, despite the potential benefits, public engagement with eHealth services remains variable. This article explores reasons for this variability through a review of publi... Read More about Factors that influence public engagement with eHealth: a literature review.

Semantic mappings and locality of nursing diagnostic concepts in UMLS (2011)
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Kim, T., Coenen, A., & Hardiker, N. (2012). Semantic mappings and locality of nursing diagnostic concepts in UMLS. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 45(1), 93-100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2011.09.002

One solution for enhancing the interoperability between nursing information systems, given the availability of multiple nursing terminologies, is to cross-map existing nursing concepts. The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) developed and distrib... Read More about Semantic mappings and locality of nursing diagnostic concepts in UMLS.

Incorporating personalized gene sequence variants, molecular genetics knowledge, and health knowledge into an EHR prototype based on the continuity of care record standard (2011)
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Jing, X., Kay, S., Marley, T., Hardiker, N., & Cimino, J. (2011). Incorporating personalized gene sequence variants, molecular genetics knowledge, and health knowledge into an EHR prototype based on the continuity of care record standard. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 45(1), 82-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2011.09.001

Objectives: the current volume and complexity of genetic tests, and the molecular genetics knowledge and health knowledge related to interpretation of the results of those tests, are rapidly outstripping the ability of individual clinicians to recall... Read More about Incorporating personalized gene sequence variants, molecular genetics knowledge, and health knowledge into an EHR prototype based on the continuity of care record standard.

A quality improvement model for healthcare terminologies (2010)
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Kim, T., Coenen, A., & Hardiker, N. (2010). A quality improvement model for healthcare terminologies. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 43, 1036-1043. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2010.08.006

A number of controlled healthcare terminologies and classification systems have been developed for specific purposes, resulting in variations in content, structure, process management, and quality. A terminology quality improvement (TQI) model or f... Read More about A quality improvement model for healthcare terminologies.

Clinical terminologies : a solution for semantic interoperability (2009)
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Park, H., & Hardiker, N. (2009). Clinical terminologies : a solution for semantic interoperability. Daehan euiryo jeongbo hag'hoeji, 15(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.4258/jksmi.2009.15.1.1

To realize the benefits of electronic health records, electronic health record information needs to be shared seamlessly and meaningfully. Clinical terminology systems, one of the current semantic interoperability solutions, were reviewed in this art... Read More about Clinical terminologies : a solution for semantic interoperability.

Collaborative development of clinical templates as a national resource (2009)
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Hoy, D., Hardiker, N., McNicoll, I., Westwell, P., & Bryans, A. (2009). Collaborative development of clinical templates as a national resource. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 78(1), S95-S100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2008.06.003

There is growing interest in the development of standards which structure information round discrete clinical concepts, in a way that supports system development and interoperability. Most notable are the openEHR Archetypes and Templates, and HL7 T... Read More about Collaborative development of clinical templates as a national resource.

Translation and integration of CCC nursing diagnoses into ICNP (2008)
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Matney, S., DaDamio, R., Couderc, C., Dlugos, M., Evans, J., Gianonne, G., …Saba, V. (2008). Translation and integration of CCC nursing diagnoses into ICNP. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 15(6), 791-793. https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.M2801

The purpose of this study was to translate and integrate nursing diagnosis concepts from the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System Version 2.0 to Diagnostic Phenomenon or nursing diagnostic statements in the International Classification for Nur... Read More about Translation and integration of CCC nursing diagnoses into ICNP.

Interpretation of an international terminology standard in the development of a logic-based compositional terminology (2007)
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Hardiker, N., & Coenen, A. (2007). Interpretation of an international terminology standard in the development of a logic-based compositional terminology. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76S2, S274-S280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2007.05.005

Purpose: Version 1.0 of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) is a logic-based compositional terminology. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 18104:2003 Health Informatics¿Integration of a reference terminolog... Read More about Interpretation of an international terminology standard in the development of a logic-based compositional terminology.

Nursing informatics: a personal review of the past, the present and the future (2005)
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Hardiker, N., & Hyeoun-Ae, P. (2005). Nursing informatics: a personal review of the past, the present and the future

There is evidence that nurses have been involved in, or have been affected by health- related computer projects since the mid-1960's. Since those early years nurses have made many significant contributions to the wider bio-health informatics agenda.... Read More about Nursing informatics: a personal review of the past, the present and the future.

Logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems (2003)
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Hardiker, N. (2003). Logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems. Methods of Information in Medicine, 42(3), 265-270

Objectives: Several researchers have proposed the use of logical ontologies as reference terminologies'. However, there are a number of unresolved issues. This article describes the development of a logical ontology for nursing interventions and pres... Read More about Logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems.

Formal nursing terminology systems: a means to an end (2002)
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Hardiker, N., Bakken, S., Casey, A., & Hoy, D. (2002). Formal nursing terminology systems: a means to an end. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 35(5-6), 298-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1532-0464%2803%2900002-9

In response to the need to support diverse and complex information requirements, nursing has developed a number of different terminology systems. The two main kinds of systems that have emerged are enumerative systems and combinatorial systems, altho... Read More about Formal nursing terminology systems: a means to an end.

Structural validation of nursing terminologies (2001)
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Hardiker, N., & Rector, A. (2001). Structural validation of nursing terminologies. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 8(3), 212-221

Objective: The purpose of the study is twofold: 1) to explore the applicability of combinatorial terminologies as the basis for building enumerated classifications, and 2) to investigate the usefulness of formal terminological systems for performing... Read More about Structural validation of nursing terminologies.

Developing and evaluating a logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems
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Hardiker, N. Developing and evaluating a logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems. Methods of Information in Medicine, 42(3), 265-270

Objectives - Several researchers have proposed the use of logical ontologies as ‘reference terminologies’. However, there are a number of unresolved issues. This article describes the development of a logical ontology for nursing interventions and pr... Read More about Developing and evaluating a logical ontology for mediating between nursing intervention terminology systems.