Requirements of tools and techniques to support the entry of structured nursing data

Hardiker, NR and Bakken, S 2004, 'Requirements of tools and techniques to support the entry of structured nursing data' , in: Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Medical Informatics , IOS Press, Amsterdam, pp. 621-625.

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Abstract

The benefits of structured data are widely accepted within the nursing informatics community. However, despite the exis-tence of structured data in the form of well-established nurs-ing terminologies, computer-based nursing record systems are yet to achieve widespread adoption and few of the poten-tial benefits have yet to be realized. In this paper we argue the need for tools and techniques to support the entry of structured nursing data into computer-based systems. In the absence of a generally accepted solution, we build on preliminary work carried out at the 2002 Nursing Terminology Summit and analyze the results of other studies in order to identify a preliminary set of requirements or desiderata for such tools and techniques. These requirements are centered on: how structured data is presented to users for selection; how to mediate between a variety of conceptual structures -terminologies, information models, user interface models and models of the clinical process; and how to reduce the considerable modeling burden through re-use of modeling constructs. Further applied research is needed with the ultimate goal of developing a general solution that will benefit nurses, other professionals and ultimately their patients.

Item Type:	Book Section
Editors:	Fieschi, M, Coiera, E and Yu-Chan, JL
Themes:	Subjects / Themes > Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA075 Electronic computers. Computer science Subjects / Themes > R Medicine > RT Nursing Health and Wellbeing Subjects outside of the University Themes
Schools:	Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy Schools > School of Health and Society
Publisher:	IOS Press
Refereed:	No
Depositing User:	NR Hardiker
Date Deposited:	02 Dec 2010 13:52
Last Modified:	10 Aug 2017 03:53
URI:	http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/12148

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