Hardiker, NR and Hyeoun-Ae, P 2005, 'Nursing informatics: a personal review of the past, the present and the future' , Journal of Korean Society of Medical Informatics, 11 (2) , pp. 119-124.

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Abstract

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. This article reflects on the evolution of Nursing Informatics, from attempts to define the discipline, through the development of support systems, to the current state-of-the-science for one particular and important field of study, namely clinical terminologies. The article concludes with a call for increased professionalisation of Nursing Informatics.

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