Standardizing nursing information in Canada for inclusion in electronic health records: C-HOBIC.
The Canadian Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care (C-HOBIC) project introduced systematic use of standardized clinical nursing terminology for patient assessments. Implemented so far in three Canadian provinces, C-HOBIC comprises an innovative model for large-scale capture of standardized nursing-sensitive clinical outcomes data within electronic health records (EHRs). To support this activity, nursing assessment and outcomes concepts were mapped to the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP(R)). By comparing serial [...]
Author(s): Hannah, Kathryn J, White, Peggy A, Nagle, Lynn M, Pringle, Dorothy M
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2974