title: Nursing data, classification systems, and quality indicators: what every HIM professional needs to know.
abstract: The nursing profession has developed a number of classification systems. What can HIM professionals learn from the processes and results? This article presents an overview of the major nursing classification systems and examines some of the national efforts to standardize nursing data elements.
authors.affiliation: University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Warren
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Zielstorff
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing / Q000145:classification*; D000575:American Nurses' Association; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004496:Education, Continuing; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008497:Medical Record Administrators; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*; D009739:Nursing Services / Q000145:classification*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D014481:United States; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled