title: The Nursing Terminology Summit Conferences: a case study of successful collaboration for change.
abstract: The Nursing Terminology Summit, a series of invitational conferences and ongoing collaboration, has played both initiating and contributing roles to bring about a second-order change in the development and integration of standards for nursing terminology. What factors enabled this success? What factors made change difficult? This paper examines the structure and process of the Nursing Terminology Summit using concepts, principles, theories, and strategies identified in Lorenzi and Riley [Organizational Aspects of Health Informatics: Managing Technological Change, Springer, 1995]. As a case study, this critical analysis offers practical lessons for informaticians in managing change across disciplinary, organizational, and national boundaries.
authors.affiliation: Vanderbilt University, Room 452, Eskind Biomedical Library, 2209 Garland Avenue, Nashville, TN 37232-8340, USA. judy.ozbolt@vanderbilt.edu
authors.forename: Judy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ozbolt
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D014481:United States