title: 25 years in a nutshell--IMIA-NI, 1982 - 2007.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  When invited to give an overview of nursing informatics I found it natural to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Medical Informatics Special Interests Group on Nursing Informatics (IMIA SIG NI) with a "mini history" from my own perspective
  
  
  METHODS
  The method is historical. Sources are from the IMIA-NI web site, conference proceedings and programs, my private archive and reminiscences.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IMIA-NI has l "left its cradle" quite a while ago, and is now leading the nursing informatics world, thanks to its voluntary, enthusiastic and devoted leaders, WG chair persons, and national members. The newly reinforced executive also works hard to disseminate nursing informatics to the third world.
authors.affiliation: Kuopio University, Department of Nursing Science, Kuopio, Finland. marianne.tallberg@kolumbus.fi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tallberg
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D038622:Internationality; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000266:history*; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history*