Clinical Knowledgebase Integration of Nursing Terminology.
Journal:
Studies in health technology and informatics
PMID:
27332374
Abstract
Medicomp Point of Care Clinical Knowledgebase, MEDCIN is designed to support integrated care documentation and the care planning functions of nurses and allied health professional. In electronic medical records (EMRs) starting with one or more clinical diagnoses and/or patient signs and symptoms, the capabilities of the MEDCIN knowledgebase are used to prompt nursing terminology concepts following the American Nurses Association (ANA) nursing process [1]. The MEDCIN diagnostic index dynamically constructs Interactive Plans of Care (PoC) using the six standards of the nursing process and allows aggregated data analysis. MEDCIN is widely used in the US by EMR clients and health information technology systems around the world.