Embedded structures and representation of nursing knowledge.
Nursing Vocabulary Summit participants were challenged to consider whether reference terminology and information models might be a way to move toward better capture of data in electronic medical records. A requirement of such reference models is fidelity to representations of domain knowledge. This article discusses embedded structures in three different approaches to organizing domain knowledge: scientific reasoning, expertise, and standardized nursing languages. The concept of pressure ulcer is presented as [...]
Author(s): Harris, M R, Graves, J R, Solbrig, H R, Elkin, P L, Chute, C G
DOI: 10.1136/jamia.2000.0070539