Firefighter hearing health: an informatics approach to screening, measurement, and research.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of a standardized interface terminology, the Omaha System, with respect to noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL).

Design: A descriptive, correlational design was employed for this secondary analysis with the data from an ongoing hearing protection intervention study.

Study Sample: A total of 346 firefighters were included.

Comparing maternal child health problems and outcomes across public health nursing agencies.

To use aggregated data from health informatics systems to identify needs of maternal and child health (MCH) clients served by county public health agencies and to demonstrate outcomes of services provided. Participating agencies developed and implemented a formal standardized classification data comparison process using structured Omaha System data. An exploratory descriptive analysis of the data was performed.

A public health nursing informatics data-and-practice quality project.

Automation of nursing documentation in client records is one of today's formidable challenges in healthcare settings. Some stakeholders view standardized nursing language as a fundamental component of an automated record, with the end goal of generating valid, reliable data on nursing services and client outcomes. However, few successful applications of standardized nursing language for practice standards and data generation exist in the literature.