This article describes the ISO 18104 standard, published in 2003 by the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 215 (ISO/TC). The standard consists of reference terminology model for nursing diagnoses and interventions. The reference terminology is an instrument that facilitates the mapping of several available terminologies, which promotes the integration of the healthcare information systems and electronic medical records.
Terminology; Medical records systems; computerized; Nursing diagnosis; Nursing Informatics