Completed Research
Use of the Omaha System data to validate Medicare required outcomes in home care
Purpose: To demonstrate use of the Omaha System data to validate Medicare required outcomes in home care
Investigators: Westra, B. L., Solomon, D., Ashley, D.M.
A public health nursing informatics data-and-practice quality project
Purpose: To develop standards for nursing practice and create a data quality infrastructure for nursing documentation.
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Fitzsimmons, L. L., Lescenski, B. A., Lytton, A. B., Schwichtenberg, L. D., Martin, K. S.
Data management for intervention effectiveness research: Comparing deductive and inductive approaches
Purpose: To use data mining techniques to create meaningful intervention clusters from structured Omaha System intervention data
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Westra, B. L., Yu, F., Ramadoss, V. K., Kerr, M. J.
The feasibility of integrating the Omaha System data across homecare agencies and vendors
Purpose: To demonstrate the feasibility of integrating the Omaha System data across homecare agencies and vendors
Investigators: Westra, B. L., Oancea, C., Savik, K., Marek, K.D.
Discovering client and intervention patterns in home visiting data
Purpose: To utilize cutting edge data mining technology (Knowledge Discovery in Databases, KDD) to test public health nurse intervention effectiveness.
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Banerjee, A., Das, P.
Informing standard development and understanding user needs with Omaha System signs and symptoms text entries in community-based care settings
Purpose: To study free text with Omaha System data, to improve use in computerized platforms, identify gaps, and propose improvements.
Investigators: Melton, G. B., Westra, B. L., Raman, N., Monsen. K. A., Kerr, M. J., Solomon, D., Timm, J.
Benchmark attainment by maternal and child health clients across public health nursing agencies
Purpose: To demonstrate benchmarking of public health nursing outcomes data.
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Radosevich, D., Johnson, S., Farri, O., Kerr., M. J., Geppert, J. S.
Case studies of meaningful use of Omaha System in New Zealand
Purpose: To describe Omaha System use cases in community care settings in New Zealand
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Honey, M., Wilson, S.
Comparing maternal child health problems and outcomes across public health nursing agencies
Purpose: To compare maternal child health problems and outcomes across public health nursing agencies
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Fulkerson, J. A., Lytton, A. B., Taft, L. L., Schwichtenberg, L. D., Martin, K. S.
Predicting improvement in urinary and bowel incontinence for home health patients using electronic health record data
Purpose: To predict improvement in urinary and bowel incontinence for home health patients using electronic health record data
Investigators: Westra, B. L., Savik, K., Oancea, S. C., Choromanski, L., Holmes, J. H., & Bliss, D.
Public health nurses tailor interventions for families at risk
Purpose: To use structured clinical data to describe family home visiting interventions including intervention tailoring, and to assess the associations between client risk and intervention tailoring.
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Radosevich, D. M., Kerr, M. J., & Fulkerson, J. A.
Feasibility of using the Omaha System to represent public health nurse manager interventions
Purpose: To test the feasibility of using standardized nursing language to describe nursing management interventions
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Newsom, E. T.
Linking home care interventions and hospitalization outcomes for frail and non-frail elderly patients
Purpose: Linking home care interventions and hospitalization outcomes for frail and non-frail elderly patients
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Westra, B. L., Oancea, S. C., Yu, F., Kerr, M. J.
Assessment of outcome score reliability in public health nurse documentation
Purpose: To compare public health nurse documentation of outcomes data to gold standard ratings determined by expert consensus
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Lytton, A. B., Ferrari, S., Halder, K., Radosevich, D., Kerr, M. J., Mitchell, S., Brandt, J. K.
An empiric analysis of Omaha System targets
Purpose: To describe the semantic structure of Omaha System targets and make recommendations for revisions
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Melton, G. B., Timm, J. E., Westra, B. L., Kerr, M. J., Raman, N., Farri, O., Hart, C. M., Martin, K. S.
Analysis of free text with Omaha System targets in community based care to inform practice and terminology development
Purpose: To analyze free text associated with Omaha System targets and make recommendations for revisions
Investigators: Farri, O., Monsen, K. A., Westra, B. L., Melton, G. B.
Problem stabilization: A metric for problem improvement in home visiting clients
Purpose: To examine intervention patterns for client psychosocial and parenting problems
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Farri, O., McNaughton, D. B., Savik, K.
Family home visiting outcomes for mothers with and without intellectual disabilities
Purpose: To describe differences in problems and outcomes for mothers with intellectual disabilities compared to mothers without intellectual disabilities
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Sanders, A., Yu, F., Radosevich, D. M., Geppert, J.
Evidence-based standardized care plans for use internationally to improve home care practice and population health
Purpose: To describe evidence-based home care practice for selected patient problems using standardized terminology for dissemination in the EHR
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Foster, D. L., Gomez, T., Poulsen, J. K., Mast, J., Westra, B. L., Fishman, E.
Systematic refinement of a health information technology time and motion workflow instrument for inpatient nursing care using a standardized interface terminology
Purpose: We modified an existing open-source T&M study tool for optimal recording nursing workflow at in patient setting to evaluate health information technology (HIT) and linked this instrument to an existing interface terminology, the Omaha System for further analysis of nurse workflow.
Investigators: Zhang, Y., Monsen K. A., Adam, T. J., Pieczkiewicz, D.S., Daman, M., Melton, G. B.
Using the Omaha System as a framework to demonstrate the value of nurse managed wellness center services for vulnerable populations
Purpose: Describe nurse managed wellness center patient characteristics and outcomes
Investigators: Thompson, C. W., Monsen, K. A., Wanamaker, K., Augustyniak, K., Thompson, S. L.
Feasibility of encoding the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement Depression Guideline using the Omaha System
Purpose: To demonstrate translation of a clinical depression guideline using the Omaha System
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Neely, C. Oftedahl, G. Kerr, M. J., Pietruszewski, P. Farri, O.
Developing a shared personal health record for elders and providers: Technology and content
Purpose: 1) to develop and validate a comprehensive, holistic structured interview assessment tool, and 2) to identify ongoing needs and recommended services from the perspective of older adults with chronic health conditions
Investigators: Paitich, N. M., Westra, B. L., Monsen, K. A., Mehle, S. C., Eckstrom, D.
Firefighter hearing health: An informatics approach to screening, measurement, and research
Purpose: To compute KBS ratings from clinical and research data for the Hearing problem
Investigators: Hong, O. S., Kerr, M. J., Lytton, A. B., Monsen, K. A.
Toward a uniform nursing terminology: Mapping ICNP and the Omaha System
Purpose: to map the Omaha System and the International Classification for Nursing Practice
Schmidt-Hegge, T., Ophaug, M., Nguyen, H., Malik, M., Musimami, P., Chen, Y., Collins, B., Westra, B. L., & Monsen, K. A.
Development and Pilot Test of a Standardized Diabetes Interview Data Collection Tool in Spanish and English
Purpose: To develop and pilot test a diabetes interview instrument using Omaha System signs/symptoms in Spanish and English
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., de la Luz, B., Perez-Garces, A. M., Gargantua, R. S., Krichbaum, K., Radoesvich, D. M., Schwartz, K.
Using the Omaha System to Describe Health Problems and Health Outcomes in Municipal Home Care Services in Istanbul, Turkey
Purpose: To identify the most frequent problems of people receiving home health care services, and to measure clients Initial and final knowledge, behavior and status outcomes related to the top identified problems for evaluation the provided care in home care centers.
Investigators: Erdogan, S., Secginli, S., Nahcivan, N., Esin, M. N., Cosansu, G., Aktas, E., Monsen, K. A.
Evaluating effects of public health nurse home visiting on health literacy for immigrants and refugees using standardized nursing terminology data
Purpose: to evaluate effects of public health nurse home visiting on health literacy for immigrants and refugees using Omaha System knowledge ratings as an observed measure of health literacy
Monsen, K. A., Areba, E. M., Radosevich, D. M., Brandt, J. K., Lytton, A. B., Kerr, M. J., Johnson, K. E., Farri, O, & Martin, K. S.
Linking Home Visiting Interventions and Outcomes
Purpose: To model associations between previously defined intervention client risk clusters for public health nurse home visiting programs.
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Oancea, S. C., Westra, B. L.
Describing Services for Children with Special Health Care Needs in Washington State
Purpose: To describe services for children with special health care needs in Washington State
Investigators: Elsbernd, S. A., Monsen, K. A., Barnhart, L., Stout, J.
Exploring the value of clinical data standards to predict hospitalization of home care patients
Purpose: To develop a hospitalization risk index for frail and non-frail elderly home care patients
Investigators: Monsen, K. A., Swanson, H., Oancea, C., Westra, B. L.