The International Council of Nurses and IHTSDO

On March 17 2010, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) today announced a collaborative agreement to advance terminology harmonization and foster interoperability in health information systems.

“ICN will embrace this collaboration as an important means of supporting nurses in providing quality care. Nurses need to be able to access and share patient information in a standard way, to ensure safety, improve quality of care across the health care delivery system and communicate with other health professions. The ICN-IHTSDO collaboration will facilitate this”, explained David Benton, ICN’s Chief Executive Officer. “Many nurses from around the world have contributed to the development and improvement of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®). ICN can advance their efforts through this collaboration with IHTSDO.”

About ICN

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses and leading nursing internationally, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all and sound health policies globally. More