Judith J. Warren

Judith J. Warren is an American nurse, educator, and researcher, known for being a pioneer in the field of nursing informatics. Her work has focused on integrating nursing science, information technology, and patient care. She holds the title of professor emerita at the University of Kansas School of Nursing.

Early life and education Judith J. Warren studied nursing at the University of Hawaii and Texas Woman's University. She earned her Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Hawaii in 1987.

Career Warren began her academic career at the University of Nebraska in Omaha, where she focused her research on the use of standardized coding and classification systems in nursing. In 1996, she was elected as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing.

She is a professor emerita of the University of Kansas School of Nursing. SEEDS provides students with a platform for data analysis using virtual patient scenarios, simulations, and clinical experiences to enhance their informatics competencies.

In recognition of her achievements, the University of Kansas Graduate Health Informatics Program established the Judith J Warren Informatics Excellence Student Award in 2015.

She was a member of the advisory board for the National Center Data Repository (NCDR) for the National Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education (NCIPE).

Warren has served on both the Quality Assurance and Content Committees of the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO), which is responsible for developing SNOMED CT. She remains actively involved with the Nursing Special Interest Group for SNOMED CT. Her involvement with SNOMED began in 1995 when she was appointed as the official American Nurses Association (ANA) liaison to the SNOMED Editorial Board. Her research on the SNOMED CT Nursing Problem List Subset, co-authored with Susan A. Matney, Jonathan L. Evans, Tae Youn Kim, Amy Coenen, and Vivian A. Auld, has significantly advanced nursing informatics.

Warren led the Commission on Accreditation of Health Informatics and Information Management (CAHIIM) as Chair of its board of directors. She previously chaired the organization's Health Informatics Accreditation Council.

Warren has been a leading figure in developing a standardized reference terminology for nursing, including pioneering a model for nursing interventions.

Her publications explore advancing clinical informatics through academic-business partnerships, leveraging big data in nursing, enhancing interoperability of nursing terminologies, developing effective educational strategies for the field, and improving patient care through the integration of electronic health records and clinical decision support systems.

Awards

2009: KU Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching 2012: Virginia K. Saba National Award for Nursing Informatics

She holds the distinction of being the first U.S. nurse and second U.S. informatician to receive the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) Award for Excellence, which she was awarded in 2014.

Selected publications