Table 2.

Comparison of NDMSs: Vocabularies and Comparison with Other Data Sets

	NMDS	MVG/RIM	CNMDSA	HI:NC	TELENURSE & ICNP
Vocabularies used	NANDA, NIC, Omaha, HHCC	ADL list list of 23 interventions (ICNP in future?)	NANDA	NANDA, NIC, Omaha, (HHCC under investigation)	ICNP
Comparison with other health care data sets	Uniform Hospital Discharge Data Set (UHDDS)	Minimal clinical data set, medical intervention data set & diagnoses related groups	To be established	Health Medical Record Institute (HMRI)	None
Note: NANDA, North American Nursing Diagnoses Association; NIC, Nursing Intervention Classification; HHCC, Home Health Care Classification; ICNP, International Classification for Nursing Practice.