News and updates

Congratulations to the HeNan HongLi Hospital which recently hosted the first Clinical Care Classification (CCC) Clinical Application seminar in China (Nov 14–15, 2025). The event promoted understanding of the CCC nursing terminology, clinical decision support systems, and nursing informatics by facilitating in‑depth exchanges among participants. The seminar also highlighted the implementation and outcomes of the […]

In case you missed it – we want to draw attention, and give thanks to the panel presentation at MEDINFO 2025 in Taipei: “Transforming Nursing Practice: Leveraging Standards, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence for Enhanced Patient Outcomes.”  This presentation was originally proposed by the CCC International Advisory Board. Borrowing from the conference abstract: “The panel convened […]

We would like to thank Hao Fan, a PhD candidate in the Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Program at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO for answering some of our questions about their research which involves using the Clinical Care Classification System: What problem were you trying to tackle with this research? We […]

Interested in knowing more about AI and nursing terminologies? On December 4th, 2024, The Friends of the National Library of Medicine hosted a ~4 hour seminar on this topic with a panel of forward thinking leaders in the field. Just in case you missed it, we are sharing below how you can access the recording […]

We would like to thank Dr. Min-Jeoung Kang who recently answered some of our questions about two studies that she has collaborated on  that used Clinical Care Classification System. Dr. Kang is currently an instructor and informatics coordinator in Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women’s Hospital. We like how Dr. Kang sums up why the CCC […]

On January 1, 2024 the Clinical Care Classification (CCC) transitioned from HCA to Columbia University School of Nursing. We also have a new address: www.clinicalcareclassification.org  Importantly, the old URL and all previous user accounts and services remain available. Suzanne Bakken, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FIAHSI, the Alumni Professor of Nursing and Professor of Biomedical Informatics […]

There are some great conferences coming up that you may want to add to your calendar. We hope to see you at one, or more, of these conferences! Nursing Knowledge Big Data Science Conference, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, June 5-7, 2024 Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI), University of Maryland School of Nursing, […]

Upcoming Virginia Saba Virtual Workshop on November 8th There is still time to sign up for this virtual workshop which is hosted by the Friends of the National Library of Medicine. The 2023 Virginia Saba Virtual Workshop will focus on Innovative Models of Interoperability between Acute Care and Care in the Community, Home and Longterm […]

It is with heavy hearts that we, the HCA Healthcare family, share the sadnews of the passing of Dr. Virginia Saba, researcher, developer, andmatriarch of the Clinical Care Classification system. Dr. Saba ensured thatthe practice of nursing and the essence of nursing care was traceable as aresult of the CCC terminology system. While the bases […]

2022 Clinical Care Classification (CCC) System, Virtual User Group Meeting We are excited to invite you to the Virtual User Group Meeting for the Clinical Care Classification System – to be held February 17th-18th, 2022. This is a free event and is oriented toward those who are interested in using the Clinical Care Classification System […]