Betsy Humphreys

From Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project

Name: Betsy L. Humphreys

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1990. Morris Collen Award: 2009

Resume info:

MLA Fellowship Conferred: 2008
 MLA Elected Offices and Committee Chair Appointments

MLA

Nominating Committee, Elected Member, 1989/90, 1998/99
Research Task Force, Member. 1992-1994
Medical Informatics Section, Chair, 1992/93
Awards Committee, Chair, 1988/89
 Honors and Awards

MLA

Fellow, 2008
Marcia C. Noyes Award, 2007
Presidento?=s Award, 2004
Janet Doe Lecture, 2001
Distinguished Member, Academy of Health Information Professionals, 1996-
Other


Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1999
Fellow, American College of Medical Informatics, 1990
Cornerstone Award (1st recipient), Association of Academic Health Sciences Libr\
aries, 2006
Presidento?=s Award, American Medical Informatics Association, 2002
Alumna of the Year, University of Maryland College of Information Studies, 2002
NLM Regents Award for Scholarship or Technical Achievement, 2001
National Institutes of Health Directoro?=s Award, 1990
National Library of Medicine Directoro?=s Award, 1988
National Institutes of Health Award of Merit, 1978
Phi Beta Kappa, 1968
 Publications (5 representative)

Articles published in the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association or Journa\
l of the Medical Library Association are available via PubMed Central http://pu\
bmedcentral.gov/

Humphreys BL. Building better connections: the National Library of Medicine and\
 public health. J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):293-300.


Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL. 2015--the future of medical libraries. N Engl J Med.\
 2005 Mar 17;352(11):1067-70

Humphreys BL. Adjusting to Progress: interactions between NLM and health scienc\
es librarians, 1961-2001. J Med Libr Assoc 2002 Jan;90(1):4-20.

Humphreys BL. Electronic health record meets digital library: a new environment\
 for achieving an old goal. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2000 Sep-Oct;7(5):444-52.

Lindberg DAB, Humphreys BL, McCray AT. The Unified Medical Language System. Met\
h Inf Med 1993; 32: 281-91.

 Positions

Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 2005 -
Associate Director for Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Bethes\
da, MD,1999-2005
Assistant Director for Health Services Research Information, National Library o\
f Medicine, Bethesda, MD, 1993 -2006
Project Director, Unified Medical Language System, National Library of Medicine\
, Bethesda, MD, 1986 - 2006
Deputy Associate Director, Library Operations, National Library of Medicine, Be\
thesda, MD, 1984 o?= April 1999

hief, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD,\
 Dec. 1980-Jul. 1984
Deputy Chief, Technical Services Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethes\
da, MD, Nov. 1979-Nov. 1980
Assistant Head, Serial Records Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda,\
 MD, Mar. 1976-Oct. 1979
Librarian, Serial Records Section, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, \
Jan. 1973-Feb. 1976
 MLA published statements about the fellow

Proceedings of the 107th annual meeting of the Medical Library Association. J M\
ed Libr Assoc. 2008 January; 96(1). [cited April 7, 2008] http://www.pubmedcent\
ral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=159590
Awards ceremony. Proceedings of the 104th Annual Meeting. J Med Libr Assoc 2005\
 Jan; 93(1):162-3. [cited April 20, 2006] http://pubmedcentral.gov/articlerende\
r.fcgi?artid=545145

Birthdate:

Degrees:BA Smith College, MLS University of Maryland

Current Position:Deputy Directory, National Library of Medicine

Current email:betsy_humphreys@nlm.nih.gov

Current Activities:

Previous Employment:

Clinical and Academic Positions:

Professional Activies:

Coordinates the Unified Medical Language System (UMLS) project.

Books:

Clues to excellence : a history of the American Association of Cost
Engineers, 1956-1986 Published/Created: Morgantown, W. Va. : The
Association, c1987.

Patient records. (response to Don E. Detmer and Elaine B. Steen, Issues, Spr 1993): An article from: Issues in Science and Technology by Donald A.B. Lindberg, Betsy L. Humphreys, J.H.U. Brown and David L. Potash

Selected Publications:

A retrospective cohort study of structured abstracts in MEDLINE, 1992-2006.
Ripple AM, Mork JG, Knecht LS, Humphreys BL.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 Apr;99(2):160-3. No abstract available.
PMID: 21464855


Presentation of the 2009 Morris F Collen Award to Betsy L Humphreys, with remar\
ks from the recipient.
Ellison D, Humphreys BL, Mitchell J.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010 Jul-Aug;17(4):481-5.
PMID: 20595319

Rising expectations: access to biomedical information.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
Yearb Med Inform. 2008:165-72.
PMID: 18587496

Building better connections: the National Library of Medicine and public health\
.
Humphreys BL.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2007 Jul;95(3):293-300.
PMID: 17641764

2015--the future of medical libraries.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
N Engl J Med. 2005 Mar 17;352(11):1067-70. No abstract available.
PMID: 15784661

Achieving "source transparency" in the UMLS Metathesaurus.
Hole WT, Carlsen BA, Tuttle MS, Srinivasan S, Lipow SS, Olson NE, Sherertz DD, \
Humphreys BL.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2004;107(Pt 1):371-5.
PMID: 15360837

A consensus action agenda for achieving the national health information infrast\
ructure.
Yasnoff WA, Humphreys BL, Overhage JM, Detmer DE, Brennan PF, Morris RW, Middle\
ton B, Bates DW, Fanning JP.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2004 Jul-Aug;11(4):332-8. Epub 2004 Jun 7. Review.
PMID: 15187075

"You have to be there": twenty-five years of SCAMC/AMIA symposia.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2002 Jul-Aug;9(4):332-45.
PMID: 12087115

Adjusting to progress: interactions between the National Library of Medicine an\
d health sciences librarians, 1961-2001.
Humphreys BL.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2002 Jan;90(1):4-20.
PMID: 11838459

A national agenda for public health informatics.
Yasnoff WA, Overhage JM, Humphreys BL, LaVenture M, Goodman KW, Gatewood L, Ros\
s DA, Reid J, Hammond WE, Dwyer D, Huff SM, Gotham I, Kukafka R, Loonsk JW, Wag\
ner MM.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2001 Nov;7(6):1-21.
PMID: 11713752

A national agenda for public health informatics: summarized recommendations fro\
m the 2001 AMIA Spring Congress.
Yasnoff WA, Overhage JM, Humphreys BL, LaVenture M.

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2001 Nov-Dec;8(6):535-45.
PMID: 11687561

Electronic health record meets digital library: a new environment for achieving\
 an old goal.
Humphreys BL.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2000 Sep-Oct;7(5):444-52.
PMID: 10984463

Powerful connections for public health: the National Library of Medicine and th\
e National Network of Libraries of Medicine.
Humphreys BL, Ruffin AB, Cahn MA, Rambo N.
Am J Public Health. 1999 Nov;89(11):1633-6.
PMID: 10553380

Meeting information needs in health policy and public health: priorities for th\
e National Library of Medicine and The National Network of Libraries of Medicin\
e.
Humphreys BL.
J Urban Health. 1998 Dec;75(4):878-83. Review.
PMID: 9854247

Medicine and health on the Internet: the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
JAMA. 1998 Oct 21;280(15):1303-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 9794299

Do existing controlled vocabularies contain terminology needed for patient reco\
rds?
Humphreys BL.
J AHIMA. 1998 May;69(5):30-3.
PMID: 10179246

The Unified Medical Language System: an informatics research collaboration.
Humphreys BL, Lindberg DA, Schoolman HM, Barnett GO.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1998 Jan-Feb;5(1):1-11.
PMID: 9452981

Evaluating the coverage of controlled health data terminologies: report on the \
results of the NLM/AHCPR large scale vocabulary test.
Humphreys BL, McCray AT, Cheh ML.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1997 Nov-Dec;4(6):484-500.
PMID: 9391936

Medical informatics.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
JAMA. 1997 Jun 18;277(23):1870-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 9185808

Librarians and collaborative research: toward a better scientific base for info\
rmation practice.
Humphreys BL.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1996 Jul;84(3):433-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 8883995

Planned NLM/AHCPR large-scale vocabulary test: using UMLS technology to determi\
ne the extent to which controlled vocabularies cover terminology needed for hea\
lth care and public health.
Humphreys BL, Hole WT, McCray AT, Fitzmaurice JM.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1996 Jul-Aug;3(4):281-7.
PMID: 8816351

Medical informatics.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
JAMA. 1996 Jun 19;275(23):1821-2. No abstract available.
PMID: 8642729

The NLM/AHCPR large-scale vocabulary test.
Humphreys BL.
Natl Netw. 1996 Feb;20(3):8. No abstract available.
PMID: 10155847

Computers in medicine.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
JAMA. 1995 Jun 7;273(21):1667-8.
PMID: 7752407


High-performance computing and communications and the national information infr\
astructure: new opportunities and challenges.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1995 May-Jun;2(3):197. No abstract available.
PMID: 7614121

The High-Performance Computing and Communications program, the national informa\
tion infrastructure and health care.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL.
J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1995 May-Jun;2(3):156-9.
PMID: 7614116

Structured abstracts in MEDLINE, 1989-1991.
Harbourt AM, Knecht LS, Humphreys BL.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1995 Apr;83(2):190-5.
PMID: 7599584

The 1994 Unified Medical Language System knowledge sources.
Humphreys BL.
Health Libr Rev. 1994 Sep;11(3):200-3. No abstract available.
PMID: 10139679

Growth patterns in the National Library of Medicine's serials collection and in\
 Index Medicus journals, 1966-1985.
Humphreys BL, McCutcheon DE.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1994 Jan;82(1):18-24.
PMID: 8136756

The Unified Medical Language System.
Lindberg DA, Humphreys BL, McCray AT.
Methods Inf Med. 1993 Aug;32(4):281-91.
PMID: 8412823

The UMLS project: making the conceptual connection between users and the inform\
ation they need.
Humphreys BL, Lindberg DA.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1993 Apr;81(2):170-7.
PMID: 8472002


Assessing and enhancing the value of the UMLS Knowledge Sources.
Humphreys BL, Lindberg DA, Hole WT.
Proc Annu Symp Comput Appl Med Care. 1991:78-82.
PMID: 1807711

Bibliographic retrieval: a survey of individual users of MEDLINE.
Wallingford KT, Humphreys BL, Selinger NE, Siegel ER.
MD Comput. 1990 May-Jun;7(3):166-71.
PMID: 2190059

Are younger physicians more likely to be computer users than older physicians?
Humphreys BL, Siegel ER.
Methods Inf Med. 1988 Oct;27(4):194. No abstract available.
PMID: 3067059

Analysis of characteristics of serials held by libraries in PHILSOM which are n\
ot in the NLM collection.
Amani M, Humphreys BL.

Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1982 Jul;70(3):324-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 7116020

Honors and Awards:

[http://www.arl.org/resources/pubs/fallforumproceedings/ff08speakerbios.shtml Presidents Awards from] both the American Medical Informatics Association and the Medical Library Association

Additional Media:

Ms. Humphreys describes the benefits of the 1995 Research Policy Statement (from youtube)

Sources: NLM biography

MLA biography