Betsy Humphreys

From Rutgers Medical Informatics History Project

Name: Betsy L. Humphreys

Elected ACMI Fellow: 1990. Morris Collen Award: 2009

Betsy Humpreys Resume (2008)

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:

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