Dr. Monsen is a national and international leader in improving the quality of nursing practice and related population health outcomes through nursing informatics. She has developed new metrics, methods, and models that use and analyze standardized nursing data. Monsen is the founder of international nurse-led organizations that enable the advancement of data-and practice-quality innovations, including Omaha System Users Groups and the University of Minnesota School of Nursing Center for Nursing Informatics Research based Omaha System Partnership for Knowledge Discovery and Health Care Quality.