Nursing Informatics Where Technology and Caring Meet
Despite paying more for healthcare than any other country in the world, the US ranks below more than 40 other countries in life expectancy – down significantly from two decades earlier. As the Institute of Medicine concluded, “The current care systems can
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Marion J. Ball • Judith V. Douglas Patricia Hinton Walker • Donna DuLong • Brian Gugerty Kathryn J. Hannah • Joan M. Kiel • Susan K. Newbold Joyce Sensmeier • Diane J. Skiba • Michelle R. Troseth (Editors)
Marion J. Ball • Kathryn J. Hannah (Series Editors)
Nursing Informatics Where Technology and Caring Meet Fourth Edition
Editors
Marion J. Ball IBM Research Center for Healthcare Management Baltimore, MD 21239, USA
Joan M. Kiel Duquesne University 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282, USA
Judith V. Douglas Reisterstown, Maryland 21136, USA
Susan K. Newbold Franklin, TN, USA
Patricia Hinton Walker Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences 4301 Jones Bridge Road Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Joyce Sensmeier Healthcare Information and Management Systems Informatics 230 East Ohio St, Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60611, USA
Donna DuLong The Tiger Initiative Denver, CO 80045, USA
Diane J. Skiba University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing 13120 E. 19th Ave. Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Brian Gugerty Gugerty Consulting LLC 1038 Bayberry Drive Arnold, MD 21012, USA Kathryn J. Hannah HECS Inc. Calgary, Alb, Canada
Michelle R. Troseth CPM Resource Center 3196 Kraft Ave SE Grand Rapids, MI 49512, USA
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Foreword I
This is the fourth edition of Nursing Informatics, catchily subtitled Where Technology and Caring Meet. In the two decades since the first edition debuted, the juxtaposition between technology and caring has moved from an uncomfortable tension felt by individuals to a creative force seeking to transform all aspects of the nursing pro
