Nursing Informatics '91: Proceedings of the Post Conference on Health Care Information Technology: I

Many aspects of health care are being supported by the use of IT. Increasingly, nurses are playing a key role in selecting, implementing and utilizing systems ranging from hospital-wide to unique, specific applications. This book draws together the collected expertise of key nursing, informatics practitioners and other eminent contributors to the field. The express purpose is to provide guidelines toward successful implementation and utilization of IT so that the potential benefits can be achieved. Societal, organizational and individual response to health care IT are key considerations.