Information Technology and Nursing

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This paper discusses that just as information technology produces a dual impact on the workplace in general, it can be expected that the impact on nursing will be a similar pattern of increased efficiency versus complexity and problems. The writer notes that technology provides a means for measuring nursing outcomes and for evaluating performance. Further, the writer maintains that the use of advanced technology in health care can greatly increase efficiency and affordability, and also permit new management programs and the introduction of innovative services. Information technology is well known for increasing efficiency and producing cost savings.

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"Just as information technology produces a dual impact on the workplace in general, it can be expected that the impact on nursing will be a similar pattern of increased efficiency versus complexity and problems. Technology provides a means for measuring nursing outcomes and for evaluating performance. The use of advanced technology in health care can greatly increase efficiency and affordability, and also permit new management programs and the introduction of innovative services."

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