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Mary Erickson | May 10, 2013
This is the final blog post in a National Nurses Week series. This post focuses on the changes in healthcare and the significant role that nurses play in patient care – from getting supplies ready for procedures to EHR implementation. We encourage you to read the entire blog series.
During National Nurses Week, ONC has been celebrating the contributions of the nursing profession on healthcare. Everyone is aware that a nurse’s impact on healthcare and patient safety is massive,
Justin Bennett | May 9, 2013
This is the fourth blog post in a National Nurses Week series. This post focuses on how nurses are achieving meaningful use and how Electronic Health Records and nursing have evolved over time. We encourage you to read the entire series.
Every day brings something new and exciting to Riverside Family Medicine, where I work as a Family Practice Nurse Practitioner (NP). My goal is to provide top-notch health care in the rural setting of Maurepas,
Carol Taylor | May 8, 2013
This is the third blog post in a National Nurses Week series about how Electronic Health Records and nursing have evolved over time and how Health IT is helping nurses provide coordinated care to their patients.
The vast, rugged landscape of southeastern New Mexico may seem like a different planet for those living in other parts of the United States. But 11 years ago, I made the long trek South and West and I now call Hobbs,
Elizabeth Frederick | May 7, 2013
This is the second blog post in a series related to National Nurses Week and how Health IT is helping nurse provide coordinated care to their patients.
I am Betsy Frederick, MSN-NP, a nurse practitioner (NP) with Martin’s Point Health Care in Bangor, Maine and I have used health information technology (health IT) since 1992. Health IT has helped me provide individualized primary care for my patients.
Judy Murphy | May 6, 2013
What an exciting time to be a nurse in our nation! During the annual National Nurses Week, we are reminded that nurses in every community are intimately involved in each patient’s journey towards better health and better care now and in the future. Health IT is a tool to help us and our patients in that journey.
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