Implications of Electronic Health Record Meaningful Use Legislation for Nursing Clinical Information System Development and Refinement

Purpose: To describe what electronic health record meaningful use requirements mean for nursing clinical information system ( CIS ) development. Conclusions: The nursing CIS in many, if not most hospitals, has a number of critical design inadequacies that constrain the meaningful use of nursing data to ensure quality outcomes for patients and data‐based maturing of the nursing profession. Implications: It is the responsibility and obligation of...