Health IT-enabled care for underserved rural populations: the role of nursing.
This white paper explains the strong roles that nursing can play in using information technology (IT) to improve healthcare delivery in rural areas. The authors describe current challenges to providing care in rural areas, and how technology innovations can help rural communities to improve their health and health care. To maximize benefits, rural stakeholders (as individuals and groups) must collaborate to effect change. Because nonphysician providers deliver much of the [...]
Author(s): Effken, Judith A, Abbott, Patricia
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.M2971