title: The WISECARE Project and the impact of information technology on nursing knowledge.
abstract: The European Union retained the WISECARE project "Work flow Information Systems for European nursing CARE" for funding. The project focuses on the use of telematics technology for clinical and resource management in oncology care in hospitals. This paper outlines the impact of introducing this kind of advanced nursing informatics application on the management of nursing knowledge. Three shift in knowledge management that will get high attention in WISECARE, are identified. The first is the shift from knowledge dissemination to knowledge sharing. The second is the shift from individual knowledge to organisational knowledge. The third is the shift from deductive, prescriptive knowledge as seen in guidelines, protocols to more inductive, experience based knowledge. The paper emphasizes that the real impact of information technology is not in the automation of existing processes but on the discovery of new ways of organisation and living.
authors.affiliation: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Sermeus
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hoy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jodrell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hyslop
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gypen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kinnunen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mantas
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Delesie
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tansley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofdijk
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005062:European Union; D006801:Humans; D008331:Management Information Systems; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling