title: The role of IT in caring for the chronically ill.
abstract: This article provides a brief overview of the problem of chronic disease, presents some of the emerging models of care delivery for the chronically ill, and discusses information technology's (IT) role in supporting those models and assisting in the search for cures.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Informatics, Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology