title: Compassion meets the computer age.
abstract: Computers get smarter and smarter, but they'll never replace human caring. View the nature of compassion and its unique role in nursing, as well as our challenge to measure the abstract quality. The surprising revelation: Computers are our best bet.
authors.affiliation: Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D001292:Attitude to Computers; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000639:trends*; D004645:Empathy; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009742:Nursing Theory; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical