title: Stop the rise in nursing errors--systematically.
abstract: The number of reported nursing errors in hospitals has increased in each of the past 5 years. Information technology can help nurses make better care decisions in today's harried hospital environment.
authors.affiliation: Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Mo., USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009729:Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D013686:Telemetry; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology