title: Information technology: building nursing intellectual capital for the information age.
abstract: Healthcare is evolving from a task-based industry to a knowledge-based one. To gain and retain value as intellectual capital, nursing likewise must evolve from a vocation of task performers to a profession of knowledge-workers. Information technology can transform nursing tasks into nursing knowledge.
authors.affiliation: Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO 64117, USA. rsimpson@cerner.com
authors.forename: Roy L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Simpson
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D003142:Communication; D003197:Computer Literacy; D003200:Computer User Training; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000458:organization & administration; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D005544:Forecasting; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019359:Knowledge; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration; D016294:Models, Nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D048108:Nursing Informatics / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D011361:Professional Competence