title: The clear and present potential of health IT.
authors.affiliation: Joyce Sensmeier is Vice-President of Informatics at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: Joyce
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sensmeier
mesh_terms: D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D057286:Electronic Health Records; D008490:Medical Informatics; D050316:Medical Order Entry Systems; D061214:Patient Safety