title: Big Data, Big Challenges: Implications for Chief Nurse Executives.
abstract: As systems evolve over time, their natural tendency is to become increasingly more complex. Studies in the field of complex systems have generated new perspectives on the application of management strategies in health systems. Much of this research appears as a natural extension of the cross-disciplinary field of systems theory. In this edition, I begin a series of articles on the growing challenge faced by nurse administrators of finding value in the vast amounts of information collected by health systems today.
authors.affiliation: Author Affiliations: Clinical Professor and Associate Dean (Dr Clancy), School of Nursing, The University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Chief Nurse Executive (Ms Reed), ThedaCare, Appleton, Wisconsin.
authors.forename: Thomas R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Clancy
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013598:Systems Theory