'When in doubt, include the nursing informatics team'

That's the advice of CoxHealth Chief Nursing Information Officer Summer Blackerby, RN, who discusses the value of nursing IT experts, and highlights technologies that provide care beyond the bedside, streamline nursing workflows and more.

The nursing profession is changing – in large part fueled by information technology that can help nurses meet a growing list of challenges, said Summer Blackerby, RN, chief nursing information officer at CoxHealth Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.

Blackerby knows what it is like being a nurse today and the challenges nurses face on a daily basis. She also is intimately familiar with the state of nursing informatics today – how it is helping and where it needs to improve.

Further, she knows why and how hospitals and health systems should adopt technology that enables nurses to provide care beyond the bedside. Not to mention technology that streamlines nursing workflows.

And on another front, she understands the importance of nursing IT in enabling personalized care.

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