Nursing Informatics. The Journey to Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records.

The article offers information on the importance of the use of nursing informatics through the application of electronic health records (EHR)in the U.S. It mentions the approval of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) for the investment of EHR, which aims to reduce the costs and avoid medical errors. It states the recognition of the health information technology (HIT) after the U.S. President Barack Obama approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).