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Who was the nurse researcher who consulted with IBM in the late 1950s to explore computer use in health care?
Harriet Werley, a nurse researcher at Walter Reed Army Research Institute, consulted with IBM in the late 1950s to explore computer use in health care.
According to the textbook, Ozbolt and Saba identified Harriet Werley as an early nursing informatics pioneer. While working at Walter Reed Army Research Institute, she consulted with IBM in the late 1950s, recognizing the need for a minimum set of data collected from every patient to enable comparisons.
Key points
- Harriet Werley was the nurse researcher who consulted with IBM in the late 1950s.
- She worked at Walter Reed Army Research Institute.
- Her consulting aimed to explore computer use in health care.
- She recognized the need for a minimum patient data set for comparisons.
Source:Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge· Legislative Aspects of Nursing Informatics: HITECH and HIPAA· p. 298–303
Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge
McGonigle, Dee; Mastrian, Kathleen; & Kathleen Mastrian
Fourth edition · Jones & Bartlett Learning