informatics competencies for practicing nurses.

IOM- To Err is Human

Jun 2, 1999

http://www.iom.edu/Reports/1999/To-Err-is-Human-Building-A-Safe-Health-System.aspx>To Err is Human Reports</a>First report describbing incidences of medical errors

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Jun 2, 2000

http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency These standards were reviewed by the ACRL Standards Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). Information literacy also is increasingly important in the contemporary environment of rapid technological change and proliferating information resources.

IOM- INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAMWORK

Jun 2, 2003

http:www.iom.edu/Reports/1999/To-Err-Is-Human-Building-A-Safe-Health-System.aspx Its purpose is to
cooperate, collaborate, communicate, and integrate care in
teams to ensure that care is continuous and reliable.

TIGER- Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform

Jun 2, 2004

www.TigerSummit.com Tiger was formed in 2004 to bring together nursing stakeholders to develop a shared vision, strategies, and specific actions for improving nursing practice, education, and the delivery of patient care through the use of health information technology

the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

Jun 2, 2009

http://www.recovery.gov/About/Pages/The_Act.aspx earmarked $19 billion to develop an electronic health information technology infrastructure that will improve the efficiency and access of healthcare to all Americans