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The promise of big data: improving patient safety and nursing practice.

Linnen D. The promise of big data: Improving patient safety and nursing practice. Nursing (Brux). 2016;46(5):28-34; quiz 34-5. doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000482256.71143.09.

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September 20, 2016
Linnen D. Nursing (Brux). 2016;46(5):28-34; quiz 34-5.
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Big data is gaining attention as a way to improve quality and safety. This commentary discusses how outcomes data can be applied to enhance safety of nursing care and reviews limitations to successfully using analytics, including insufficient interoperability and inadequate funding to design effective tools.
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Linnen D. The promise of big data: Improving patient safety and nursing practice. Nursing (Brux). 2016;46(5):28-34; quiz 34-5. doi:10.1097/01.NURSE.0000482256.71143.09.