Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 5 , Pages 232-236 , September 2008

The promise of simultaneous transformation of practice and research with the use of clinical information systems

  • Norma M. Lang, RN, PhD, FAAN, FRCN

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Dr. Norma M. Lang, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing, 1921 E. Hartford Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211

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doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2008.06.011

Nursing Outlook
Volume 56, Issue 5 , Pages 232-236 , September 2008

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