Finally, the cost of the EHR system is a billion-dollar technology which has continued to grow within the health care field and will for many years to come. “W. Scott Erdley and Susan Sparks (2011) reports as information technology increases in use and health care requires increased efficiency, nurses will rely more and more on information technology as one tool for providing the best possible patient care. Local electronic networks, such as clinical information systems, will include other larger networks so nurses will have the best information resources to assist nursing care. Research concerning the effects of electronic networking (using Web 2.0 tools) on nurses and other health care professionals as well as on patients and their families
