Florence Nightingale, the first nurse informatician, sought hospital data for comparison purposes to compete which goal?
a. Allow faster and accurate diagnosis.
b. Better coordinate care.
c. Improve the efficiency of care.
d. Show people how their money was spent.
ANS: D
"They would show the subscribers how their money was being spent, what amount of good was really being done with it, or whether the money was not doing mischief rather than good" (Florence Nightingale, 1863). Although health information and informatics could fulfill the other purposes, none of these were the focus of Florence Nightingale‘s published purposes of her requests for hospital information.
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