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We have entered the information age. Home computers, laptops, handheld computers, and iPODs are pervasive. Banks and stock markets move and track billions of dollars around the world every day through information systems. Factories and stores buy, build, sell, and account for the products in our lives through information systems. In schools, computers are being used as teaching tools and as instructional resources for students in such varied disciplines as astronomy, Chinese, and chemistry. The airline industry uses information systems to book seats, calculate loads, order meals, determine flight plans, determine fuel requirements, and even fly the planes and control air traffic.
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Hannah, K.J., Ball, M.J., Edwards, M.J. (2006). Nurses and Informatics. In: Introduction to Nursing Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-32189-9_1
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