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AJN t September 2005 t Vol. 105, No. 9 http://www.nursingcenter.com Diane S. Pravikoff is managing editor of the Online Journal of Clinical Innovations and director of research and professional liaison at Cinahl Information Systems in Glendale, CA. Annelle B. Tanner is regional coordinator of the Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Initiative, Louisiana Office of Public Health, and an adjunct faculty member at Northwestern State University College of Nursing, Alexandria, LA. Susan T. Pierce is an associate professor at Northwestern State University College of Nursing’s main campus, Shreveport, LA. Contact author, Diane S. Pravikoff: [email protected]. The authors wish to acknowledge several organizations that contributed financially to the study: the Expert Panel on Nursing Informatics of the American Academy of Nursing; the American Medical Informatics Association’s Nursing Informatics Working Group; Cinahl Information Systems (a division of EBSCO Publishing); the Interagency Council on Information Resources for Nursing; McKesson Corporation; and Skyscape, Inc. The authors of this article have no other ties, financial or otherwise, to any company that might have an interest in the publication of this educational activity. CE4 Continuing Education HOURS