Informatics and nursing

Please answer the following case

As the only informatics nurse at your small community hospital your chief nursing officer heavily relies upon you to translate major developments in policy and reimbursement that have direct implications for the department and facility. How would you go about explaining the relationship between standardized terminologies and financial regards related to Meaningful Use?

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Standardized terminology is a common language or classification that can be understood, used and shared among users. (Martin et al. 2005).
In the Health Care Sector, use of standardized terminologies is very useful in accurate documentation of patient information,

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