IntroductionThis article will identify the use of electronic health records and how nursing plays an important role. Emerging in the early 2000s, the use of electronic health records quickly became normal practice. An EHR could help prevent dangerous medical errors, reduce medical costs, and improve medical care overall. Patients often take multiple medications, forget to mention important procedures/diagnoses to providers, and sometimes fail to follow up with providers. Maintaining an EHR could help manage data, identify patients who need preventative screenings and visits, monitor VS, and improve the overall quality of care in a practice. Nurse informaticists play an important role in the adaptation, use, and functionality of an EHR. The impact that the EHR could have on the general population is inestimable; therefore, it requires special attention from a qualified professional. Annotated Bibliography Englebright, J., Aldrich, K. and Taylor, C., (2014) Defining and integrating basic nursing actions into the nursing record electronic health. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2014; 46:1, 50-57The authors are nurses, specifically: a chief nursing officer, a nursing informatics manager, and a dean/professor of nursing at Belmont University. The article describes how nursing documentation is vital to achieving optimal patient care, including improving patient outcomes and collaborating with other healthcare providers. Using Henderson's 14 basic needs as a research framework, the authors proved a definition of basic nursing care and incorporated it into an electronic health record. The authors used a team of 16 direct care nurses who were familiar with the documentation of the elements...... middle of article ......., & Ross, DA (2013). Electronic health records and American public health: Current realities and future promises. American Journal of Public Health. 103(9), 1560-1567. Halley, E., Sensei, J. and Brocken J. (2009). Nurses exchanging information: Understanding electronic health record standards and interoperability. Urology nursing. September 2009; 29(5): 305-313 Murphy, J., (2010). The journey to meaningful use of electronic health records.Nursing Economic$. July-August 2010; 28(4) 283-287Murphy, J., (2011). The nursing informatics workforce: who are they and what do they do? Nursing Economics, 29(3), 150-3. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/871355814?accountid=400921Stonham, G., Heyes, B., Owen, A. and Povey, E., (2012). Measuring nursing contribution using electronic records. Nursing management. December 2012; 19(8)28-32