Cynthia Plonien DNP, RN, CENP
Nursing leadership plays a critical role in managing systems of information technology (IT). While advantages of the electronic health record (EHR) to providers and organizations are frequently cited by evidence, evaluating concerns are less frequent. As EMRs are implemented and processes and procedures become standard within organizations, our attention has turned to usability, satisfaction, and unintentional outcomes. Questions asked by many nurse leaders include: How are nurses affected by EHRs? Does IT work flow create or impair efficiency? Is work satisfaction increased or decreased? Is critical thought enhanced or diminished? Is patient safety improved or compromised?

Jonathan Bilyk, Nurse.com
Jeanine Frumenti, DNP, MPA, RN, CLNC, has seen the upsides of positive, uplifting leadership in action, and shares her thoughts on what makes a good nurse leader.

Martie Moore, ADVANCE
After recently giving a presentation on Florence Nightingale, I mused on the changes nursing has seen through the ages.

Terese Hudson Thrall, Hospitals & Health Networks
Nursing leader Bob Dent, R.N., senior vice president, COO and CNO at Midland Memorial Hospital offers insight on how he champions patient safety through daily leadership huddles.

Jennifer Thew, RN, Healthleaders Media
Nurse leaders may believe in the power of evidence-based practices, but more than 50% say EBP is practiced at their organizations "not at all" or "somewhat." The way forward is to quantitatively demonstrate value, says one advocate.

Kelly Gooch, Becker's Hospital Review
Hospital and health system boards increasingly need members with clinical experience to meet the governance needs of today's industry to help their organizations improve care quality, address population health and reduce costs.

Lena J. Weiner, HealthLeaders Media
The dangers of burnout and fatigue, both physical and mental, go well beyond job dissatisfaction or frustration for nurses. Know the signs and intervene before things go from bad to worse.

Scott Mace,HealthLeaders Media
Rounding with IT staff has not only raised the IT skills of nurses, giving them a competitive advantage, it has also reduced the volume of help desk tickets and rewarded some IT staffers with a deeper level of purpose than ever before.

Quinn Russell Brown, HeraldNet
There's no good place to get sick, but some places are worse than others.

Kelly Gooch, Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality
Effective communication at hospitals and health systems contributes to the development and sustainability of a culture of safety. Yet, miscommunication remains a consistent and pervasive problem.

Marco Buscaglia, Chicago Tribune
If you were to predict the next big thing in health care careers, you might want to take a look at the construction projects in your city.

Dan Bowman, FierceMobileHealthcare
Smartphones tailored specifically to improve clinician workflow are helping New York-Presbyterian Hospital boost communication efforts and cut back on waste, according to Director of Nursing Informatics Rosemary Ventura.

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Stephen Feller, UPI
The federal government announced plans to expand a Medicare program to help people at risk for diabetes avoid developing the disease after finding it was successful in a smaller trial.

Haley Rogers, Plano Star Courier
A Medical Center of Plano nurse is one of 16 to be honored as Dallas-Fort Worth’s "Great 100 Nurses" for HCA’s North Texas division.

Ellen Bryan, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Some North Texas hospitals are facing one of the worst nursing shortages they’ve experienced in decades.

Joseph Conn, Modern Healthcare
A new round of federal privacy and security audits will target the business associates of healthcare providers, insurers and other HIPAA-covered entities along with the entities themselves, according to the Office for Civil Rights at HHS.

Ana Mulero, Healcare Dive
Although connectivity among medical devices is not new, the Internet of Things (IoT), or the Internet of Medical Things if you will, is gaining traction as the healthcare industry has been increasing efforts to improve quality and the continuum of care.