Dr. Caryn Iverson, at-large director, TONE Board of Directors
Covey (2004) describes three characteristics a leader must possess to be successful: vision, courage, and humility. Planning for the future in healthcare is unpredictable. Strong leaders are needed to create solutions for 2020 to include education and management development programs. There are three competencies that should be considered when creating programs for 2020: global perspective, technology, and expert decision-making skills.

Jennifer Thew, RN, HealthLeaders Media
Nurse leaders share their ideas on the changing shape of nursing roles and care models during the HealthLeaders Media 2015 CNO Exchange.

Nurse.com
The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing and the American Organization of Nurse Executives recently issued a statement defining how nurse leaders can help their facilities and clinicians achieve the Triple Aim of healthcare: improving the quality of patient care, improving the health of communities, and reducing healthcare costs.

Erin Marshall, Becker’s Hospital Review
Every leader feels pressure to achieve measurable results, which often requires imposing high expectations for success. But how do you know if you're being too tough on your team?

Carrie Alexander, Becker’s Hospital Review
Our nation's healthcare system continues to experience significant, and at times, dramatic change. The operational, relational, and analytical challenges characteristic of change can only be met with effective leadership at all levels.

Janice Petrella Lynch, MSN, RN, Nurse.com
Susan Hassmiller, PhD, RN, FAAN, who joined the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in 1997, is the RWJF senior adviser for nursing. In this role, she shapes and leads the foundation’s nursing strategies in an effort to create a higher quality of care in the U.S. for people, families, and communities.

Nurse.com
We asked our readers: If you could create the perfect interprofessional team, what attributes would you want the members to have?

Shannon Barnet, Max Green and Heather Punke, Becker’s Hospital Review
We asked a favor from 11 CNOs and CXOs from hospitals and health systems across the U.S.: Define the "biggest win" for patients this year, in your organization or the industry as a whole.

Valerie Sweeten, Chron
The demand for nurses continues to grow throughout Houston, with certain fields getting more attention than others.

AHA News Now
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services late this afternoon issued a proposed rule on the notice of benefit and payment parameters standards for health insurance issuers and the Health Insurance Marketplaces.

Sandra Gittlen, HealthLeaders Media
An engaged patient can and should be involved in the decision-making process. But don't think of patient-centered care as a customer service program.

Nurse.com
A new survey commissioned by the nonprofit Transamerica Center for Health Studies found that nearly 62 percent of Americans have been diagnosed with a chronic health condition, with the most common conditions being overweightness, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol.

David Ferguson, FierceHealthcare
The College of Nursing at the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) is trying a dramatically different approach to prepare nurses for the situations they will face when assisting patients and their families during end-of-life care.

Richard Cowling, PhD, APRN-BC, AHN-BC, FAAN, ANEF, Nurse.com
The makeup of every family is different. There are biological families, and there are those we consider family through emotional connection and support. What if families were considered partners in the care process who can collaborate with nurses to best meet patient needs and healthcare outcomes?

February 4–5, 2016, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas
Join us in Dallas in February for the 2016’s not-to-miss event. The 2016 annual conference theme is: Preparing for 2020 and Beyond—The Evolving Role of Nurse Leaders.

March 30–April 2, Forth Worth, Texas
Thousands of nurse leaders will gather at AONE 2016 Inspiring Leaders March 30–April 2 at the Fort Worth Convention Center.

Nina Flanagan, Healthcare Dive
The debate swirling around immigration policy has been heating up for the 2016 presidential candidates.

Sugar Land Sun
Recently two Memorial Hermann nurses were named among the 25 Outstanding Nurses of 2015 by the Texas Nurses Association, District 9. Mary Ann Euliarte, RN, CRRN, MSN, MBA, vice president, operations and chief nursing officer at TIRR Memorial Hermann, and Jackson Igbinoba, RN, BSN, MBA, NEA-BC, CMSRN, clinical director at Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, were the two Memorial Hermann recipients.

Matt Goodman, Healthcare Daily
The Joint Commission released its long-awaited list of what it deems to be America’s safest and most quality hospitals. In all, about one-third of previously Joint Commission-accredited facilities were declared Top Performers.

Haley Hernandez, Click2Houston.com
It's been more than a year since Texas was in the international spotlight for being ground zero for our country's battle against Ebola. It sent hospitals scrambling to protect patients and caregivers in ways they'd never considered before.

Mary Rechtoris, Becker’s ASC Review
Tenet and Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health partnered to jointly own Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake in Dallas, Lake Pointe Medical Center in Rowlett, Texas, Regional Medical Center at Sunnyvale, and Baylor Medical Center at Garland.

AHA News Now
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today issued a notice clarifying actions taken since Oct. 1 to address isolated problems processing ICD-10 codes for certain national or local coverage decisions/policies.

Chris Conover, Forbes
There’s good news on the healthcare inflation front. The annual rate of healthcare inflation is at a six-decade low.