Did you miss the headlines from ONC’s 10th Annual Meeting? If so, we have compiled a list of the major themes from this year’s meeting. The event hosted more than 1,200 stakeholders and focused on the importance of patients’ access to health information, privacy concerns, health care cost transparency, health IT standards, and what these topics look like from different perspectives. All plenary sessions and keynote messages from the Annual Meeting are available via webcast. Presentations from breakout sessions will be available on HealthIT.gov soon.

Nurses on Boards Coalition
Kimberly Harper, NOBC Board Chair Emeritus, urges others to "take the leap into leadership."

 As nurses face the pressures and challenges of the profession, nurse leaders can use data from this eye-opening survey to understand their needs and provide workable solutions.

 Preceptorship is an official relationship to evaluate new nurses and provide the feedback needed for them to develop in their practice, build their confidence and bridge the gap between education and practice.

 The World Health Organization has declared 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and it will be an important opportunity for nurse leaders to promote the profession.

 Millenial and Gen-Z nurses will soon make up the majority of employees in workplace. Nurse leaders need to know what matters most to them.

 With all the changes going on in health care today, it can be difficult to determine the most important matters. Consider these five key areas for focus.

 Some basic details to help your patients prepare and protect themselves, and avoid panic. 

 While the general public may tend to view Substance Use Disorder and Opiod Use Disorder as personal failures rather than medical conditions, medical professionals may also be susceptible to these negative attitudes towards patients.

 A professor of nursing who teaches graduate courses online, Dr. Denise Goddard has been named in the Dallas-Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses list.