Meet healthcare delivery challenges head on
A joint initiative of the AARP and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the new Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action website promotes nurse leadership in healthcare delivery and policy, nurse academic progression, and interdisciplinary collaboration in both education and practice.
New palliative care education campaign
The Joint Commission has launched a new educational campaign “Speak Up: What You Need to Know About Your Serious Illness and Palliative Care” to help patients and the families of patients living with a serious illness or health problem to deal with their emotional, physical, and spiritual concerns.
Health IT testing program enables health data sharing
A public-private partnership of states, public agencies, federally-funded health information exchanges, and health information technology companies has established a program to test and certify electronic health records and other health IT to enable reliable transfer of data within and across organizational and state boundaries.
WHO: Worldwide suicide prevention strategies
The World Health Organization report “Public Health Action for the Prevention of Suicide” provides a resource to assist governments in developing and implementing strategies for the prevention of suicide, as well as to help those that have already initiated national suicide prevention strategies.
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STIs: Options & considerations
Jane Dimmitt Champion, PhD, DNP, RN, FNP, AH-PMH-CNS, FAAN, and Jennifer L. Collins, PhD, RN