11/14/08 Sorrell’s Ethics column, Ethics in Healthcare Organizations: Struggling with New Questions, focuses on ethical questions that arise due to increasing complexity in society and healthcare systems.
The Informatics column by Thede, The Electronic Health Record: Will Nursing Be on Board When the Ship Leaves?, discusses exciting technology in use to communicate healthcare data, such as a healthcare smartcard and an electronic health record.
Glazer and Alexandre’s latest Legislative column, The Nursing Shortage: A Public Health Issue for All, considers educational preparation of registered nurses and nursing education policy that supports funding to prepare nurses at baccalaureate and higher levels.
OJIN columns are available to all readers as soon as they post.