To identify solutions of nursing care that will
not only address many of the issues facing the profession but also
transform the way Americans receive health care, the IOM and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have
launched a new Initiative on the Future of Nursing.

Lucian Leape, MD, Adjunct Professor of Health
Policy, Harvard School of Public Health and pediatric surgeon has been
selected as the recipient of the inaugural Florence Nightingale and Dr.
E. Codman Patient Safety Day Award. The award is being given in
conjunction with this year’s 9th annual Patient Safety Day and the 10th
year anniversary of the Institute of Medicine’s groundbreaking patient
safety in America report to Congress.

The American Hospital Association announces the
2009-2010 class of Patient Safety Leadership Fellows. Thirteen
individuals have been selected to participate in this year’s fellowship
class.