Dear Friends in the Nursing Informatics Community:

This week (October 1-8, 2017) is National Health IT Week. In honor of this event, the content of the September 2017 (vol 35, no. 9) issue of CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing will be available to all who visit the website at no charge for the month of October. I appreciate the support of our publisher, Wolters Kluwer to join in this celebration and provide this information to all who are interested.

National Health IT Week was founded by HIMSS and the Institute for e-Health Policy in 2006.  The Administration, Congress, corporations, providers, and non-profit organizations around the country are all recognizing the value of shining the spotlight on health IT for one week every year.  It is exciting for CIN, which is the leading nursing informatics journal in the world, to be part of "shining the spotlight," during our 35^th anniversary year. The articles in this issue—and every issue of CIN—report cutting edge research, trends, and innovations in the specialty of nursing informatics. If you are a regular reader, I hope you will share this information with colleagues. And if you are not a subscriber, please learn more about the Journal and consider joining the ranks of our ongoing readership with a personal subscription in November.

Although saying "Happy Health IT Week" sounds a little silly, I cannot emphasize enough the importance of IT to innovative healthcare and positive patient outcomes. As the Editor-in-Chief of CIN, I am proud to be part of this effort.

With my warmest regards,

Leslie H. Nicoll, PhD, MBA, RN, FAAN
Editor-in-Chief, CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing

In honor of National Nurses Week 2018, enjoy the current issue of CIN for free!
Plus, we will continue celebrating nurses all month long, because a week is just not enough. 

To say thanks for all that you do, we are offering additional free content, giveaways, special discount offers and more, in conjunction with our partners at Wolters Kluwer and NursingCenter.com.

Be sure to join the conversations on Social Media by searching for #NursesWeek

Now Accepting Submissions for CIN Plus!

CIN features innovations, emerging technologies, and professional perspectives related to technology in nursing practice, education and research. Interprofessional topics and non-nurse authors are welcome. Tutorials are permitted. CIN Plus articles are shorter in length than regular CIN submissions (2500-3000 words or 10-12 pages double spaced). Instead of an abstract and keywords, CIN Plus articles include three key points that summarize the information conveyed by the article. CIN Plus is an online only feature, published monthly, and can accept charts and images in color. Supplemental material may be published online at no cost to the author.

• Publishing format: included in the journal of record, indexed in pubmed, available through ovid, published online  
• Peer-reviewed
• Word count: 2500-3000
• Structured abstract: none (in lieu of abstract, please include 3-5 bulleted key points)
• Tables: up to 2
• Figures: up to 5, color acceptable
• References: Should be included as appropriate
• Supplemental content: Supplemental material including images, slides, and video can be published online at no cost to authors

Manuscripts should be submitted through CIN’s online editorial manager system, the submission link and general author instructions are found here. Make certain to indicate in the cover letter that the submission is intended for CIN Plus.

2019

The 2019 Omaha System International Conference: A Key to Practice, Documentation, and Information Management will be held April 3-5, 2019 in Eagan, Minnesota. See www.omahasystem.org/conferences.html for details. The 2019 PDF flier includes location and registration information, speaker/planner list, agenda, exhibitors, and more. The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing is the school host, and Joyce Sensmeier, HIMSS is the keynote speaker.