Connecting, Sharing, and Advancing Nursing Informatics 1-866-552-6404 Vol. 26, No. 2 • 2nd Quarter, 2011 ISSN: 1551-9104 ANIA--CARING is a nursing informatics organization advancing the delivery of quality healthcare through the integration ANIA-CARING 2011 Annual Conference of informatics in practice, education, “Nursing Informatics: Blazing the HIT Trail” administration, and research. Lisa Anne Bove, MSN, RN–BC and James J. Finley, MBA, BSN, RN-BC DISCLAIMER: Content presented in the ANIA--CARING Newsletter is not ursing Informatics: Blazing the HIT Trail was the theme of the latest ANIA- intended as an endorsement for any NCARING Annual Conference, held in Las Vegas, NV May 12 - 14, 2011. particular vendor or product The ANIA-CARING Conference Planning team led by James J. Finley, MBA, In This Issue BSN, RN-BC and Lisa Anne Bove, MSN, RN-BC engaged excellent speakers and attracted a record number of exhibitors and attendees. Thanks go to the ANIA- CARING Board and especially the Conference Planning Committee members: Editor’sANIA-CARING Note . 2011. .Annual . .Conference . 1 Victoria Bradley, DNP, RN, FHIMSS, Daniel Gracie, MSN, RN, Diane Humbrecht, MSN, RNC, Rhonda Struck, MS, BSN, RN, Vicki Vallejos, BSN, RN- Telehealth“Nursing for Informatics: Chronic Disease Blazing the HIT Trail” . .1 BC, Bobbi Crann, MSN, RN-BC, Rosemarie Marmion, MSN, RN-BC, NE-BC. Management – Part 2 . 2 ANIA-CARING Member News . 2 We started the conference with pre-conference sessions and this year we offered Webcast Event- ANA 2007 Scope and six half day preconferences. Morning sessions included Designing Effective Standards for Nursing Informatics . .2 Presidents Message: This is Our Organization… 4 Training for HIT Implementations by Brenda Kulhanek, PhD(c), MSN, RN, ANIA--CARING Member News 2 Data, data everywhere but not a thought to CPHIMS and Mark Kulhanek, MA; Best Practice in Clinical Informatics by Upcoming Events . .3 Victoria Bradley, DNP, RN, CPHIMS, FHIMSS; Cheryl Parker, PhD, MSN, RN, think! Making data MEANINGFUL for the ANIA--CARING Member Spotlight 5 and Patricia Sengstack, DNP, RN-BC, CPHIMSS; and Project Management: The Anotherpatient Successful and the care CARING provider Dinner . .at . the. .5 Next Level – Managing Scope, Risks, and Issues by Lisa Anne Bove, MSN, RN- Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics . .5 Nursing Informatics and Baccalaureate Nursing BC; Susan M. Houston, MBA, RN-BC, PMP, CPHIMS. Afternoon sessions Central Florida ANIA--CARING included Teamwork for Clinical Implementation Success by Marina Douglas, MS; JulyStudents Meeting . .Report . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .7 6 Marian Celli, MS, RN-BC, FHIMSS; Nursing Informatics and Health Care Policy PreparationConference Report:for Stage 17th 1 Meaningful Annual Summer Use a panel including Kathleen McCormick, PhD, RN (Moderator); Amy Walker, MS, Institute in Nursing Informatics – RN, NEA-BC, FACHE, CPHQ; Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, Attestation as an Eligible Hospital . .10 July 18th-21st, 2007 . .7 FHIMSS, and Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS (Panelists); and a new offering presented with the Association of PeriOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) called Benefits of One Small Step for Membership IT, One Giant Leap for Perioperative • Access Access to to a anetwork network of of informatics informatics Nursing by Denise professionals domestically and internationally, professionals domestically and intewrnationally, Maxwell-Downing, • An An active active e-list e-mail with list the with option the tooption read toe-mails have MS, BSN, RN; online,messages in digest format, Sharon Giarrizzo- • An online, searchable membership directory, • An online, searchable membership directory Wilson, MS, BSN, • Quarterly Quarterly newsletter newsletter indexed indexed in CINAHL,in CINAHL & RN, CNOR; Jessica Thomson GaleGale. & EBSCO Publishing, Bianco, MS, BSN, • Job Job Bank Bank with with employer employer paid paid postings, postings, RN, CNOR. • Reduced Reduced rate rate for for the the Computers, Computers, Informatics, Informatics Nursingand Nursing (CIN) (CIN) journal, journal, The main conference kicked • Annual Annual ANIA--CARING conference,luncheon during AMIA and annual dinner during SINI, off on Thursday • Membership in the Alliance for Nursing • MembershipInformatics, www.allianceni.org in the Alliance for Nursing, and evening with our Informatics, www.allianceni.org, and second Regional • Meetings and conferences around the nation • Meetings and conferences around the nation and the world. Meeting and Dessert and the world. 5 members network with speakers and board members and Visit usVisit at uswww.ania-caringonline.org at www.ania-caring.org and join continued on page 2 joinor orrenew renew today! today! member news ANIA-CARING 2011 Annual Conference By Susan K Newbold, PhD RN- “Nursing Informatics: Blazing the HIT Trail” BC FAAN FHIMSS continued from page 1 Reception. The four Regional Directors met with members in each region to network on options for education and networking at the regional level. This ANIA-CARING reception gave everyone an opportunity to network, get re-acquainted with Membership Profile colleagues and friends, and meet new friends in the Region where they worked As of 07/03/2011, there are 2781 mem- and/ or live. bers from 50 states and 34 countries: Friday mornings's opening keynote speaker was Pamela F Cipriano, PhD, RN, Afghanistan, Australia, Bermuda, NEA-BC, FAAN who presented a look at Nurses as Meaningful Users of HIS: Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Blazing the Trail. Dr. Cipriano addressed how nursing leaders must emphasize England, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, the importance of nurses as partners in meaningful use and gain recognition of the Lebanon, Malaysia, New Zealand, critical role nurses play in using health information to improve care. Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Qatar, After the opening keynote, participants were invited to browse the exhibit hall Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and view posters. There were 28 posters available for review and the poster Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, presenters shared information about their processes and findings. Healthcare Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, USA. vendors who supported the conference included American Nurses Credentialing Graduation Center (ANCC), Clinical Computer Systems, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Inc., Code Corporation, Covenant Health, Elsevier - CPM Resource Center, ESD, Grand Noel Kerr, Peoria, IL, defended her dis- Canyon University, Harrison Medical Center, sertation entitled, “Creating a Hospira, Howard Medical, ICWUSA.com, Inc., Protective Picture: A Grounded Theory of How Medical-Surgical Nurses Indiana University Health, Innovative Consulting Decide to Follow a Charting-by- Group, Jaco, Inc., Jacobus Consulting, Man & Exception Policy on a Day-to-Day, Machine, MEDITECH, Metro/Intermetro, Patient-by-Patient Basis,” December PEPID, SimEMR, Stinger Medical, SynaptiCore, 2010. She was hooded May 2011 and Vanderbilt Univ. School of Nursing, Zebra obtained her degree from the College Technologies, and Zynx Health. The rest of the of Nursing at Rutgers, Newark, NJ. day included breakouts following four tracks Heather J. Sobko, Crane Hill, AL. suc- including Education and Career Development cessfully defended her dissertation (ECD), System Implementations (ISI), Patient titled, ‘Using Measures of Engagement Care Outcomes (CPC), Innovations (INI), and with KP.Org to Determine Associations 5 Judy Murphy shares her knowledge Leadership (LD). Speakers came from all over with Selected Clinical Outcomes.’ University of Alabama, Birmingham, the US and presented topics on implementations in many units and facilities, May 5, 2011. education at the staff nurse, physician and higher education level, as well as innovative ideas from many informatics nurses. Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) All participants were invited to join Sara B. Balster, Middleton, WI, Walden the ANIA – CARING Board of University, Nursing Informatics, Directors for our anual business December 2010. meeting luncheon. During the meeting, Kathleen Cerbin, South Bend, IN. MSN President Victoria M. Bradley, DNP, – Education, Walden University gradu- RN, FHIMSS introduced the current ated February 2010. Kathleen is work- board. Membership, Financial, ing on the post masters certificate in nursing informatics. Education and Region Director reports followed. Victoria then thanked Jacqueline P. Fowler, Woodburn, KY. outgoing board members James J. attended commencement at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, May 2011. Finley, MBA, BSN, RN-BC and Patrick Shannon, MS, RN, CPHIMS and passed Diane R. Klersy, Monroe City, MO, the gavel to incoming president Curtis 5 Speakers allow time for questions and interaction with members Walden University August, 2010. N. Dikes, RN, MSN, ACNP-BC, Ellen R. Lynch, Mount Pleasant, SC, CLNC, NEA-BC. New board members Karen Zorn, MSN, ONC, RN and Charles Medical University of South Carolina, Boicey, MS, RN-BC, PMP were also introduced. May 2011: Nurse Educator. continued on page 3 continued on page 3 ania-CARING • Page 2 Member News ANIA-CARING 2011 Annual Conference “Nursing Informatics: Blazing the HIT Trail” Theresa Metta, Belleville, NJ, Walden continued from page 2 University, April, 2011 Holly Tamez, Hemet, CA. attended com- Saturday started with Liz Johnson, MS, RN-C, FHIMSS, CPHIMS one of the mencement at Vanderbilt University, healthcare industry’s most accomplished executive nurse