A Message from Our President
Welcome! I am grateful to be part of an amazing organization and to have the opportunity to serve as your President. As we slowly and cautiously emerge from the shadow of the pandemic, we recognize and celebrate you and all that nursing has contributed and sacrificed in this global effort. We look forward to seeing each other in person once again to share our ideas, experiences, stories, and knowledge. I encourage you to take advantage of the many educational and other activities that we have planned throughout the year highlighted by our Trends in Clinical Informatics conference to be held in May. Please take the time to explore what we have to offer, and we look forward your involvement in all our activities throughout the year. NE HIMSS New England HIMSS Clinical Informatics Council will be hosting a luncheon series in March exploring AI in the clinical world. The cost for NENIC members will be $35 for 4.5 CEs, using coupon code: NENIC. Dates and times are as follows: March 3, 12:00pm, EST - 1:30pm, EST
March 10, 12:00pm, EST - 1:30pm, EST
March 17, 12:00pm, EDT - 1:30pm, EDT
For more information and to register: https://ne.himsschapter.org/event/new-england-himss-clinical-informatics-3-part-series-exploring-ai-clinical-world Sessions will be recorded, and registrants may watch the recording later and retrieve CEs.
Spring Education Event March 21, 2023 Join us for our Annual Business Meeting and Educational Event on Evaluating the User Experience in a Documentation Redesign. Speakers will discuss the process, methods, results, and lessons learned for evaluating end user experience as part of a large digital documentation redesign project. User satisfaction, efficiency and effectiveness were evaluated for current state and future state digital documentation among inpatient and emergency room nurses using standardized user experience methodologies. Registration now open. Virtual Journal Club- April 18, 2023 Kang MJ, Rossetti SC, Knaplund C, Chang FY, Schnock KO, Whalen K, Gesner EJ, Garcia JP, Cato KD, Dykes PC. Nursing Documentation Variation Across Different Medical Facilities Within an Integrated Healthcare System. Comput Inform Nurs. 2021 May 3;39(12):845-850. doi: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000736. PMID: 33935196; PMCID: PMC8720562. Trends in Clinical Informatics- A Nursing Perspective – May 19, 2023 We are excited to announce that this year’s Trends in Clinical Informatics: A Nursing Perspective will be held in person (again!) at The Conference Center at Waltham Woods. We are finalizing our slate of dynamic, clinical informatics experts who will focus on Nursing and improving healthcare through informatics. The day will be complemented by member favorites including posters, member highlights presentations, annual review of Nursing Informatics Research and awarding of the 2023 Rita D. Zielstorff Nursing Informatics Leadership Award. Our keynote speaker will be Dr. Patricia Dykes PhD, MA, RN (Program Director of Research for the Center for Patient Safety, Research, at Practice at Brigham & Women's Hospital: Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School) who will speak to informatics innovation. Early Bird Registration is now open! Trends in Clinical Informatics: A Nursing Perspective May 2023 Registration Student Membership NENIC is pleased to announce a special reduced membership rate for students enrolled in a nursing informatics program. To learn more about this exciting opportunity, click here.We are looking forward to an exciting new year. We will continue to balance community updates, educational offerings, and leadership. It has been an honor to serve as NENIC President. As always, we are “Nurses Transforming Healthcare through Informatics.” Be well, be safe, Andrew B. Phillips PhD, RN, FAMIA. (NENIC President)
NENIC has a Joint Agreement with Boston Children's Hospital to bring continuing education programs to our membership. Activities will be submitted to the Boston Children's Hospital for approval to award contact hours. The Boston Children's Hospital is accredited as an approved of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation Receive a Computers Informatics Nursing (CIN) subscription online & in print at the discounted price of $49.99- Visit CIN Website and use promo code WNK205AA at checkout. Past presentations are available, including our COVID19 series, on NENIC's YouTube Channel, and on our website. Worried about FOMO, Subscribe to NENIC's YouTube channel and be notified as soon as it is available! Social Media and Education Subscribe to our YouTube channel to have easy access to local and national thought leaders  Follow us on Twitter for organizational updates
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2023 Annual SymposiumMay 19, 2023 Trends in Clinical Informatics: A Nursing Perspective Registration
Exhibit and Sponsor Opportunities NENIC’s Annual Conference is recognized as a 'must attend' conference for New England clinical informaticists. Exhibitors have an outstanding opportunity to showcase their solutions to nurse leaders and decision-makers who are working within clinical information systems, educational applications, data collection/research applications, administrative/decision support systems, and those who have an interest in the field of nursing informatics. 2023 Prospectus- Click Here. |
