Trends in Clinical Informatics: A Nursing Perspective

 Annual Symposiums

 

19th Annual Symposium - May 19, 2023

"Nurses Transforming Healthcare Through Data and Innovation"

Patricia C. Dykes Ph.D., RN, FAAN, FACMI
Research Center for Patient Safety, Research, and Practice
Program Director, MassGeneralBrigham;
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Patricia Sengstack DNP, RN-BC, FAAN, FACMI
Senior Associate, Dean of Nursing Informatics, Vanderbilt School of Nursing

Andrew Phillips PhD, RN, FAMIA
Associate Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Member Highlights: Karen Bavuso RN, MSN (Moderator)

  1.  Debra Furlong MS, RN-BC (Brigham and Women's Hospital)
    • Nurse Proactive Rounding Utilizing a Deterioration Index Tool
  2. Elizabeth Bryand MSN, RN, ACCNS, BS (Newport Hospital [Lifespan])
    • Nurse-Driven Heparin Continuous Infusion Protocol Optimization with EHR Decision Support
  3. Leslie Hutchins MBA, BSN, RN, RN-BC, BC-NE (Yale New Haven Health)
    • Infusion Pump Interoperability - Safety/Efficiency/Data Accuracy

 
Rae Walker PhD, RN, FAAN (They/Them)
Associate Professor and Ph.D. Program Director;
Elaine Marieb College of Nursing; University of Massachusetts, Amherst

2023 Trends in Clinical Informatics: Poster Abstract Booklet

 

18th Annual Symposium - April 22, 2022

“Nurses Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation"


Sarah Collins Rossetti RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, FAMIA
Dept. of Biomedical Informatics and School of Nursing; Asst. Professor Biomedical Informatics and Nursing
Columbia University Medical Center 
Outputs, Next Steps, and Local Action from the 25 x 5 Symposium to Reduce Documentation Burden

Sarah Visker MSN, RN 
Manager, Clinical Integration
Connecticut Children’s 
Improving Nursing's Technology Experience: Amplifying the Voice of the Direct Care Nurse

Geralyn Saunders MSN, RN - Chief Nursing Information Officer 
Meg Grande MSN, RN - Associate Chief Nursing Information Officer
Nancy Giacomozzi Med, BSN, M.Ed. RN-BC, CNOR - Senior Clinical Informaticist
Boston Medical Center
Nursing Informatics: Unleashing the Power of a Shared Governance Model

Member Highlights Presentation

  1. Danielle Perley, MSN, RN-BC, CPHON and Rose Mintor, MSN, RN-BC, CPN
    • Reducing Specimen Mislabeling Errors Using Lean Six Sigma
  2. Ingrid Rush, MHA, BSN, RN  
    • Implementation of an Enhanced Staffing Grid for Operating Room Daily Assignments
  3. Donalynn Roberts, MSN, RN-BC
    • Implementation of a Process for Sending Patients Home with Take Home Meds in the Emergency Department

Veronica Walk MSHI
Gartner Healthcare
Mitigating Clinician Burnout through HIT and Informatics (There is no supporting material for this lecture)

2022 Trends in Clinical Informatics: Poster Abstract Booklet


17th Annual Symposium - April 26, 2019 

“Nurses Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation"

Featured Speakers:

Patricia P. Sengstack DNP, RN-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University

Nursing Informatics Executive, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Think Globally, Act Locally: Reducing the Burden of Documentation in the EHR

Mary Swenson MBA, RN
Partners eCare
Partners Health System

Panelists
Sandy Cho MPH, RN
Debra Furlong MS, RN
Melissa Lantry ACNS-BC, RN
Diane Menasco MSHI, BSN, RN, CPHHIMS

Trusting the Value of Data: The Nurse Manager Quality Dashboard

Amy Clodfelter MSIT, BSN, RN-BC
Director, Nursing Informatics
Clinical Services Group
HCA Healthcare
Cracking the Code on Secure Clinical Communications

Andrew Phillips PhD, RN
Assistant Professor
MGH- Institute of Health Professions
What's New in NI Research (2019)

What's new in NI Research (2019) [Video]

Lee Williams PhD(c), MSN, RN-BC
Director, Clinical Education and Informatics
Boston Children's Hospital

Mary Devine MPH
Director, Emergency Management
Boston Children's Hospital
Managing EHR Downtime: Implementing Tools 

2019 Poster Submissions

2019 Member Highlights


16th Annual Symposium - April 27, 2018

“Nurses Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation"

Featured Speakers:

Ann O'Brien MSN, RN
HIMSS 218 Awardee: Most Influential Women in Health IT
Robert Wood Johnson 2011 Executive Nurse Fellow
Former, National Senior Director of Clinical Informatics
Kaiser Permanente
Transforming Health & Care with the Power of Actionable Information


Dan Roberts PHD RN ACNP
AVP Nursing Performance management , Clinical Services Group
Hospital Corporation of America
Nursing Data Ecosystems: Analytics, Visualization and Navigating Changes


Victoria L. Tiase MSN, RN-BC
Director, Informatics Strategy
New York Presbyterian Hospital, NYC
mHealth: Navigating the Patient Generated Health Data Deluge

Andy Phillips, PhD, RN: 
Assistant Professor; MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing
2017 - 2018 What's New in NI Research (e-slides)

2018 NI Year in Review -Full Text Reference

Kathleen Hernon BSN, RN
Director of Clinical Informatics
Partners HealthCare at Home
Beyond the Hospital: Bringing Care Home

2018 Poster Submissions 

 


 

15th Annual Symposium

“Nurses Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation"
Jane Englebright PhD, RN, CENP, FAAN

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA
Simplifying and Standardizing Clinical Documentation to Generate Big Data  (e-slides)

Mary K Kennedy MS, RN-BC : ONL [MA, RI,NH,CT] Nursing Informatics and Technology, MOP sub-committee chair
Sarah Collins PhD, RN :Clinical Informatician in Clinical Informatics Partners eCare and an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Internal Medicine and Primary Care.
Andy Phillips PhD, RN: Assistant Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing
Po-Yin Yen PHD, RN:Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics; Ohio State University
Stephanie Colman-Brochu DNP(c), MS, RN-BC: Manager of Clinical Applications & Informatics at Milford Regional Medical Center 
Nursing Informatics Competency Assessment for Nurse Leaders  Panel  (e-slides)

Marcie Brostoff MS, RN, NE-BC
Vice President and Associate Chief Nurse ( Nursing/Patient Care and Clinical Operations)
Boston Children’s Hospital

Andy Phillips, PhD, RN: 
Assistant Professor; MGH Institute of Health Professions School of Nursing
Kathleen Keough PhD, RN:
Adjunct Faculty; Simmons College
What's New in NI Research (e-slides)

Jennie Wright BA, RN, ACM
Program Director for Population Health; Newton Wellesley Physician-Hospital Organization
Alanna Rose Sieck LICSW
Behavioral Health Team Lead, Social Worker; Newton Wellesley Physician-Hospital Organization
Virtual Technology Informing Care for Substance Use Disorder in Primary Care (e-slides)

2017 Poster Submissions (PDF Document)


14th Annual Symposium - April 29, 2016

“Nurses Transforming Healthcare Through Innovation"
Featured Speakers:

Laura Wood DNP, RN, NEA-BC

SVP, Patient Care Operations & CNO Boston Children's Hospital
The Integration of Nursing Informatics and Executive Professional Practice: A Foundation for Care Delivery 

Bonnie Westra PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Associate Professor,University of Minnesota
Director, Center of Clinical Informatics
Big Data: Implications for Nursing Informatics (e-slides)

Patricia Dykes PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Sr. Nurse Scientist and Program Director
Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

Sarah Collins PhD, RN
Nurse Informatician, Clinical Informatics Partners eCare and Instructor in Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
What’s New in Nursing Informatics Research (e-slides)

Joseph Kvednar MD
Vice President, Connected Health Partners
The Internet of Healthy Things (e-slides)

2016 Poster Submissions


13th Annual Symposium - April 30, 2015

“Applied Informatics: Supporting Patient Care, Innovation and Transformation"

Featured Speakers:

Judy Murphy RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN
Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) & Director of Global Business Services at IBM Healthcare
Beyond the EHR: Mobility, Patient Engagement, Analytics and E-Commerce

Mary Beth Mitchell MSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) at Texas Health Services
We Save Lives: Nursing Informatics Impact on Quality and Safety (e-slides)

Ellen Pollack MSN, RN-BC
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer (CNIO) at UCLA Health System
On to Clinical Optimization after your EHR Implementation (e-slides)

Sarah Collins PhD, RN
Nurse Informatician, Clinical Informatics Partners eCare and Instructor in Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Patricia Dykes PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Sr. Nurse Scientist and Program Director
Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
What’s New in Nursing Informatics Research (e-slides)

Holly Jimison, PhD
Professor, Northeastern University College of Computer and Information Science and Bouvé College of Health Sciences
Director, Consortium on Technology for Proactive Care
Big Data Challenges in Delivering Health Coaching Interventions

2015 Poster Submissions



12th Annual Symposium - May 9, 2014

“What is Working in Nursing Informatics Today”

Featured Speakers:

Liz Johnson, MS, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, RN-BC
Vice President, Applied Clinical Informatics; Tenet Healthcare
Trends in Clinical Informatics e-slides

Beverly Bell, MHA, BS, FHIMSS, CPHIMS, RN
VP Clinical Implementation and Strategic Consulting, Siemens Corporation
TIGER Leadership Development Collaborative (Co-chair)
The New TIGER Leadership Collaborative e-slides
The 2014 TIGER Leadership Imperative Executive Summary
The 2014 TIGER  Fact Sheet

Sarah Collins, PhD, RN
Nurse Informatician, Clinical Informatics Partners eCare, Partners
Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School 
Patricia Dykes, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FACMI 
Sr. Nurse Scientist and Program Director, Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Brigham and Women’s Hospital 
Assistant Professor Medicine, Harvard Medical School
What’s New in Nursing Informatics Research e-slides 

Dana Sheer, MSN, RN, ACNP
Director of Clinical Programs
Director of Partners Mobile Observation Unit, Partners Healthcare at Home
Patients Getting Connected Beyond the Hospital e-slides

2014 Poster Submissions


11th Annual Symposium - May 3, 2013

“Nurses Making a Difference: Implementation and Innovation”

Featured Speakers:

Judith A. Warren, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, FACMI
Christine A. Hartley Centennial Professor of Nursing
Assistant Director, Frontiers Heartland Institute of Clinical and Translational Research’s 
Center for Biomedical Informatics
University of Kansas
EHRs, Interoperability and Quality Reporting

Patricia Abbott, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Associate Professor
University of Michigan School of Nursing
M-Health for Vulnerable Populations

Patricia Dykes, DNSc, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Sr. Nurse Scientist and Program Director,
Center for Patient Safety Research and Practice, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Assistant Professor Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Nursing Informatics Year in Review April 1, 2012-March 31, 2013

Jan Walker, MBA, RN
Principal Associate in Medicine
BIDMC Division of General Medicine and Primary Care
Harvard Medical School
Lessons from the OpenNotes Program

Ellen Makar, MSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS, CCM, CENP
Nursing and Healthcare Leader
Transformation Management: Preparation for an EPIC Implementation

Tracey L. Martin, BSN, RN
My HealtheVet  (MHV)Coordinator for VA New England
Leads regional  initiatives for the clinical integration of MHV personal health record and
Secure Messaging applications for  Veterans Health Administration
My HealtheVet’s Blue Button: My Data! VA Blue Button and Expansion of Patient Access to PHI

Jeanette Polaschek and Mark D. Sugrue, RN-BC, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Health Information Exchange: What is it and why should I care?

2013 Poster Submissions


10th Annual Symposium - May 11, 2012

“Nurses Creating Change”

Featured Speakers: 

Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, RN, FAAN
Moehlman Bascom Professor,School of Nursing & College of Engineering,
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Future of Nursing: Imagination, Innovation and 21st Century Nursing Practice

Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN
Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy / Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
Department of Health and Human Services / Washington DC
HITECH Update: Feet on the Ground and Head in the Clouds

Diane J. Skiba, PhD, FAAN, FACMI
Professor, Option Coordinator, Health Care Informatics
Project Director, I-Collaboratory: Partnerships for Learning
University of Colorado College of Nursing
Healthcare in the Social Media Era

Sarah Collins, PhD, RN
Nurse Informatician, Clinical Informatics Partners eCare, Partners
Instructor in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School 
In Search of Common Ground in Handoff Documentation in an Intensive Care Unit

2012 Poster Submissions


9th Annual Symposium - April 29, 2011

“The Future of Nursing Informatics”

Featured Speakers:

Cathy E. Duquette, PhD, RN, CPHQ, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer, Rhode Island Hospital
The Future of Nursing 

Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN
Vice President Informatics, HIMSS
Transforming Nursing Practice through Informatics and Technology

Pam Pickett, MS, RN-BC
Nursing Informatics Specialist, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Nursing Services, Informatics
Standardized Nursing Documentation Templates: Development, Deployment and Data

Lisa Payne Simon, MPH
Senior Program Director, NEHI
Cheryl Dunnington, RN, MS
Director, eICUOperations, UMass Memorial Medical Center
Critical Care, Critical Choices: The Case for Tele-ICUs in Intensive Care

Mark D. Sugrue, RN-BC
Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers  
Rita Zielstorff, MS, RN, FACMI
Informatics Consultant
Managing Change in Turbulent Times

Sally Okun, RN, MMHS
Health Data Integrity and Patient Safety, PatientsLikeMe Inc.
Social Media + Data: Patients Helping Patients

2011 Poster Submissions


8th Annual Symposium - May 21, 2010

Featured Speakers:

Connie Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Building Tomorrow's HIT: Nursing's Vital Contribution

Rosemary Kennedy, MBA, RN, FAAN
Demonstrating Meaningful Use Through Quality Measures"

Virginia Saba, EdD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Debbie Raposo, BSN, RNC-NIC, LNC, NI-BC
"Incorporating Standardized Terminology into the Real World"

Nancy Staggers, PhD, RN, FAAN
"Designing Support for Critical Activities: Handoffs and Usability"

Tim Bickmore, PhD
Relational Agents in Nursing

2010 Poster Submissions


7th Annual Symposium - May 8, 2009

This one day symposium focused on the new Magnet framework and the use of automated clinical documentation systems to support Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvements and Empirical Quality Results. 

Featured Speakers:

Pam Cipriano, PhD, RN, FAAN
Chief Clinical Officer and Chief Nursing Officer
University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville, VA

Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, FNAP, FAAN
Vice President, Nursing
Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri

Patricia Dykes, DNSc, RN
Corporate Manager Nursing Informatics & Research
Partners Healthcare, Wellesley, MA 

Elizabeth Henneman, PhD, RN, CNNS
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts School of Nursing

Jennifer Stebbins, MS, RN, BC
Manager, Clinical Informatics
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield MA


6th Annual Symposium - June 6, 2008

Featured Speakers:

Blakney Presentation


5th Annual Symposium - June 1, 2007

Sponsored by BANIC and NISCNE

Featured Speakers:

Virginia Saba EdD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Distinguished Scholar, Adjunct,
School of Nursing & Health Studies Georgetown University, Washington, DC
"Nursing Informatics: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow"

Laura Adams,MSN, RN
President and CEO of the Rhode Island Quality Institute
"Realizing the Promise of Health Information Technology"

Ivy Holt, MS, RN
Director Nursing Informatics, Providence Portland Medical Center, Portland Oregon
"Informatics: A Key to Magnet Status"

Cathy Turner, MBA, RN, BC
Director of Nursing Informatics, MEDITECH, Canton, MA
"Informatics Design: Nursing’s Voice, Vision and Value"

Susan McGinnes, APRN
Nurse Humorist
"Humor in Nursing"


4th Annual Symposium - May 11-12, 2006

Sponsored by BANIC and NISCNE

Featured Speakers:

Patricia S. Button, EdD, RN
Director of Nursing Content, Zynx Health, Inc.
"The Evidence Based Plan of Care"

Patricia Dykes, RN, DNSc
Sr. Nurse Informatician, Partners HealthCare System
"Nursing Documentation Assessment Project: An Evidence-Based Approach"

Gayle Gravlin, EdD, RN
Associate Chief, Center for Clinical/Professional Development, Lahey Clinic
"Promoting Evidence-Based Practice: How one program's collaborative approach got results"

Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI
Vice President, Information Services, Aurora Health Care, WI
"Moving Evidence-Based Nursing into Everyday Practice" 


3rd Annual Symposium - May 16, 2005

Sponsored by BANIC

Featured Speaker:

Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN, BC, CPHIMS
Director of Informatics, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society 


2nd Annual Symposium - May 24, 2004

Sponsored by BANIC

Featured Speaker:

Leslie H. Nicoll PhD, MBA, RN
Editor-in-Chief; Computers, Informatics, and Nursing 


1st Annual Symposium - May 16, 2003

Sponsored by BANIC

Featured Speakers:

Dianne Dismukes, RN, MBA
Emily Welebob, RN, MS
Rita Zielstorff, RN, MS
Mary Kennedy, RN, MS