University of Maryland School of Nursing lobby (along the wall of honor)

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

11:30 AM – 1 PM

Clinical Professor at Drexel University

College of Nursing and Health Professions

May 1, 2013

University of Maryland at Baltimore

Southern Management Campus Center

621 West Lombard Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

To participate, register online.  For more information, email professional development@umms.edu

Participants will receive 6 contact hours for this event.

Keynote Speaker:  Judy Murphy, RN, FACHMI, FHIMSS, FAAN

Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy  Office of the National Coordinator for Health ITDepartment of Health & Human Services

For agenda, please check online.

Registration Fee:  $200 and must register at the door

Please join us for a complimentary presentation, Social Media 101 for the Nursing Community, presented by Julie Moffitt, Coordinator, Informatics at HIMSS.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

12:00pm Central/1:00pm Eastern/10:00am Pacific

Register here

Social media is rapidly becoming an important piece of the healthcare puzzle, enabling open communication between patients, providers, vendors and other key stakeholders. It can help you increase event attendance, amplify important topics, and build national or even global networks around a product or an idea. However, with new terminology and unfamiliar online platforms to learn before you can really join the conversation, it’s not uncommon to feel overwhelmed.

If you want to join the social media community but aren’t sure where to start, please join us for an introductory session on two of the most heavily used platforms: Twitter and LinkedIn. Whether you’re completely new to social media or you’d just like a little guidance, this presentation will provide you with the basics you need to start using these popular tools, including:

•Setting up an account
•Finding people, topics and communities to build your network
•How to post new topics, and reply to others
•Simple strategies for using social media during conferences and other large events

A HIMSS calendar of events for National Nurses Week (May 6-12, 2013) will also be discussed, including the many opportunities for the NI Community to participate in social media over the entire week.

Register here

Call for Photos – “Nursing and Technology at the Bedside & Beyond”

HIMSS is preparing some great material for National Nurses Week (May 6-12), but we need your help!! We are looking for photos of our Nursing Community at work, to help us tell the story of how Informatics and health IT is an integral part of the nursing profession!! Are you a nurse working at the bedside, do you use technology during your everyday workflow, do you have some great shots of you with patients, or of you using an IPad, smartphone, etc. to gather/share information at the bedside, working with other nurses and hospital staff with technology? If so WE WANT YOU!

Please submit all photos with your name, full credentials, company/org, title, and if possible a small caption to Jennifer Roniger at jroniger@himss.org by Thursday, April 25^th.

A schedule of HIMSS events and activities for National Nurses Week will be made available shortly! Stay Tuned!!

*Note: By submitting any information or photos to HIMSS, you give permission for this document to be published and distributed.

My new institution is a large academic facility, much larger than my previous institution.  This new institution is already familiar with an electronic health record.   Just like my previous implementation, the institution is replacing it with a new electronic medical record.  My new institution is a 12 hospital multi-system healthcare center with over 100 ambulatory clinics/sites in the region.  I will be blogging again about this go-live and comparing the two.  It should be interesting as my current hospital is already live.

 Here’s your opportunity to hear from some of our top leaders in nursing informatics as they discuss cutting edge topics in healthcare information technology. Each presenter will review their current HIT initiatives along with some of the challenges that we are all facing in this ever changing industry. This event is free to all ANIA members so if you are in the area, please plan to stop by for some great networking, a bit to eat, and great learning. You will need to register to attend on the ANIA website. We’ll send out another email when the site is ready, but we wanted to get the word out ASAP!
 
Healthcare Reform Hot Topics & Current Issues:  Meaningful Use, ACOs, and Quality Measures Panel Presenters:

Marina Douglas, RN, MS, Principal, Beacon Healthcare Consulting
Linda Fischetti, RN, MS, VP, Care Delivery, Accountable Care Solutions, Aetna
Rosemary Kennedy, PhD, RN, MBA, FAAN, President & CEO, eCare Informatics, LLC
Date: Friday, April 19, 2013
 
Time: 5:30pm – 6:30pm Networking and Lite Fare.
         6:30pm – 8pm Program
 
Location:  Navy League Building, 2300 Wilson Boulevard, 1st Floor Conference Room, Arlington, VA 22201 (two blocks from the Courthouse Metro).  Parking is also available under the building (enter from N. Adams St.).
 
Cost: ANIA Members free, Non-members $20
 
Register on the ANIA website
 
Hosted by:  American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA), and Segue Technologies
Facilitated by:

Caterina E.M. Lasome, PhD, MBA, RN, CPHIMS, President & CEO, iON Informatics, LLC
Patty Sengstack DNP, RN-BC, CPHIMS – ANIA Region 4 Director and President Elect

 Cost:  Physicians – $150.00

Nurses and Allied Health Professionals – $95.00

Paramedic, CRT-I, EMT – $75.00

Registration included continental breakfast, luncheon, and afternoon snack.

Objectives:  Discuss the impact of research on the treatment of penetrating trauma

Identify clinical predictors of increased mortality in geriatric trauma

Describe the humanis and its attributes as essential components in the development of a trauma center’s culture of caring

Evaluate the current management and outcomes for pedicatric traumatic brain injury

Location:  The Hilton Baltimore

401 West Pratt Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21201

Phone:  443-573-8700

Website:  www.Hilton.com/Baltimore

Speaker:  Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN, Dean and Professor at the University of Maryland School of Nursing

Location:  University of Maryland School of Nursing Room 140

When:  Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Time – 4:00 – 5:15 PM

Reception immediately following

RSVP:  specialevents@son.umaryland.edu by April 22, 2013

I love meeting my readers of this blog,  please contact me to meet at this event.

How can the changing social media landscape aid health care professionals? What role can the data shared and collected via these outlets play in supporting the well care of patients and the advancement of professional care? This webinar will share how information obtained from social data can be turned into insight to aid the health care industry. Current and emerging trends will be shared to encourage the knowledge base of informatics nursing professionals for their practice.

Tuesday, April 16. 2013

3:00-4:00 PM

Speaker:  Brian Norris, MBA, RN-BC; CEO & Co-Founder, Social Health Insights, LLC

Free for ANIA members

$20 for non-members

Leading the Way in Veteran’s Care

Objectives: 

• Discuss three considerations in providing care to veterans that differ from standard civilian care
• Discuss two innovative modalties currenly used in care of veterans
• Identify three veteran resources available to healthcare providers

When:  Saturday April 6, 2013

Location:  The Universities at Shady Grove

Building II – Multipurpose Room

9640 Gudelsky Drive

Rockville, Maryland 20850

Fee:  $30

$20 for students

Register online at  by clicking here. 

Parking is free