Association News
- San Francisco Conference Provides High Quality Program
- New ANIA Board Takes Office
- Deadline Extended: Submit an Abstract for 2017 Conference
- Powerful Women in ANIA: Setting the Standard
- ANIA Welcomes New Educational Partner
- Register for the Next Certification Review Session
- Greater Delaware Valley Chapter: Save the Date
- Exclusive Job Opportunities for ANIA Members
Nursing & Industry News
- AHRQ Awards Grant to Engage Stakeholders in Use of Clinical Decision Support
- Using Mobile Apps to Improve Patient Care
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San Francisco Conference Provides High Quality Program
More than 450 informatics nurses and allied professionals convened for the ANIA 2016 Annual Conference on April 21-23, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco in San Francisco, CA.
Participants included nurses, educators, administrators, researchers, and other health care professionals whose careers intersect with IT. They attended sessions by the top experts in the informatics industry, earned continuing education credits, and networked with colleagues. Attendees also visited with vendors in the exhibit hall and enjoyed special events.
"From the quality of the speakers to the networking, this was hands down one of the best conferences we've ever had," said Daniel Gracie, DNP, RN-BC, new ANIA President. "It's rewarding to know the nurses got so much out of it."
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New ANIA Board Takes Office
During the recent ANIA Annual Conference in San Francisco, new members of our Board of Directors (BOD) were formally welcomed to office. The BOD, led by new President Daniel Gracie, is always here to serve you, our members. We encourage you to stay connected with us and relay any suggestions or concerns you may have.
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Deadline Extended: Submit an Abstract for 2017 Conference
The call for abstracts is open for our 24th Annual Conference, March 30 – April 1, 2017, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside. Please use this opportunity to share your work and experiences with your peers. Take a look around your organization and encourage your colleagues to do the same. Space is limited on the program, so please submit your abstract today. The call for oral abstracts closes on June 24, 2016 (deadline extended!), and the call for poster abstracts closes on December 15, 2016. Don't miss your chance to submit!
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Powerful Women in ANIA: Setting the Standard
The May/June issue of Health Data Management highlights the "Most Powerful Women in Healthcare IT," including two prominent members of ANIA! We are very proud of Patty Sengstack, ANIA Past President, and Karen Zorn, ANIA Treasurer, for their achievements and ongoing efforts to advance nursing informatics. Among others featured in the issue, Patty and Karen have helped pave the way for women in health care IT. Their advancement into key roles is a milestone in gender equality in the workplace. (Source: Health Data Management, June 2016)
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ANIA Welcomes New Educational Partner
We are pleased to announce a new Educational Partner: American Sentinel University!
American Sentinel University is a healthcare-focused online university educating some of the nation's finest nursing professionals, healthcare administrators, and educators. We cater to those that need flexibility, support, and innovative learning techniques. With over two decades of distance education experience, we are a trusted provider of CCNE and ACEN accredited nursing programs.
Our flexible and affordable graduate and doctoral nursing programs focus on the high-demand positions, to include informatics, education, executive leadership, infection prevention, and case management. We also offer graduate level healthcare operational degrees to include business intelligence/analytics, business administration, and information systems management.
Not only will you increase your job opportunities and earning potential, your American Sentinel degree provides real-world education taught by experts in market-relevant fields. 93% of students surveyed report that their course work is immediately applicable to their jobs.
American Sentinel's degree program course work is 100% online. Advanced degrees can be completed in two years, depending on your transfer and life experience credits. With one of the lowest tuition rates among online schools and monthly payment plans, most students graduate debt free. Classes are eight weeks in length and start monthly.
ANIA Educational Partnership, available at two levels, entitles the member institution to a variety of valuable benefits and special recognition. To learn more about the Educational Partner program and to apply, click here.
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Register for the Next Certification Review Session
ANIA is pleased to endorse the Nursing Informatics Certification Review Focused CE Series, developed by Nurse.com. This comprehensive online learning experience provides an extensive review in preparation for the informatics nurse certification exam. This six-week self-paced program combines online education with live webinars to provide you a flexible study solution that fits your schedule.
The next session begins July 18th, and will be completed on August 24th.
ANIA Member: $340
Regular Price: $399
Not an ANIA member? Join ANIA and save 15%!
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Greater Delaware Valley Chapter: Save the Date
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Featuring
Vinny Sakore, CIPT
Asst. HIPAA Security Officer, Verizon |
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Date
Oct 7, 2016
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (ET)
Registration opens at 7:15 a.m. |
Location
Penn State Great Valley
30 East Swedesford Road
Malvern, PA 19355 |
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Exclusive Job Opportunities for ANIA Members
Looking for new employment? There are currently more than 2,500 exciting jobs available in the ANIA Career Center.
View these listings and more in the ANIA Career Center. And as always, make sure the contact information in your account is current so employers can connect with you about opportunities.
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AHRQ Awards Grant to Engage Stakeholders in Use of Clinical Decision Support
A new learning network grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) will explore with stakeholders how patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) findings can be incorporated into clinical practice through health IT-enabled clinical decision support (CDS). Patient-centered outcomes — defined as the results of medical care that are important to patients — can give patients and providers the power to make more informed health decisions. This network will bring together multiple public and private stakeholders and monitor and measure the dissemination and use of PCOR findings in vendor-based and open source CDS tools.
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Using Mobile Apps to Improve Patient Care
As nurses juggle to carefully attend to patients while also accurately updating electronic health records (EHRs), providers seek an alternative to "extra hands." Some health care organizations are now relying on digital apps on mobile devices to pick up the slack. By using apps to record patient data while making rounds, nurses are provided the opportunity to focus on care in the moment and update files at a later time.
"Our world is a digital world, advancing from one technological breakthrough to another," says Jason J. Fratzke, RN, MSN, chief nursing informatics officer for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. "In nursing, this means that nursing informatics has to remain the solid bridge between nurses and the technology associated with improving patient care. The mobile nursing apps are only one aspect of technology that can help elevate nursing practice to new heights."
Some of these apps are hands-free with the use of voice recognition technology, and they can also be used for barcode medication administration and message delivery. (Source: Nursing Notes, April 12, 2016)
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Healthy Thoughts
"You've got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology — not the other way around."
~Steve Jobs
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Coming Soon: Journal of Informatics Nursing
Starting this fall, ANIA will offer a brand new journal to its members. Stay tuned...you won't want to miss this!
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Performance Measure Analytics to Drive Improved Performance
Thursday, June 30, 2016
3:00 p.m. (EST)
Speaker: Darryl W. Roberts, PhD, MS, RN
1.0 contact hour
ANIA Member: FREE*
Regular Price: $20
*Members must register prior to the start of the live stream to receive complimentary access. If registration has not been completed before the webinar is archived, regular pricing will apply.
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The ANIA Email Newsletter is developed by Thomas J. Greene, ANIA Account Executive, and is edited by Katie R. Rayburn, ELS, Managing Editor at the ANIA National Office. Please send your submissions, comments, and suggestions to ania@ajj.com. |
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