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Speaker: Michael Kuriland, MS RN-BC

Director of Telehealth and Process Improvement, West Health

You're welcome to come to our chapter meeting with educational speaker earning you 1 CE !
July 14 @ 5:30-7:00pm

Greetings Chapter Members!

 

Our ANIA Great Lakes Chapter is seeking to qualify for the Distinguished Chapter award!

In order to qualify for this prestigious designation, our members must meet select criteria. This survey serves to determine if our chapter members have accomplished activities that align with the award’s criteria.

Please respond with the thought in mind - if the activities have or will occur during this calendar year of 2021.

You can participate by clicking on the link or scanning the QR Code

Morning South Florida!
Last year was a wild and crazy one and we are Alamo half way through with 2021! We would like your help with ideas on how to revive this chapter. We want it to be something that provides value to your life but we have hit a road block. Please reply or direct message me, Katrina, with ideas. If you are preparing for ANIA in August, use us as a test run to present or if you are doing something amazing at work, share it with us. I am sure we all did innovative things during COVID and we can all benefit from learning from each other. 

we also have a great prize that may or may not give you the opportunity to attend conference! ;) 

looking forward to hearing from you!
Katrina 

Belated happy nurses week to everyone and happy hospital week. THANK YOU for all that you do! 

President's Message

May 6, 2021

National Nurses Week is an excellent opportunity to reflect on our SoCal ANIA nursing chapter members. A nurse is selfless, resilient, supportive, reassuring, and a dedicated team player. With incredible compassion, nurses unite and orchestrate the expertise and talents of the various members of the clinical team.

Every time I interact with our chapter nursing members, I am inspired by our chapter nurses’ dedication, courage, and talent. Creating powerful human interactions between caregivers who are working together to relieve suffering and improve lives will always be at the heart of who we are. That’s why I want to emphasize the importance of cultivating relationships, amongst your local peers as well as our SoCal ANIA chapter colleagues. The utmost compassion you display as you strive to care for the most vulnerable COVID 19-patients over the last year is truly remarkable.

I encourage you to celebrate with each other and to take time this week and reflect on the many lives you have changed, the lives you have saved and the families you have supported. You make a difference every day.

Happy Nurses Week to the SoCal ANIA Nursing Family!

With my sincere thanks and regards,

Melissa Arnold, MBA, BSN
SoCal ANIA Chapter President

We have earned the 2021 Distinguished Chapter designation!

The ANIA Distinguished Chapter designation was created to recognize those chapters that have demonstrated commitment to the advancement of the specialty of Nursing Informatics. Our chapter has demonstrated excellence within the key areas of education, scholarship, volunteerism, national involvement and member engagement within calendar year 2020.

A message from your Midwest Region Chapter ANIA leadership: Celebrating nurses’ month

Dear Chapter Member,

May 2021 has been designated by the ANA as Nurses’ Month.  In previous years, nurses across the globe have celebrated Florence Nightingale’s birthday as the humble beginnings of modern nursing practice. In recognition of nursing’s numerous contributions in recent times, the ANA has extended the celebration to include the entire month.  Each week has been identified to focus on a specific topic important to nursing practice.  The week of May 1-9 is focused on Self Care for nurses with emphasis on both the physical and mental well-being of our caregivers.  Your Chapter leadership would like to recognize the many challenges affecting our Informatics Nurse colleagues over this past year.

While not often on the front lines delivering physical patient care, Informatics Nurses have nonetheless made significant contributions to managing patient care throughout the pandemic.  With higher acuity patients and surges in patient volumes, NIs were called upon to decrease documentation burden for those delivering care. Fast tracking EMR changes to accommodate local, state, and national requests became a norm.  Additional challenges were presented in finding creative ways to track patients, analyze big data patterns, and present data in meaningful packages to decision makers.  Some NIs volunteered to administer vaccinations, staff patient call centers, and identify potential pockets of underserved patient populations. 

On other fronts, NI’s found themselves navigating furloughs, canceled implementations, and remote work.  This was mentally exhausting for those who tried to support thousands of short term/traveler staff to utilize EMRs.  Planned projects and upgrades were moved to back burners while staff focused efforts on emergency changes only. Through these tough times have emerged Nis with new skill sets, an entrepreneurial spirit, and a better understanding of the impact of their work for patient care.  

Now is the time to take a moment to breathe and implement some self-care routines before moving on to a new normal in your organization.  Find a way to take a walk, have a spa moment, read, listen to your favorite artist, meditate.  Schedule “me” time into your routine and guard that as sacred time.

 

YOU ARE WORTH IT!

Happy Nurse’s Month!

 

We're so pleased to offer free training in this very cool tool. Come check it out - we even have a CEU just for you!

Innovations In Nursing Informatics
Webinar May 13 6:00 pm- 7:00pm EST

Excited for Dr. Marisa Wilson to join us and speak about all the amazing work she is doing!  She will our presenter for our May meeting.

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If you did not receive the link, but would still like to join us, please RSVP to aniaoftennessee@gmail.com to be added.
Look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow!

Happy Friday!  Just a reminder to RSVP for our upcoming chapter meeting.

Please join us on April 20th at 12pm CT to hear from Dr. Joretta Barron about her experience as a DNP student and her project, "Quality Improvement Initiative: Implementing Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Screen in Response to an Automated Sepsis Alert."

Please join us on April 20th at 12pm CT to hear from Dr. Joretta Barron about her experience as a DNP student and her project, "Quality Improvement Initiative: Implementing Quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Screen in Response to an Automated Sepsis Alert."

Please RSVP to aniaoftennessee@gmail.com.  A zoom link will be sent closer to the date.

Hope you can join us!

 

We’re proud to announce our chapter has been selected as an ANIA 2021 Distinguished Chapter! The award is based on excellence in education, scholarship, volunteerism, national involvement, and member engagement in 2020.

Thank you to our leadership and our members for your dedication, time, and support!

We're planning our summer, and we need your help! We've created a survey to ensure that we know what we can do to motivate, inspire, and excite you.

Ohio Chapter ANIA Spring Event
April 1st
3 - 4 pm

Looking forward to virtually “seeing” everyone at our first educational offering of 2021.

Jill

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Dear TN ANIA Chapter Members,

 

Please save the following dates for our chapter meetings in 2021:

 

Tuesday April 20

Tuesday July 20

Tuesday October 19

Tuesday December 14

 

Further details including time, speaker/topic and meeting format (virtual, in-person/location) will be announced closer to the dates.

 

Looking forward to some great learning and networking opportunities this year!

Two Board positions are coming up for re-election this year.  In April, we'll mail ballots to you, our BANIA members, so you can vote for the candidates you choose.

But first we need those candidates!

By return e-mail, please nominate yourself or anyone you deem suited for these roles:

• Secretary
• Social Media Officer

The job descriptions and qualifications can be found in the Bylaws folder under Library but here's the executive summary:

• Candidates must be ANIA members in good standing
• Candidates must have been ANIA members for at least 1 year

2020 was a busy year -- meetings and educational events -- and 2021 will continue likewise. The work is rewarding (though no one gets paid), fun, and a great opportunity for professional growth. Please get (even more) involved!

Join us in governing BANIA! Send us your nomination(s)!

The survey is designed to take you 5 minutes or fewer to complete.
We look forward to hearing from you and thank you in advance
Your Chapter Board

Thursday, August 5, 2021 to Saturday, August 7, 2021

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From Jill Evans Ohio ANIA Chapter President

I wanted to take some time to thank you all for continuing to be members of the Ohio Chapter of ANIA and moving forward Nursing Informatics within your organizations.

As our new year starts, I wanted to send a sincere Thank You to our out-going officers, past President Barb Bungard and past Treasurer Michael O’Malley. Both worked very hard for our Chapter over the past year traversing a new landscape as all our meetings and educational offerings needed to be moved virtual. All of us strived to keep the chapter up to date with what was going on and offering a venue to learn a little bit more about the organizations we all represent. Barb did a wonderful job thinking of topics all members would be interested in and finding members and organizational leaders to speak at our educational offerings and our year end meeting. A very big THANK YOU to Michael who worked to get our final meeting/educational session to be eligible for CEUs for all of us who attended. Thank you to Renee Vitullo, our very first Chapter President, for posting all our offerings and newsletters on our Chapter web page.

I also want to take some time to Welcome our newest members of the Ohio ANIA leadership team: President-elect Stacy Farnan and Treasurer Karen Goda.

Here is a little bit about our newest Ohio Chapter leaders:

Stacy Farnan MSN, RN is a Clinical Informatic Analyst II at MetroHealth Systems in Cleveland, Ohio. Stacy studied at the University of Missouri graduating with a Biology degree working as a laboratory technologist at a nuclear research reactor. Stacy went on to receive her BSN for Ursuline college and worked at MetroHealth as a Med-Surg nurse for several years then becoming a Trauma case Manager. Stacy transitioned into her role as a Clinical Analyst II on the inpatient team in 2017 while finishing her MSN through Chamberlain College.

In Stacy’s Informatics role she is working/has worked on projects such as MetroHealth’s order Set review and maintenance process, human trafficking documentation workflows, and is the lead Informaticist for the implementation of Transfer Center and MetroHealth’s Hospital@Home and Remote Patient Monitoring programs. Stacy is a mother of 6 and resides in Northeast Ohio. 

Karen Goda, ND, RN-BC is a Program Manager in Nursing Informatics and Evidence-Based Practice at Bon Secours Mercy Health and serves as the nurse informaticist for ambulatory and post-acute care.  Karen was a neonatal intensive care/stepdown nurse for many years and then transitioned to pediatric ambulatory nursing.  Her nursing informatics journey started as an instructor and then transitioned to a builder role for multiple Epic applications/modules for several health systems.  Karen has been ANCC Board Certified in Informatics Nursing since 2014.  She has served on the ANCC Standard Setting Study for Informatics Nursing, assisting in the development of the certification exam.  Karen has recently completed a term as a Commissioner on Certification for the ANCC, which allowed her to promote excellence in nursing and help create programs to recognize the individual nurse.  Professional memberships include ANIA and HIMSS.  Karen and her husband have two grown children and live on the far east side of Cleveland.  In her spare time, she likes working on multiple knitting projects, buying way too much yarn, and taking the dog on walks to chase squirrels.

We are working on this year’s educational offering sessions and meetings. Much like 2020, we are planning to maintain the virtual platform throughout 2021. As a team we are brainstorming ideas of educational offerings so if you have any ideas, would like to present a topic, or would like to highlight your organization in the Chapter newsletter, please contact me at jevans@metrohealth.org. We are looking for other ways for the chapter to communicate and stay in touch with its members, if you have any ideas, please contact any of us (contact information below).

Again – thank you all for participating in the Ohio ANIA Chapter and I look forward to seeing you all virtually this year.

Jill Evans MSN, RN, RN-BC

 

Contact Us:

President: Jill Evans: jevans@metrohealth.org

President-elect: Stacy Farnan: sfarnan@metrohealth.org

Secretary: Mary Shook: Mary.Shook@osumc.edu

Treasurer: Karen Goda: KMGoda@mercy.com

December's Meeting is this Monday the 21st from 7:30-8:30pm.  Looking forward to it!

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In December, we will hold elections for our 2021 Officers and Board of Directors!  This is a great opportunity to be engaged and influence the direction of Nursing Informatics! This past year has been a challenge, but with every challenge comes opportunity. The collection, and application of data has grown exponentially with the pandemic, and nurses are leading the way. Big Data is just one of the exciting areas we want to focus on this upcoming year! 

Please consider who you would like to nominate for the following positions.  These are 2-year terms, except for the President-Elect, who serves 1 year in that role, then 1 year as President, then 1 year as Past-President in order to better facilitate the transition. 

Remember to ask the person prior to nominating them!  Also, self-nomination is always encouraged!!

• President-Elect:

Open

• Secretary

Open

• Treasurer

Susan Stafford

• Webmaster

Juliana Brixey

• Board Members – 2 openings

Open

Open

Please send nominations to:
BrendaHerrmann@gmail.com

Brenda Herrmann, MSN, RN-BC, PMP, FHIMSS
President, ANIA – Houston Chapter

​Wow!!! Another great meeting this month, thanks for everyone who joined!

Dr. Paul Coyne was so impressed with our group and so excited that we wanted to have him as a guest.

Please reach out to him if you have questions. linkedin

Also, if you are interested in his company or a pilot with AUGI. Reach out to him via paul@inspiren.com and on https://www.linkedin.com/company/inspirenhealth/

 

Please mark your calendar’s for Monday’s ANIA meeting.  We will be joined by Paul Coyne DNP, MBA, MSF, RN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC!!!

 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulecoyne/

 

https://inspiren.com/company/

 

Please feel to have invite a guest to our meeting on Monday.

Dear TN ANIA Chapter Members,

The deadline to submit nominations for TN Chapter Treasurer and Communications Chair is quickly approaching. To date, there has been a minimal response, and we everyone to help ensure that we have a successful election. Please submit your nomination for Treasurer or Communication Chair as soon as possible. The nomination period ends on November 15th, and voting will begin on November 16th. If you think a fellow member, or yourself, would be a good fit for either of these positions, please submit your nominations via email to aniaoftennessee@gmail.com

Hi Everyone,
I am cancelling Monday's meeting 10/19.  Talk to everyone in November.  Hope everyone is safe and well.​

Please see Chapter Discussions for Webex and Agenda Information

Thank you for attending the Optimizing the Management Process of EMR Enhancement Requests. The last of our Fall Education Series. 

As part of our ongoing support for the community, we have chosen to partner with Nurses House. Nurses House is a national organization dedicated to helping Registered Nurses in need. Nurses House offers assistance with housing and medical expenses to RN's who are seriously ill, injured, disabled, or facing other dire circumstances. Please donate by going to the website www.nurseshouse.org and selecting the NY TriState Chapter fundraiser on the bottom of the page or by selecting https://www.giveffect.com/campaigns/15590-ny-tristate-chapter-of-ania-fundraiser

Please submit your nominations for Treasurer and Communications Chair to: aniaoftennessee@yahoo.com

ANIA Linkedin Page

The ANIA NY Tristate would like you to save the dates!

We will be hosting three virtual education sessions this year. 

 
We will be sending an email out with instructions on how to register in the near future.

As part of our ongoing support for the community, we have chosen to partner with Nurses House. Nurses House is a national organization dedicated to helping Registered Nurses in need. Nurses House offers assistance with housing and medical expenses to RN's who are seriously ill, injured, disabled, or facing other dire circumstances. Please donate by going to the website www.nurseshouse.org and selecting the NY TriState Chapter fundraiser on the bottom of the page or by selecting https://www.giveffect.com/campaigns/15590-ny-tristate-chapter-of-ania-fundraiser

The Ohio ANIA newsletter has been uploaded to the files area.

Help your informatics peers learn more about you by updating your ANIA profile.  Click the link to learn how!

Dear BANIAns, we hope you are all well and safe during this unprecedented pandemic!  While we are all adapting and coping with the new normal, Nursing Informaticists are busier than ever-expanding E.H.R capabilities to address COVID and expand the reach of Telemedicine to patients.

This summer, we feature Dr. Dan Weberg, Head of Clinical Innovation at TrustedHealth.  They offer a staffing platform for the healthcare industry.  Dan drives product strategy and works to change the conversation around innovation in the healthcare workforce. He is an expert in nursing, healthcare innovation, and human-centered patient design.  He will talk about creating cultures of high performance.  His clinical experience is in emergency departments and acute in-patient hospital settings, and he helped found the new Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine.

We are pleased to partner once again with the San Diego Chapter of ANIA.  Through them, we are able to award for this event one CEU toward your biannual nursing license renewal certification.

This event is FREE to ANIA members and has a nominal charge of $5 for non-members.

To continue to observe social distancing, we will host this event online. A complete online webinar link and information is posted on our BANIA event page (see the link below).  Registration remains open until Friday, September 11^th.

CLICK HERE to Register TODAY for this rare professional growth opportunity!

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP #16941 for one contact hour.

Annual (Virtual) Conference 2020 - 3 CEs! 
September 25th
Speakers:
> Dr. Don Simborg - Founder of HL7
"Brief History and Future of Informatics"
> Cindy Drake - Program Manager Sharp Chula Vista 
"Implementing Electronic Culture Follow-up in the Emergency Department"

Registration here on San Diego ANIA page on July 10th

Save the Date: November 11th Chapter Meeting with additional "conference" like educational opportunities!!

Hello everyone
Thank you to everyone who attended the educational session on June 25th.  Attached is the link to the recording.  The meeting minutes have been uploaded to the library files.