Announcements

​Our monthly August Delmarva meeting will be cancelled in lieu of the August chapter event!

Please register to join.  Information to be posted soon!

​Please let me know if you are planning on attending this Friday's ANIA SoCal event and have NOT had a chance to register.  We still have room in the venue but I'd like a head count to know how many to set up for. 
Thanks,
susan.balou@providence.org

SAVE THE DATE:
Nursing Informatics Certification Review Course
Hosted by Heart of America Chapter of ANIA and Greater Kansas City Chapter of HIMSS
Sept 14th and 15th

The event will be held Friday 8-5 and Saturday 8-12:45 and hosted at Shawnee Mission Medical Center
Information for how to register will be posted soon
Questions? Email heartofamericaania@gmail.com

ANA is seeking volunteers for revision of the Nursing Informatics Scope and Standards of Practice workgroup, scheduled to begin early this fall. Deadline for application is Wednesday July 18, 2018. Here is the link to apply: Specialty Nursing Scope and Standards Revision Workgroup

Save the Date

Come join us for our education chapter meeting as a web conference call

Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018

Time:  12 Noon – 1 PM Central Time

Just reminding everyone that the ANIA SoCal Summer 2018 event Registration is open!!

July 13, 2018 from 1:30- to 4:30 (Check-in at 1 p.m.)
Cisco Systems Limited, 130 Theory Suite 100, Irvine, CA 92617
2 CEs, Free to ANIA members, $10 for non-members

ANIA AZ Chapter Meeting - Educational Event

Host: Mayo Clinic Hospital

Date/Time: August 22, 2018 from 5 - 7pm

More Information: Monitor the Chapter Event for this meeting

1. ​We had a fantastic speaker (Tiffany Rosik) last night at our May Chapter Event.  Ms. Rosik spoke on "The Silent Constraint" of projects (Change). Attendees earned 1 CE and there was plenty of pizza and soda for all.
2. Check your emails.  We are sending out an email to vote on our revised bylaws.
3. Looking for members to get involved with conference planning for our chapter's 2019 conference.  if you are interested, send an email to sandieogania@gmail.com with your contact information.

View photos from the 2018 ANIA SoCal Informatics Conference

Date: Friday May 4, 2018
Registration and breakfast:  8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Presentation Topic:  Clinical Adherence to Pain Reassessment Standards and Protocols
Speaker:  Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, PHCNS-BC, LTC (ret) U.S. Army
Location:  UT, Health Operations Control Building (OCB)
Location
1851 Crosspoint Av.
Houston, TX 77054
No cost for parking

Business Meeting:  10:15 – 11:30

​Our May Chapter Event is a week later than usual due to the ANIA National Conference next week.
We will  have a chapter business meeting AND a speaker presentation.
ANIA San Diego Regional Chapter Meeting and Presentation
Wednesday, May 16th, 2018
5:30 - 7:00pm.
UCSD IT Training Room 150
9560 Town Centre Drive

The leaders of DFW ANIA Chapter would like to invite you to submit your abstracts for presentations and/or posters and encourage you to submit nominations for our conference awards.  Please click the link below for details.

We have created our own Community group on Facebook to share information and network. Please "ask" to join so you can have access to this unique page.

Maria Faison

Come join us for our networking and education meeting

Date: Friday May 4, 2018
Time:  8:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Registration and breakfast:  8:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Presentation Topic:  Clinical Adherence to Pain Reassessment Standards and Protocols
Speaker:  Angela Ross, DNP, MPH, PMP, PHCNS-BC, LTC (ret) U.S. Army
Business Meeting:  10:15 – 11:30
RSVP by May 2, 2018:  houstonaniachapter@gmail.com

Cost: $10.00 at the door

Location:  UT, Health Operations Control Building (OCB)

  1851 Crosspoint Av.

  Houston, TX 77054

  No cost for parking

• May 4, 2018 8:30 – 11:30 AM UT, Health Operations Control Building (OCB), 1851 Crosspoint Av., Houston, TX 77054

• September 7, 2018 8:30 – 11:30 AM UT, Health Operations Control Building (OCB), 1851 Crosspoint Av., Houston, TX 77054

• November 2, 2018 8:30 – 11:30 AM UT, Health Operations Control Building (OCB), 1851 Crosspoint Av., Houston, TX 77054

Please join us on Thursday, March 22 at Simone on Sunset (www.simoneonsunset.com) for our quarterly Houston HIMSS networking event. It's the perfect opportunity to connect with board members, your colleagues and peers. Come out and enjoy some appetizers and beverages the Houston's HCIT finest.
Complimentary Valet Parking available Thursdays.
Organized by HIMSS Houston Chapter.
Don't forget your tickets 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/himss-houston-quarterly-networking-event-tickets-43573502519?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=reminder_attendees_48hour_email&utm_term=eventname

The 2018 Texas Regional HIMSS Conference will be held April 26-27, 2018 in Dallas, Texas. This is our 10th year for this exciting conference that brings together over 700 health IT professionals, clinicians, executives and vendors from around the state of Texas that focus on new innovations, opportunities and progressive solutions to improve healthcare technology. Exceptional education, world-class speakers, cutting-edge health IT products and powerful networking opportunities are hallmarks of this Texas flavored conference.
Event Website: http://www.himssregional.com
Please note: Early Bird Registration Rate ends March 30th.  Also note that any remaining rooms in the block of rooms reserved at the Hyatt will be released on April 12th.

​​Welcome to our newest Arizona chapter members!

Neeta Chethikattil
Julia Larez
Michelle Marcoux
Sabra Putinta
Kim Schmid

Chas Fine, MSN, RN-BC, UPMC McKeesport, President
Katie Fowler, MSN, RN-BC, UPMC Passavant, President-Elect
Mike Widmann, MSN, RN-BC, Excela Westmoreland, Secretary
Karen Edmunds, MSN, RN, Excela Westmoreland, Treasurer
Beth Augustine, MSN, RN-BC, UPMC Presbyterian/Shadyside, Membership
Becky Mitchell-Perry, MSN, RN-BC, UPMC East, Communications
Lori Hartman, MSN, RN-BC, UPMC Passavant, Social
Taya Irizarry, PhD, RN, University of Pittsburgh, Education

Thanks to everyone who attended the annual ANIA SoCal 2018 Chapter Event!  If you completed your evaluation, & provided a valid email address, you should have received your Continuing Education Certificate.  Please check your emails.  If you did not receive one, or you need the eval link, please contact me at susan.balou@providence.org.  DEADLINE is prior to Monday 2/12/18!

NI Certification Review Course in Phoenix!

Dates: 
Monday, March 12, 8:00 am -5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 13, 8:00 am -12:30 pm

Location: Banner Corporate Phoenix Building
2901 N Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012

1.5-day format 12 ANCC contact hours provided by ANIA
Registration fee: ANIA Member - $400 and Nonmember - $490
Register @ https://www.ania.org/education/anias-official-certification-review-course/nursing-informatics-certification-review-course​

​Welcome to our newest Arizona chapter members!

Jean Chittendon
Jodi Erpelding
Jennifer Grigg
Tiffany McBride
Lesley Pyron
Jeannette Tiznado
 

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Mark your calendars for the upcoming chapter meeting dates.  We are still nailing topics/contact hour events and the details but didn’t want your calendars to get full.

7/26 530-7pm  Chapter Meeting at Vanderbilt including a Panel Discussion - Telemedicine and Ethics
RSVP online


9/28 8a-5p  1st Annual Chapter Conference  
Register online prior to 9/26/2019

Please email Constance Berner (constance.berner@ clinicalology.com) if you can volunteer to assist with the conference.

Early Dec- Holiday Social Date & Location TBA

​Happy Holidays and a Prosper New Years!

We are an official CHAPTER #018 C-ANIA (YEAH)!!! The Board would like to Thank you all for your participation in C-ANIA 2017 events.

We are looking forward to an exciting 2018. Our goals are to increase member participation in activities, create a 101 Nursing Informatics toolkit, and host a nursing informatics seminar with interactive learning modules.

Please join me to WELCOME Christina Baker as our new secretary and Thank Kathleen Martinez for all her dedication with supporting our chapter in 2016 & 2017. Christina will take over secretary duties starting 1/4/2018.

There is currently a few position open on the board and if you’re interested please submit your name to Anita Harris @ ummhadith@msn.com or Carolyn Sipes @ CSipes@chamberlain.edu

Chair of Education
Co-Chair of Education
Chair of Events
Co-Chair webmaster
Again Thank you all and Happy Holidays to you and your family!!!

C-ANIA Board Members

Anita, Carolyn, Kathleen, Kate, Brittany, Erin, & Eric

​Elections are now taking place for President - Elect,
Communications Director, Membership, Education, and  Secretary.  Please vote!!

Having trouble finding the ANIA Connect to post messages and connect with other ANIA members?
Here is a link for easy access:

Greetings from the Florida ANIA Board!

First of all, thank you to everyone who came to the September Conference in Orlando and made it such a success! We couldn't have done it without all of you! We are looking forward to our next conference Fall 2018. Since the National ANIA conference will be in Orlando in the spring, we will not be having a spring chapter conference. We encourage all of you to attend the National ANIA conference and look forward to seeing you there. 

Secondly, we have a favor to ask of you. We want to hear from each of you! What are you interested in? What do you want to learn about? What can we do better for you? Please take a few minutes to fill out this survey. Special offer for the first 10 who fill it out! See the survey for details!

Finally, we want to take the opportunity to wish all of you happy holidays! We are thankful for each of you and are grateful for the opportunity to serve the members of the Florida ANIA Chapter. We look forward to the exciting things to come in the new year! As always, we are open to feedback from our members, so feel free to email us at any time!

Thank you for your participation in our chapter!

Megan L. Argabright, MSN, RN-BC
Florida ANIA Secretary/Treasurer

CNIO & CMIO: Dyad Leadership in Clinical Informatics

The dyad relationship between the CMIO and the CNIO is a partnership designed to facilitate the organization to meet their strategic vision through Clinical Transformation.  The CNIO & CMIO for HonorHealth are both operational by background and serve as content experts in clinical informatics and serve as liaisons between IT and operations.  It is imperative the CNIO & CMIO develop excellent communication pathways between each other as well as with their customers in both the IT departments and the hospital clinical areas. 

This presentation will focus on the relationship and successes of the CMIO & CNIO for a large enterprise-wide EMR go live. A unique opportunity at HonorHealth is that two hospitals were live on one EMR  and 3 were not. HonorHealth built an entirely new instance of the EMR, added modules (most impactful being the lab) and went live on the new version at all campuses on the same day.   The CNIO & CMIO navigated through challenging cultural and standard of care differences relying on leadership, expertise, and relationships to bring this organization live.

Continuing Education - earn 1 CE hour

We are excited to see everyone Friday, January 26, 2018. Some amazing speakers will be presenting.

September:
Donna Ikpeme

October:
Ron Adolph
Kevin Canales
Shanae Williams

November:
Brenda Howard
MIsty Nikel
Brandy Perez

Please save the date! November 30, 2017 will be the next Arizona Chapter Meeting from 5pm - 7pm. This will be our first educational event meeting. Details will be posted in the Chapter Events section of the website soon. Please check back!

Looking forward to meeting additional members, either in person or via phone.

Lisa, Dawn and Kris

2018 ANIA SoCal Annual Conference 
Friday, January 26, 2018

• Join the ANIA SoCal Chapter for an all day educational conference where you’ll hear from local and national experts about:
  
  The Role of the Clinical Informaticist
  Liz Johnson, MS, FAAN, FCHIME, FHIMSS, CHCIO, RN-BC, CIO, Acute Care Hospitals & Applied Clinical Informatics, Tenet Healthcare
• Use of the EHR in Treatment & Prevention of Sepsis
  Melissa Arnold, MBA, BSN, RN
  System Director, Clinical Informatics, Providence St. Joseph Health

• Excel: Advanced Tips & Tricks
  Phyllis Sharum, BS
  Certified Microsoft Trainer
• Downtime Preparation Panel Discussion
  Panel with speakers from multiple organizations
• More to come, stay tuned . . . !

Agenda
07:30 - 08:00     Registration & Breakfast
08:00 - 12:00     Speakers-Details coming soon
12:00 - 12:45     Lunch & Networking
12:45 - 13:15     Membership Meeting & New Board Member Announcements 
13:15 - 15:45     Speakers-Details coming soon
15:45 - 16:00     Raffle & Wrap Up
Click HERE to register!

Location
California Endowment for the Arts

1000 Alameda St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 

Pricing & Registration Information

Members:

*Early Bird (Before December 16, 2017)- $130.00

*Regular (Before January 24, 2018)- $155.00

Non-members:

*Early Bird (Before December 16, 2017)- $155.00

*Regular (Before January 24, 2018)- $185.00

***Refunds, less a $25.00 processing fee, will be given if cancellation is received by January 18th.
***Contact Hours…. Pending

The ANIA Socal 2018 Board Member Nomination Process is About to Open!

Click HERE for more details.

We all are aware of the devastating natural disasters suffered by Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico due to the recent Hurricanes, and ongoing wildfires in the Midwest.  Mark has reached out to the Houston chapter as well as the Florida Chapter to express our concern and support of those in need.  We will follow up with those chapters and post any specific requests they have, should you feel inclined to help out.

ANIA Arizona members,

Great news! We officially have an ANIA Arizona Chapter now. A big thank you to all who signed the petition to help make this possible and to Kris and Dawn for volunteering as chapter leaders. I truly appreciate the eagerness to create this chapter to collaborate with informatics professionals. The Arizona chapter is full of passionate informaticists, who are devoted to their profession. What a spectacular forum to share ideas, best practice, and provide a professional networking opportunity for our state.

We are excited to announce our first ANIA Arizona Chapter meeting is on Thursday, September 28, 5:00-6:30 pm. We will have a Webex and call-in number, as we have members from across the state. Please find all the details and register via the RSVP button on the Chapter Events section of our new website. Our next meeting will be an educational session in November.   

 Come prepared to share what you would like to accomplish from this chapter and some ideas for an Arizona Chapter mission statement.

 We look forward to meeting you!  

 Lisa, Kris, and Dawn

Arizona Chapter Leaders

​University of the Incarnate Word Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing and Health Professions presents the Sister Charles Marie Frank Distinguished Lecture by:
Ann Kurth, PhD, RN
Dean and Linda Koch Lorimer Professor of Nursing, Yale University

Academic Poster Display: 3pm
Distinguished Lecture: 4pm
Location: Rosenberg Skyroom, 847 Hildebrand Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209

RSVP by September 21 to Vanessa Gutierrez, vcgutier@uiwtx.edu

On behalf of the Florida ANIA Board, we want to say that our thoughts and prayers are with all of our members as we prepare for Irma. Please stay safe!

Our kind neighbors to the north, the Georgia ANIA Chapter, have sent us this message:

Hi Florida ANIA - 

My name is Mark Bassett, president of the newly-formed GA Chapter of ANIA.  On behalf of our chapter, I wanted to let you know that you, your colleagues and fellow citizens are in our thoughts and prayers - hoping that Irma's impact is tempered. 

Know that we are with you, and will contact you again after the storm has passed to see how you are doing and what you might need.

Godspeed!

​Hello All and Happy Wednesday
Can you all believe were approaching our first year anniversary and the holidays are approaching. As we approach this milestones I am asking for volunteers to help prepare as we celebrate and recognize the holidays and our year in review in which will be held during our scheduled Quarterly meeting Dec 7th 5pm -7pm.
I am looking for a planning group of 5 to identify a location, theme and activities.
If your interested please email me no later than October 1st @ ummhadith@msn.com

Thanks You
Anita L. Harris
CO-ANIA President

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The Fall Conference is less than 2 weeks away. Not too late to attend. Your choice: In Person or Virtually!! Click below to Register: 

Virtual attendance cost $80.

Don't miss this opportunity to network with peers and to earn continuing education credits. We have an exciting conference planned and are looking forward to seeing you!

Please join us for our next chapter event on September 13th.  It is a fun, social networking event (non-hosted). 

This is an opportunity to meet or reconnect with other nursing informatics enthusiasts in our community.  
 
Location:  Eureka Restaurant and Bar
Date:  Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Time:   5:30pm – 7:00pm *
 
* Eureka’s happy hour prices end at 6:00pm 

Eureka is located at 4353 La Jolla Village Drive in the Westfield UTC shopping mall complex.
(Due to construction at the mall, one parking option recommendation is the parking lot on the side of the mall close to Red Robin and Macy’s.)

Early Bird Member Pricing ends August 19th (Only 9 days ... left) to register for the Fall Conference.  Don't miss out on this wonderful educational and networking opportunity.

A very warm thank you to Susan Newbold and everyone who joined us for the ANIA SoCal-sponsored Summer Nursing Informatics Bootcamp on July 20th and July 21st.

We look forward to seeing everyone at future ANIA SoCal Events.

Also, big thanks to the ANIA SoCal Education Committee for organizing this wonderful informatics event!

Please join us for the October meeting of the Tennessee Chapter of ANIA. This will be a remote teleconference meeting.   

Date:     Thursday, October 26, 2017
Time:     5:30 – 7:00pm Central

Location:              Online, see login instructions below

Agenda:              
5:30 – 5:35           Introductions
5:35 – 6:30           Supporting Clinician Insight with Data Analytics
                             Speaker: Deborah Ariosto, RN, PhD - Vanderbilt
6:30 – 7:00           Chapter Meeting

Remote Login:   Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/481894696

Or iPhone one-tap :
    US: +16465588656,,481894696#  or +16699006833,,481894696#
Or Telephone：
    Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location)：
        US: +1 646 558 8656  or +1 669 900 6833
    Meeting ID: 481 894 696

​We will be hosting an educational event September 16th from 5-8pm at the Beebe School of Nursing.  See our Events page for more details!