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Check out our Member of the month for June on the About > Chapter Overview page.  Learn about Dorothea (Thea) Winter Ph.D, RN and her research within areas of nursing informatics!

What: Summer Meeting
When: June 22, 2019 10:00 am
Where: Hotel Ylem, 8080 S. Main St. Houston, 77025

Special Guest Speaker:
Cheryl Parker, Phd, RN-BC, FHIMSS
ANIA President-Elect

The next chapter meeting will be held Monday May 20th at 5:30 pm.  Please contact our chapter secretary, Christine_Parsons@bayhealth.org  if you do not have the calendar invite with virtual meeting information.

Congratulations to SCeNIC Treasurer, Claudia Jenkins, for her achievement in passing ANCC's informatics nursing board certification exam.

For more information on how to become certified and demonstrate your commitment to informatics nursing, follow the link:

Welcome to the South Carolina eNursing Informatics Chapter of ANIA. Join us for Chapter Events or follow us on SCeNIC's Facebook page.

​June 4, 2019 is the date of our first chapter meeting. The WebEx meeting will take place at 11:30 am EST. We will introduce Board members, have an education session, and obtain ideas from members. We're excited and eager to meet you! Check your email for details!

Check out our Member of the month for May on the About > Chapter Overview page.  Learn about our President-Elect, Lindsey Klemash and what drives her interest in Informatics!

Hello everyone,

ANIA Ohio will have a business/educational meeting by webinar on Tuesday April 30th from 3 – 4 pm. 

This is the link for the meeting.  I hope you can join. 

https://zoom.us/j/254112007

 

Thank you

Renee
 

Renee Vitullo, RN-BC
OhIo Chapter ANIA President

Renee.Vitullo@ge.com

330-518-6659

 

 

Agenda:

Brief business meeting

Educational presentation from Jill Evans - Informatics Build Quality Process and Change Control

 

 

Jill Evans MSN, RN, RN-BC is the Director of Clinical Informatics for the Metro Health System. 

Jill has been a leader in clinical Informatics at MetroHealth for 7 years, serving as the Director since 2016. She has worked to build and strengthen a network of informatics professionals that guide and improve the use of technology throughout the MetroHealth system ensuring a positive experience for healthcare teams, promotes patient safety and engages patients. Jill has worked on strategic projects that include the design of MetroHealth’s new Critical Care Pavilion, an 88 bed intensive care facility, HIMSS Stage 7 certification, the development of Microhospitals, as well as numerous acquisitions and ambulatory practice expansions. 

 

MetroHealth is an essential health system committed to providing health care to everyone in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and improving the health of the community overall. It recently was awarded the Davies Award after achieving HIMSS Stage 7 for both Ambulatory and Hospital in 2015.

​YOU ARE INVITED TO....
EAT, DRINK, AND CONNECT

What:        ANIA San Diego Regional Chapter Event

Date:          Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

Time:         5:30pm – 7:00pm

Location:  Draft Republic, Costa Verde Center
                 4281 Esplanade Ct
                 San Diego, CA 92122 

Please join your informatics colleagues for our May Chapter Event!

An opportunity to share what’s going on in your facility/company/school as well as exchange ideas and network.
Appetizer provided!
Event is free and open to ANIA and non-ANIA members.
Feel free to bring a colleague and to share this invitation with other informatics enthusiasts.
Did you know that membership in ANIA San Diego chapter is included in your ANIA National membership?
RSVP to sandiegoania@gmail.com

The National Conference in Las Vegas lived up to ANIA's high standards, combining visionary key note speakers, informative and exciting concurrent education sessions, and fun (like a reception on the Rios's 51st-story rooftop Voodoo Lounge) .   GA's own Orlando Scott delivered an amazing concurrent session on the Birth and Growth of HIT which kept the audience engaged throughout the entire presentation!  So glad to see so many of you at the conference - Save the date for May 7-9, 2020 in Chicago!

We have two chapter leadership positions that are open or will be opening. The positions are secretary and networking comittee chair. Please e-mail interest to vpcentralmdania@gmail.com

Also, for those who have expressed interest in our education and networking committees, information should be coming out shortly for those committees.

We are so excited to see all of you at our first annual networking event tonight @ 5:30pm. We have some fun games planned and we have a great menu of appetizers planned.

MENU:
• Buffalo chicken dip w/ baguette and tortilla chips
• Honey sriracha brussel sprouts 
• Beef tenderloin w/ bacon, goat cheese, basalmic reduction 
• Caprese bites w/ baslamic reduction

​ANIA San Diego Chapter Board nominations are being accepted for the following positions:
President Elect/Vice President, Treasurer  & Secretary
Nomination forms are available on our chapter library site.  The nomination form includes eligibility criteria and position descriptions. 
Please email us at sandiegoania@gmail.com if you have any questions 
Please submit completed nominations to sandiegoania@gmail.com by April 15th.   

If you are not eligible or unable to commit to a board position, but still wish to be come more involved in the chapter, please email us.  We are always looking for help in putting on our educational conference and planning events.​​​

Locations to be determined

• June 5
• August 7
• October 2
• December 4

Hello all-
  This is a final reminder that registration for our networking event is due by this Friday, March 22nd. We look forward to seeing you all next week!

Hello chapter members,

Please join us for the next chapter meeting.  We will be discussing the work that has been happening this year.  This includes educational offerings, CNEs, chapter meeting times, and more. 

Look forward to discussing these topics with you all.  Thanks Nichole Marksbury

ANIA Meeting is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Colorado ANIA

Time: Mar 20, 2019 6:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)



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The next chapter meeting will be held Monday April 15th at 530 pm.  Please contact our chapter secretary, Christine_Parsons@bayhealth.org  if you do not have the calendar invite with virtual meeting information.

On behalf of Teresa Niblett and the planning committee, thank you again for a wonderful evening! This was one of our best events yet!

Click here to see photos from the 2019 ANIA Delmarva Education event.  And check out the presentations by Megan Williams and Kathryn Fiddler that are posted in our Chapter Latest Files.

We are happy to announce the member of the month for March is Teresa Niblett.  To learn more about our chapter president, check out the Member of the Month section on our chapter Overview page!

Good afternoon,

Some of our members have reported not receiving emails/meeting invites.  Please add the Colorado email as a contact to your email.  denvercania@gmail.com

Check your spam box or junk mail just in case.  I will be sending our next meeting invite soon.  Thanks everyone, Nichole

Our networking committee is seeking someone for the role of committee chairperson. This role is responsible for appointing sufficient members to the committee and organizing networking events and communication with chapter membership.

Please send an e-mail of interest to our chapter President-Elect, Nikki McCarthy, @ VPCentralMDANIA@gmail.com   

Please include your name, years involved with ANIA, experience & a short paragraph on why you should be chosen as the committee chair. ​

Please use the event link to register for our networking event on March 28th. Chapter members who have paid their annual dues ($15 each year) are free. If you need to pay your chapter dues, you may do so via the PayPal link on our chapter website.

Please RSVP in the event.​​

If you filled out the required survey during the conference you will be receiving your CE's next week. If you have not completed your survey and need the link please email ania-socal@ania.org.

We are hosting our first networking event on Thursday, March 28th, 2019 from 5:30pm - 8:30pm at Alexander's Tavern in Fells Point. This event will be free to chapter members who have paid their annual dues. If you have not paid annual dues, you can do so via the PayPal link on our chapter website or pay with cash/check at the event. More details to come!

​Hello members,

Gretchen Brooks has volunteered to be our new chapter secretary!  I am excited to work with her.  Please welcome her in this new role.  Thank you, Nichole

Good morning chapter members,

Our new chapter email is denvercania@gmail.com.

Moving forward we will use this as our primary communication email between all of us.  This will help ensure all of the chapter's communication will stay in one place.  Have a great day.  I look forward to connecting with you!

Nichole Marksbury

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2019 ANIA Conference: Register Early for Discounted Rates
It's a new year with new educational opportunities!  Scheduled for April 11-13 at the Rio All Suite Hotel, the conference offers excellent educational, networking, and professional development opportunities. Register now for the best rates!

Please review and RSVP in the Chapter Event.

​Hi ANIA Arizona Chapter Members,
It has been an amazing 1 1/2 years helping to get this chapter up and running. Thank you for your participation and ideas on how to make it successful. We accomplished so much in such a short amount of time, which is thanks to all of our engaged chapter members!! Kudos to all of you!

We increased our membership this past 1 1/2 years and have a goal to continue to increase it over the next year! We have 4 excited and newly elected Arizona chapter leaders for 2019-2021. Let me introduce our new chapter leaders beginning January 1, 2019. They will be listing the first 2019 chapter meeting soon.....

Newly elected Arizona Chapter Leaders:
President: Dawn Collison
Vice-President: Sherri Duarte
Secretary: Mandy Shackelford
Treasurer: Lisa Rapasky

Thanks,
Lisa

​2019 Spring Symposium
The Many Facets of Nursing Informatics: Beyond the EHR
Save the Date: May 10, 2019
Location: 11700 N. Meridian St, Carmel, IN 46032
Sponsored by: ANIA Midwest Region Chapter and Indiana University Health

ANIA Midwest 2019 Symposium Schedule

ANIA Midwest 2019 Symposium Hotel Discounts

Hello All and Happy Holidays 
It has been a great pleasure to have served as the founding president for the last two years. 
I am sending you all this note as I am passing the presidential baton to Nicole Marksbury who will be your new president starting 1/2019. Please join me and welcome Nicole to this new role. I will be meeting with her over the next few weeks as we prepare for our 1st meeting in 2019. 
Thanks and Happy Holidays
Dr. Anita Harris DNP, MSN, MHA, RN, NEA-BC  

Hello All 
We are in need of new BOARD MEMBERS as many of our members have transitioned. If you are interested in the below, please send me a email ASAP @ ummhadith@msn.com
Vice President 
Secretary 
Thanks 
Dr. Anita Harris 
Treasury

The Tennessee Chapter of ANIA is pleased to announce the new members of the board effective January 1, 2019.

Jordie Booth - Treasurer
Maria Burton - Director of Communications

Hello Ohio ANIA Members

Thank you to all who joined our education session last Thursday, especially Barb Bungard who presented “Clinical Decision Support”

A recording of the meeting/presentation is on the Ohio ANIA website in the library section

Summary of activities from 2018

• Initial member meeting
• Meet and Greet in Akron
• Fall meeting in Columbus
• Educational Session.

We have met the first year requirements as a provisional chapter and will submit for full chapter status.

We currently have an end of year member survey with 20 responses.

A quick summary:

• Preferred method of communication – 90 % email
• Frequency of meetings – quarterly 60 %
• Preferred location – central location 70%
• Preferred meeting time – afternoon 45%, morning 30% and evening 20%

Thank you for the presentation topics that are of interest. 

In January, we will begin planning for 2019.

Please feel free to contact myself or any of the board members with any questions/needs.

Renee Vitullo, President
Barb Bungard, Vice President
Mike O'Malley, Treasurer
Barb Welch, Secretary

Happy Holidays!

Renee

Congratulations to Kathleen Ulanday as the newly elected Secretary and member of  the National ANIA BOD.

Hello Ohio ANIA members!

The Ohio ANIA chapter will have an online meeting and hold our 2nd educational session for the year on December 13th, at 7 pm.

Barb Bungard, RN, MSN, CPHIMS from Akron’s Children’s Hospital will present the topic Clinical Decision Support.

I apologize for the late notice, but we want to have our second educational meeting of the year.  At that point, we will apply for the Ohio Chapter to become a permanent chapter, having finished our provisional year. Early 2019, we will plan our meeting for the year.

We hope you can join.  Instructions for the conference call are below.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you

Renee

 

Conference call information:

Topic: Ohio ANIA Chapter Meeting

Time: Dec 13, 2018 7:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

 

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Please complete this short survey to help planning activities for next year. 
There are 4 questions at the end to evaluate the Fall meeting.
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Join Us for Our Education Chapter Meeting in Collaboration with TONE
Date:   Thursday, December 6, 2018
Time:  12 Noon – 1 PM Central Time
Agenda
12-12:45 Presentation:  Interoperability Update: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Jettie Eddleman, BSN, RN
               Chief Operating Officer
               Texas A&M Rural and Community Health Institute (ARCHI) 
Location: Webinar
Registration is required using https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nzAXWWQ_QlqNFTwRfLp24g
Login information is generated upon completion of registration

Your GA ANIA Board Members for 2018-19 have been posted.   The document can be accessed in the library section of this web site or by clicking on the link below.

Please RSVP in the Chapter Event. 

Look forward to seeing you there!

Lisa, Dawn & Kris

​Please see our event page for more information!

NHIT Week Networking Event at TMCx
October 11, 5:00pm, CDT - 8:00pm, CDT
TMC Innovation
2450 Holcombe Blvd. Houston, TX 77021
Registration is available from the Houston HIMSS website

To celebrate National Health IT Week, Dr. Rucker penned a blog post on the National Health IT Week Blog, Automation in Healthcare is Transforming Medicine.
Read Blog Post

Nurses can prepare for the future of health care by learning more about HIT. Experts on the TNA-TONE HIT committee developed three educational webinars on current issues in health information technology which are now available as on-demand CNE. Next week only, these modules will be available at no-charge. Log in to the TNA Learning Curve and use promo code HITWeek18. (Code expires Oct. 12.)

Ellen Martin, PhD, RN, CPHQ, CPPS
Director of Practice

Presenting a Poster in the ANIA SoCal January 2019 event will earn a $50 discount off of the conference registration for that poster's primary presenter!

See the information in the link below

Hurry, deadline is October 31, 2018!!!

National HIT Week - October 8 -12, 2019

Thank you for your patience while we did the work of separating the chapter into 2 chapters! We are finally complete as the Central & North Florida Chapter and are ready to introduce you to your new board! Stay tuned to this page for updates!

Due: October 31,2018

ANIA SoCal Chapter is pleased to announce poster presentations will be included as part of our Annual Conference on January 25, 2019.

You are invited to be a part of this educational event and submit an abstract for a poster showcasing innovative and practical ways Informatics has supported safe, quality, and efficient patient care in your facility. 

The primary poster presenter will receive a $50 conference registration discount!

SCeNIC chapter members are invited to join the conversation on Facebook and network with other nursing informaticists in South Carolina.

Please welcome Janet Sherrill as a new member to the ANIA Houston Chapter.

Please support Team ANIA Houston Chapter for JDRF One Walk
Team Captain - Nancy Crider 
Goal - $250.00
November 3, 2018, Check-in: 8:00 AM, 
Starts: 9:30 AM
Length of walk: 2.2 miles
NRG Stadium, 1 Reliant Parkway, Houston, TX 77054

To support the team login at 
https://www2.jdrf.org/site/TR?fr_id=7453&pg=team&team_id=272054#

As a chapter let's exceed our goal!

The 2019 ANIA Annual Conference will be held April 11-13 at the Rio All Suite Hotel in Las Vegas. Share your expertise with colleagues by presenting a poster at the conference. Submit a poster abstract by December 15.
More information available from the ANIA website.

Share the benefits of ANIA membership with your colleagues. It's a win-win for everyone! Your colleagues connect to a community of informatics professionals and gain access to educational and networking opportunities, and you have the chance to win an Amazon gift card. The 2018 ANIA Membership Referral Drive runs through September 30.
More information available from the ANIA website

Hello All,

Please come out and join us for our very first South Florida Chapter meeting tonight. Members and Non-members are welcome to attend. The meeting will be from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm in Miami.  Address below:

Villa Maria Nursing Center
1050 NE 125th Street
North Miami, FL 33161

American Nursing Informatics Association
Nursing Informatics Certification Review Course
This is an intensive one and one half day course focusing on preparing the attendee for the ANCC Nursing Informatics certification exam.
Friday, October 26th, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm with registration starting at 7:30 am

Saturday, October 27th, 8:00 am – 12:45 pm
Texas Health Harris Forth Worth
701 Fifth Avenue, Fort Wort, TX 76104
Room: Rutledge Education Center – Rutledge Auditorium

100% focused on certification review with an interactive learning format
Highly qualified instructors who hold current ANCC certification in nursing informatics
Mometrix Informatics Nurse Exam Secrets Study Guide included
1.5-day format, 12 ANCC CHs* - The learner must attend 90% of the course to receive credit & no prorating.
Registration fee: ANIA Member - $400 and Nonmember - $490
Further information and to register click here.
Organization: Group registration and rates available, please contact ANIA@ajj.com
Cancellations: Must be done in writing to ANIA - either by email to ANIA@ajj.com or fax to 856-218-0557. A $75 administrative fee will be applied if cancelled on/prior to October 19, 2018. After this date, there are no refunds.
*This educational activity has been jointly provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., and ANIA.
Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number, CEP 5387.
Learning Outcome: After completing this workshop, the participant will have validated basic foundational knowledge on concepts of nursing informatics and improved preparedness for the certification exam.
Course Objectives

• Formulate a learning plan for completing the ANCC certification examination for nursing informatics.
• Examine the foundations of professional nursing informatics practice.
• Examine the models and theories that support nursing informatics practice.
• Discuss regulatory and accreditation agencies and their impact on nursing informatics practice.
• Identify key steps and concepts of the system life cycle as they apply to nursing informatics practice.
• Examine data management and health care technology considerations as they apply to nursing informatics practice.

Course Topics
These topics from the March 23rd, 2018 ANCC Test Content outline will be presented.
See https://www.nursingworld.org/our-certifications/informatics-nurse/ for more details.
I. Foundations of Practice
II. System Design Life Cycle
III. Data Management and Health Care Technology

ANIA DFW Chapter Contacts:
Erin Dickerman, Chapter Website & Communications:
DFWANIAChapter@gmail.com
Tanna Nelson, Chapter President:
tannanelson@texashealth.org
This educational activity has been jointly provided by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., and ANIA.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number, CEP 5387.

American Nursing Informatics Association
200 East Holly Avenue, Sewell, NJ 08080
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​Folks,

For many reasons are fall event, scheduled for October 9th has been postponed.  Do not fret, we are quickly arranging a new date in late winter with the same great speakers.  As soon as we have a date, we will be posting so everyone can mark their calendars.  ALSO, we are thinking of holding just a networking event for current members and potential members in early November.  We would like to host it at one of the fabulous restaurants in Lewes or Rehoboth DE.  More to come!!!!​

ANIA Ohio 1st Annual Fall Meeting
Please join us for an afternoon of networking and discussing nursing informatics.

October 26th 11am – 3 pm

Dublin Methodist Hospital

7500 Hospital Drive

Dublin, Ohio 43016

Lunch included

Cost $10 

Agenda:

11-12 Introductions
12-1 Lunch/Networking
1-2 Jill Evans from MetroHealth Cleveland
2-3 Anna Mary Bowers – Nursing informatics instructor
 
Registration information coming soon

Hello AZ Chapter - ANIA Members,                             
                                  
Thank you all for your dedication and participation in the establishment of the Arizona Chapter of ANIA! The chapter has been a great success! According to the Chapter Bylaws, it is election time for our new Chapter Leadership Team. Please make sure your contact information is current on the Chapter website. 

We are providing a description of each position below:

President

Will be the executive officer of the Chapter and will preside at all meetings of the Chapter. The primary accountabilities of the president are:
·       Oversee meetings of the board and Chapter, including agenda development and meeting facilitation.
·       In partnership with the board and committee chairs, develop future goals and annual objectives of the Chapter.
·       Based on annual objectives, formulate the annual budget for the Chapter in partnership with the board and committee chairs.
·       Provide for the ongoing monitoring and evaluation of annual objectives.
·       Along with the treasurer, provide oversight for the Chapter finances and ensure financial controls are in place to protect the Chapter’s finances from misuse or fraud.
·       After approval from ANIA, execute all contracts on behalf of the Chapter.
·       Ensure regular communication to the Chapter regarding progress toward the annual objectives and the financial status of the Chapter.
·       Along with the board, ensure the Chapter meets all of the obligations to ANIA that are set forth in the Chapter Formation Agreement.
·       Working with the vice-president, annually provide for the continuity of the Chapter leadership and a board transition meeting.

Vice President
·       Will act in the capacity of the Executive Officer in the absence of the Chapter President.

Secretary*
·       Will keep minutes of all leadership meetings and submit all reports to the Chapter President, members and the National Office.
·       Serve as the primary webmaster.

Treasurer*
·       Will maintain a ledger of financial accounts, will provide such reports as required by ANIA and is responsible for the annual submission of the required IRS documentation.
·       The treasurer is responsible for the ongoing management, accounting and reporting of the Chapter’s finances
·       Overall accountability for the financial management of the Chapter is the responsibility of the full Chapter Leadership Team, thus the treasurer must working in partnership with the leadership team to ensure the appropriate management of the Chapter finances.
 * Position for Secretary/Treasurer may be combined if not enough volunteers 

Any chapter member may be a candidate for these positions. New Office (2 year term) – Jan 1, 2019 – Dec 31, 2020. 

The first step is a “Call for nominations/volunteers.”  Please send an email directly to Dawn Collison, AZ Chapter Vice President at dcollison@cox.net with the full name and desired position any time between September 1st – October 31st. 

A second email and website update will be posted on November 1st regarding the election. Per the ANIA policy, the process will be as follows:

1.      If after a call for nominations is made to all chapter members there is only one (1) candidate for an office (uncontested), these candidates may then be declared the winners.

2.      If more than one (1) candidate for any office is identified, voting will take place via electronic ballot (after Nov 1st).

3.      The candidate receiving the highest number of votes will be declared the winner. In case of a tie, the winner will be decided by lot by the Chapter Leadership team.

Winners will be notified and announced no later than December 31st, 2018.

If you have any questions regarding the position or process, please do not hesitate to reach out to Dawn Collison via email or 602-284-6451.

Sincerely,

2017/2018 AZ Chapter Leadership Team:
Lisa Sikora, President
Dawn Collison, Vice President
Kris Gillen, Secretary/Treasurer

Looking for a phenominal educational opportunity and networking in the area of informatics?  Plan on attending GA HIMSS Annual Conference at the Cobb Galleria Convention Center on October 16th.  See their page below for details!

As a community partner of GA HIMSS, we are pleased to let you know about this upcoming Nursing Informatics Boot Camp, delivered by ANIA's own Susan K. Newbold, PhD, one of the founders of ANIA.  Please see the GA HIMSS web page for details!

Come join us for our education chapter meeting

Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018

Time:  12 Noon – 1 PM Central Time

Register Using EventBrite goo.gl/aFytds as seats are limited

Agenda

12-12:45 Presentation:  Optimization of Clinical Decision Support Tools for the Care of Older Adults with Diabetes Mellitus Type II

Speaker: Dr. Dorothy Alford

Business Meeting:  1245 – 1 PM

Location: Web conference Using Zoom

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Brown Bag Lunch and Learn with National ANIA presenters, for our ANIA SoCal Fall Webinar. "Re-imagining Your Career."  September 14, 11:45 AM- 1:15 PM.  I CEU

October 26th 11 - 3 meeting in Columbus.
More information to follow!

I want to thank everyone who was able to attend our meet and greet in Akron at the end of July. It was a small group, but that's not unusual when beginning a new group.
We had a great conversation and had did not have any difficulty finding topics to discuss.
Looking forward to the next meeting.
I am still looking for someone to host a meeting in the Cincinnati area.
Thank you!

Toni has been a member of ANIA since March 2018. She had an informatics internship with Teresa Niblett, the chapter president, this past spring. She was interested in joining the chapter to network with other informatic nurses within the chapter.  She graduated in May 2018 from the University of Maryland School of Nursing with a Nursing Informatics Certificate. She previously graduated from UMSON in 2008 with a Clinical Nurse Leader MSN. She is currently employed as a Registered Nurse First Assist at Shore Regional Health hospital in Easton, MD.
 
Her current professional goal is to incorporate informatics in my current job. Toni's hospital is transitioning their EHR to Epic this fall and she will receive training to be the super user for the operating room. Her goal for next year is to find opportunities to gain more informatics experience that can help her make a career change.
 
A little know talent is that she has learned to perform Reiki. She first took classes to learn how to reduce stress in her life but now she enjoys performing Reiki on my family and friends.

ANIA SoCal Board Nominations
Throw in your hat and run for office!
The following ANIA SoCal Board positions (2-year term) are open as of January 2019:

• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Co-Education Chair
• Co-Communication and Social Media Chair
• Membership Director

How?
The first step is to self-nominate. Send us a brief, 250-word bio sharing what knowledge, experience, wisdom, and value you would bring to the role and what you hope to achieve in the position. Please email your completed bio to: aniasocalelections@gmail.com by August 17th.

For questions about the election or positions, please email either Karen Pope, MA, BSN, RN at Karen.pope@hoag.org or Jasmine Davis MSN, RN-BC at JDavis@memorialcare.org

Wednesday August 1 at Buffalo Wild Wings Cranberry at 6 PM.

August 8, 2018, 5:30pm Chapter Event
November 14, 2018, 5:30 Chapter Event
February 1, 2019, 3rd Annual Educational Conference

​​

Come “Meet and Greet” your Fellow Members of the Ohio Chapter of ANIA on July 31st at Akron Childrens Hospital from 4-5:30pm. This is an informal opportunity (stop by on your way home) for you to network with others in the Nursing Informatics field in Northern Ohio and learn more about our newly formed Ohio Chapter. Light Refreshments will be served.

The “Meet and Greet” will be held at Akron Childrens Hospital, Considine Building, 2nd floor,  251 West Bowery Street, Akron, Ohio. Please park in the P1 Bowery Deck located at 199 Bowery Street. Map attached below. Please forward the invite to others who are a member of ANIA and we missed them on the invitee list or for those who are interested in becoming a member. 

If possible please RSVP that you are able to attend by July 27th to either Barb Bungard (bbungard@akronchildrens.org) or Pam Baker (pbaker@akronchildrens.org).

Please see files for a map.

The Houston ANIA Chapter will hold election in Fall 2018. The following officer positions will be open
1. Chair elect
2. Secretary 
3. Webmaster
One board position will be open. 
Send self-nominations to houstonaniachapter@gmail.com
or contact a chapter officer for more information

REMINDER: Webcast Features New AHRQ SOPS™ Health IT Patient Safety Supplemental Items for Hospitals
Wednesday, July 25
2-2:50 p.m. ET
Register Now
Join AHRQ for this Webcast to learn about the new Surveys on Patient Safety CultureTM (SOPSTM) Health Information Technology (IT) Patient Safety Supplemental Items. Hospitals can use the survey items as a supplement to the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture to assess how organizational culture influences health IT and patient safety. The Webcast will discuss the importance of health IT in patient safety, provide an overview of the development of the items, and provide results from an initial pilot.

Speakers include:

Joann Sorra, Ph.D., (Moderator), Westat, Rockville, MD
Jeffrey Brady, M.D., M.P.H., Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD
Tejal K. Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H., CPPS., Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Boston, MA
Naomi Yount, Ph.D., Westat, Rockville, MD                                                                                
If you have any questions or comments, please contact AHRQ’s SOPS User Network at SafetyCultureSurveys@westat.com or call 1-888-324-9749.

Friday 9/14/18.  More Info Soon!

Please use this link to register for our August event!  

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/ania-delmarva-chapter-10682034460

See our events page for more information.  Flyer to be posted soon!

​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

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

Please go to the Library section to view!

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

Check out the Midwest Region Chapter Business meeting minutes to find out more about Chapter acitivities and opportunities to get involved.