President and Interim Secretary/Treasurer - Debi Schwartz, BSN, RN, NI-BC
Debi has been a RN since 1991 and in informatics since 2012. The majority of her career was bedside in a 600+ bed hospital as a general Float Nurse. Debi's experience working in units ranging from Gen Med/Surg, Nephrology, Cardiac, ED, Peds, Peds Onc, and PeriOp provided particular insight and drive to participate in patient throughput workgroups - a taste of informatics before she even knew what it was and she was hooked!
Debi moved to informatics as the hospital transitioned then moved into Maintenance & Optimization. For a few years, she supported Care Connect go-lives then moved to another organization where she supported both the host organization and the Care Connect go-lives. She currently provides informatics services at Snoqualmie Valley Hospital [CAH] via ScaledHealth. Providing remote support from Spokane, WA with the occasional visit to the beautiful Cascades near Seattle has been a great middle ground for all the things she loves about Informatics!
Debi is fascinated by what people don't say when describing a challenge: the gaps are where the real source of problems often lie. Collecting & connecting the threads of multiple workflows that need to be seen as a whole to find the solution are like weaving a tapestry. Like any other crafter or cosplayer or general nerd, she loves to hear & share experiences, and that includes with fellow Informaticists!
Debi's ANIA Profile
Vice President - Shelly Bewick, BSN, RN
Shelly is an accomplished Nurse Informaticist with over 15 years of experience in the hospital setting. She enjoys bridging the gap between clinical operation and IT and have led/participated in the implementation of both Meditech and Epic electronic health records. Shelly's passion is problem solving to create standard practice that will enhance patient outcomes, clinical practice and efficiency.
Shelly's ANIA Profile
Social Media Lead - Holly Bullion, DNP, MPH, ARNP, FNP-C, ACHIP, NI-BC, CPHQ, CNE
Holly has 16 years of nursing experience with a primary focus in sexual and reproductive health. She has spent the past 7 years working as a clinical operations and nursing informatics leader with expertise in public health, sexual health, telehealth, and primary care in rapidly scaling organizations. Holly has also taught various guest lectures on human sexuality, informatics, and serves as adjunct nursing faculty. She is especially focused on data modernization, interoperability, and clinical decision support to improve health data equity and health care outcomes in underserved populations. Holly is currently attending Texas Woman's University's DNP-to-PhD Nursing program with a research focus in health data equity and health care trust.
Holly has experience in media relations as a clinician subject matter expert for multiple articles focusing on sex and dating during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is excited to serve as the new social media lead for the ANIA Northwest Chapter and broadening our social media footprint!
Holly's ANIA Profile