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2012 CoNI Meeting Dates; Mark your calendars!

Mark your calendars!  

The dates have been set for CoNI 2012 meeting dates.

March 23rd, WakeMed Andrews Center hosted by Kelly Wiseman

May 18th, Durham

Sept 7th, Durham

Nov 30th, Charlotte hosted by Sat Ananda Hayden

Note:  they are all Fridays 

 

CoNI Meeting on Friday, Nov 11 2011 at the Teer House in Durham NC

The upcoming CoNI Meeting is on Friday November 11, 2011 at the Teer House in Durham NC

10am-3pm

10-11am:  Deb Aldridge - Identifying potentially impactable patients with analytic data tools

11-1pm CoNI Business Meeting and Lunch at El Rodeo

1-2pm Jane Peace - Sociotechnical systems and Diffusion of Innovation

2-3pm Kay Lytle - The Impact of Information Technology on the Patient Experience

Address of the Teer house is:  4019 N. Roxboro Road Durham, NC 27704

Lunch plans: El Rodeo -- we'll carpool over

RSVP:  Ellie Hunt or as a comment to this posting 

 

Must read! Jane Peace's article in the NCMJ July/August 2011 issue

The North Carolina Medical Journal (NCMJ) has just released its latest issue (July/August 2011) featuring a collection of articles surrounding the Future of Nursing in North Carolina.

NCNA CoNI member Jane Peace, PhD, RN, FNP (Assistant Professor of Nursing at Duke University) has an article on page 317 - titled Nurses and Health Information Technology: Working With and Around Computers

The entire issue is a must read, especially Jane's article!

See the complete issue here:  http://www.ncmedicaljournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/724-complete-issue.pdf

 

ANIA-CARING call for abstracts closes on Aug 19, 2011 for April 2012 conference

From an ANIA-CARING email:

The ANIA-CARING Call for Abstracts for speaker and poster presentations opened July 5 and will close on August 19, 2011.  Please submit your abstracts for sessions or pre-conferences by close of business on August 19.

The 2012 conference will be held in Orlando FL on April 12 – 14, 2012. The theme of the conference is “Nursing Informatics: "Making a Big Splash."  This conference again promises to be an outstanding educational opportunity for nursing informatics.

This year’s conference objectives are:

1. Identify opportunities in education and/or career development for nurse informaticists.
2. Discuss strategies for improving system implementations, adoption and optimization of EHRs or technology at the point of care.
3. Identify methods to measure the impacts of clinical information systems and/or technology on clinical and patient care outcomes.
4. Discuss innovations in nursing informatics and/or applying technology to clinical practice.
5. Identify tactical strategies to develop and/or demonstrate leadership in nursing informatics.

This year’s conference tracks are:

• Education & Career Development
• Adoption and Optimization Strategies
• Measuring and Monitoring for Outcome Attainment
• Innovative Achievements
• Leadership Development in Nursing Informatics

Please use this theme, objectives and tracks when writing your submission.  The Call for Abstracts is managed through an on-line process.  Links to submit your proposals for presentations and posters can be found at the ANIA-CARING website: www.ania-caring.org.

If you are interested in presenting a pre-conference, please follow the same guidelines and submit your abstract – include the word preconference in your abstract. 

Or you may click the following link for direct access to the on-line webform for abstract submission: 

https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=car&formId=101744 

If you have any questions, please email:  speaker@ania-caring.org.

CoNI Meeting on Thursday, 8/25/11 at the Teer House in Durham NC

Save the date!  Note:  Change in meeting location

The next CoNI Meeting is on Thursday, 8/25/11 at the Teer House in Durham NC

10am-3pm

Address of the Teer house is:  4019 N. Roxboro Road Durham, NC 27704

Lunch plans: El Rodeo -- we'll carpool over

RSVP:  Ellie Hunt

Thinking about the ANCC Nursing Informatics Certification?

If you have been thinking about getting your ANCC Nursing Informatics certification, you might want to put together a study plan & sit for the current exam under current prices.

ANCC has posted its announcement about the new content outline and percentages for the 2012 NI certification exam that will be offered beginning May 7, 2012.

More details at:http://www.nursecredentialing.org/Documents/Certification/TestContentOutlines/Informatics-TCO2012.aspx

 

ANA has redesigned its Nursing CE resource page...

This just in from Carol Bickford!  Spread the word.  

ANA has redesigned its CE resource page that now includes easier navigation, a CE tracking system, and LOTS and LOTS of FREE!!! modules that can be used for certification, re-certification, and RN license renewal applications. Note that even non-members also have a great selection of free courses. Check it out at http://ananursece.healthstream.com/.

ISMP Acute Care Guidelines for Timely Administration of Scheduled Medications

Have you seen the final ISMP Acute Care Guidelines for Timely Administration of Scheduled Medications?

Click (or go to) on the following link to get the PDF document.

http://www.ismp.org/tools/guidelines/acutecare/tasm.pdf

 

 

Call for Abstracts for ANA’s 6th Annual Nursing Quality Conference is open now through Monday, June 20, 2011

From Carol Bickford:

The Call for Abstracts for ANA’s 6^th Annual Nursing Quality Conference is open now through Monday, June 20, 2011.  Please visit http://ana.confex.com/ana/ndnqi12/cfp.cgi to submit an abstract.

The conference, Improving the Odds on Quality, is scheduled for January 25-27, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.  Conference topics include Achieving and Sustaining Change for Improvement; Nursing Workforce Characteristics and Processes with Outcomes; Technological Advances for Outcome Measurement; Development of Nursing Quality Measures in Specialty Areas; and National Quality Policy and Nursing Practice.

The conference goals are:

• Distinguish methods for achieving and sustaining change for improvement with nursing sensitive quality measures.
• Combine key aspects and components of the nursing workforce and nursing processes related to patient outcomes.
• Determine technological advances for nursing quality outcome measurement.
• Model and outline the development of new nursing measures and their definitions in specialty areas for new populations or non-acute care settings.
• Distinguish leading national quality policy and its impact in nursing practice at the local, state and national level.

To receive an electronic version of the conference registration brochure as soon as it’s available, please e-mail: meetings@ana.org or visit www.nursingworld.org for more information about the conference. The web-site will be updated periodically with new information.

 

CoNI meeting on May 20th in Concord NC

The next CoNI meeting will be held Friday, May 20, 2011 in  Concord, NC (10:00am-3:00pm). 

The address for the meeting place is:  845 Church Street North; Suite 204 Concord, NC 28025. 

There are continuing education and networking opportunities at all CoNI meetings, in addition to the quarterly CoNI business meetings. 

The $25 fee is for non NCNA members who whish to receive credit for the CE’s. 

10 am – Becky Kitzmiller on NC Health Information Exchange

11 am-11:30am - CoNI Business Meeting

11:30am - 1pm - Lunch & Networking 

1 pm – Howard Ommert on Who is Gaining Access to Your Systems and How? by Howard Ommert, Regional Manager, eCommerce Fraud and Electronic Crimes Investigations, Bank of America

2 pm - Connie Bishop on 6 Hats Process of Problem Solving

Please RSVP to Ellie Hunt or via a comment in this blog (note:  comments are moderated so Ellie will get the email but will not post it)

Kind Regards,

Ellie Hunt, MSN, RN, BC

NCNA Council of Nursing Informatics, Chair

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