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By Susan K Newbold, PhD RNBC FAAN FHIMSS CARING Membership CARING currently has over 1,400 members in 25 countries and 50 states. We recently added members from Malaysia and India. Graduations: Member News PhD Susan K. Newbold, Columbia, MD, received her Ph.D., September 19, 2006 from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Her topic is Susan K. Newbold “Utility of search strategies used by nurses seeking Internet-based health information.” Her dissertation chair is Mary Etta Mills, with Barbara Covington and Deborah Lewis, committee members. DNSc Tsai-Ya Lai, Arlington, VA, received her DNSc diploma, May 2006, from Columbia University. Dr. Lai’s dissertation topic is “The design and evaluation of HIV TIDES - Tailored interventions for management of depressive symptoms in persons living with HIV/AIDS.” Her sponsor is Dr. Suzanne Bakken. Wm D. Roberts, Bellport, NY, received his DNSc from Columbia University, June 2005. The title of his dissertation is: “Clinical practice guideline-related knowledge representation models and comprehension-generated inferences of nurse practitioners and physicians at varying levels of expertise.” Masters Kenneth Bavier, Flint, MI, graduated from Duke University, May 13, 2006, with an MSN dual masters in Community Health Nursing and in Systems Management. Natashia M. Harris, Randallstown, MD, graduated with an MSN from the University of Maryland School of Nursing, May 2006. continued on page 3 President’s Message – CARING 3rd Quarter 2006 Newsletter continued from Page 1 communication and data routing to stay in contact. We are transitioning to a practice where we use a single pervasive medical record. Instant communication, real-time validation, multi-contributor documentation, and interdisciplinary plans of care have all compelled us to collaborate. Collaboration has grown outside of our own organizations and into our professional practice with the formation of the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (www.allianceni.org) and cross-organization initiatives. This is leading to knowledge sharing and consensus building. This theme of collaboration has even carried forward into our professional education opportunities and will be the concept behind the Nursing Informatics Symposium at the next HIMSS2007 conference. Invited speakers are prepared to present on collaboration across the care continuum, collaboration between clinical and IT departments, clinical documentation collaboration, and collaboration with vendors and industry. The symposium ends with multiple groups coming together with a multidisciplinary panel presentation. We should be encouraged by these sources of collaboration and look forward to additional opportunities for ongoing partnerships. Interestingly enough, if you want to begin today, you can go out to the Wiki and add your own piece of knowledge. The section on Nursing Informatics (www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_informatics) needs your input! Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century: An International Look at Practice, Trends and the Future [Book Review] continued from Page 1 providing readers with fundamental concepts and compelling language that we can use in our professional lives to convey what we do in our nursing informatics roles. I was particularly impressed by the content within Section II of this book. While many texts on nursing informatics focus on the why and how of our practice, this section takes direct focus on the where; that is, the range of practice venues and contributions nurse informaticians are making in areas that support or are supported by the range of informatics practice activities. Nurse executives would be well-advised to include this book in their library. The editors should consider, if they have not already done so, providing courtesy copies to key members of the American Organization of Nurse Executives as well as presenting selected topics at the annual meeting. Chief Nurse Executives at large healthcare facilities or integrated delivery networks will likely possess a high level conceptual understanding of much of this content, however, this book will provide details and models to facilitate discussions with others in the C-suite. It will also go far in educating those executives who have not had exposure to the value and contributions of nursing informatics practice. Section III focuses on the intersection of nursing education and information technology. Much has been published in this area, but less has been published from an international perspective. This sharing of perspectives and approaches to common dilemmas within the educational framework is where this section excels. Section IV is targeted to the intermediate to advanced levels and will help readers advance their understanding of some of our current challenges. Chapter 22 in Section IV is particularly valuable to front line, operationally oriented nurse informatics practitioners who are in the midst of systems analysis, design and product selection for their organizations and who must attempt to explain the state of the science and art of evidence-based healthcare in the context of information systems to their executive leadership. Today’s executive continued on page 3 CARING • Page 2
Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century: An International Look at Practice, Trends and the Future [Book Review] continued from Page 2 leaders may often naively assume that clinical information systems will leverage evidence-based research by delivering clinical decision support systems. This is far easier conceptualized than done. Dr. Titler provides a compact, yet effective presentation of the key tenets of evidence-based practice to include an easy to follow flowchart (model). She goes on to describe the role of clinical information systems in implementing evidence-based practice; the holy grail that today’s foremost healthcare institutions are seeking from their information technology investments that is seldom obtained. This chapter and its references serve as an excellent starting point for those seeking to communicate to their executive leadership the complexity of leveraging the power of information technology to advance evidence based practice within their institutions. Section V is perhaps the true gem of this book and must have been a coordination challenge for the editors. It offers a comprehensive overview of electronic health record (EHR) initiatives by various countries across the globe. If one would like to gain a basic comparative understanding of the state of the science and art of EHR implementation, start here. It is not necessary to read preceding chapters to gain value from this section. The book wraps up nicely in Section VI with insights into what is rapidly appearing on our horizon - bioinformatics, controlled vocabularies, increased consumer control over their own health care, and the projections about the future of nursing informatics practice. We have some significant challenges ahead, but we have more significant opportunities in this dynamic professional area of practice. Given the comprehensiveness of this book, I was disappointed not to see chapters in this book by two key leaders, Dr. Patricia Abbott and Dr. Nancy Staggers, highlighting their contributions to the field of nursing informatics. Both have made substantial and sustained contributions to data mining and knowledge discovery in large databases and human factors and user-centered design, respectively. Readers should not forget the value and importance of these areas to today’s practice. Take time to search the literature for their work and consider it a necessary extension of this text. Overall, this is a very good book and one that all students and practitioners of nursing informatics should make a part of their libraries. It is well written by leading experts in the field and includes a number of case studies that provide further discussion and international perspectives to universal problems about particular topics. These case studies help to position this book at the intermediate to advanced level of informatics practice - yet another reason to have this book in one’s library. The table of contents and index present common terms used in informatics thereby facilitating quick location of particular areas of interest. On rare occasion, some figures include text that is difficult to read, but this is a minor inconvenience given the value of the content. For those who are new to or are early in their careers in nursing informatics practice and are wondering how to forge a career doing this work, this book will expose you to the range of subspecialty areas within nursing informatics. It provides directions for future practice, and an introduction to the key leaders who are forging the paths in each area. There is nothing short of a lifetime of opportunities presented in this book that define nursing informatics practice. Congratulations to the editors and all the authors on this significant contribution to our professional field of practice! Page 3 • 3rd Quarter 2006 More Member News Christine Spisla, Vernon Hills, IL, graduated May 2006 with a health sciences masters with an emphasis on nursing informatics from Loyola University, Maywood, IL. Teresa A. Trent, Key West, FL, graduated with an MSN from Duke University, Spring 2006. Kathleen W. Wilson, Hurley, NY, earned her masters degree from Sage College, Troy, NY, May 2006. Marco Zeimet, Goring-on-Thames UK, graduated with a second MSc from University of Surrey in 2006. He took modules at Manchester University (UK), Erasmus Universiteit in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and University of Surrey (UK). His first MSc degree is in Telemedicine and eHealth Systems from Brunel University London (2003). Bachelors Twila Colville, State College, PA, graduated from Slippery Rock University in August 2006 with a BSN and a case management certificate. Janet Harvey, Seattle, WA, received a BA after 18 months of evening classes in Medical Informatics at Bellevue Community College, Bellevue, WA. Kayo Katsuya, Silver Spring, MD, graduated in May 2006 with a BSN degree from Johns Hopkins University. Certifications: Certification in Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center: Alicia LePard, Gillette, WY, is certified in NI since 2004. Susan K. Newbold, Columbia, MD, was recertified in NI in July 2006. M. Kathleen Smith, Gaithersburg, MD, was recertified in NI in 2006. Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS) granted by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS): Janet Harvey, Seattle, WA, December 2005. Linda Reeder, Seattle, WA, December 2005. Carol Shade, Dayton, OH, June 2006. continued on page 4
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