Nursing Informatics

Nursing Informatics is the "science and practice (that) integrates nursing, its information and knowledge, with information and communication technologies to promote the health of people, families, and communities worldwide." (adapted from IMIA Special Interest Group on Nursing Informatics 2009).

The application of nursing informatics knowledge is empowering for all healthcare practitioners in achieving patient centered care.

Nurse informaticians work as developers of communication and information technologies, educators, researchers, chief nursing officers, chief information officers, software engineers, implementation consultants, policy developers, and business owners, to advance healthcare.

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Core areas of work include:

• Concept representation and standards to support evidence-based practice, research, and education
• Data and communication standards to build an interoperable national data infrastructure
• Research methodologies to disseminate new knowledge into practice
• Information presentation and retrieval approaches to support safe patient centered care
• Information and communication technologies to address inter-professional work flow needs across all care venues
• Vision and management for the development, design, and implementation of communication and information technology
• Definition of healthcare policy to advance the public’s health

AMIA’s Nursing Informatics Working Group serves as the United States’ representative to the International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group.

Leadership

Carolyn Sun, PhD, RN, ANP, FAAN, FAMIA

Chair

Associate Professor

Hunter College

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Kenrick Cato, PhD, RN, CPHIMS, FAAN, FACMI

Past Chair

Professor of Informatics / Nurse Scientist, for Pediatric Data and Analytics

University of Pennsylvania/ Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Benjamin Galatzan, PhD, RN

Secretary

Assistant Professor

University of Alabama

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Kathryn Connell, PhD, RN, CCRN

Member-at-Large

Assistant Professor

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

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Alvin Jeffery, PhD, RN

Member-at-Large

Assistant Professor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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Tamara Macieira, PhD, RN, FAMIA

Member-at-Large

Assistant Professor

University of Florida

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Kelly Resco-Summers, DNP, MS, MAdmin, BSN, RN

Member-at-Large

Assistant Professor and Director, Nursing Informatics Pathway

University of Alabama, Birmingham

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Paula Wolski, MSN, RN, NI-BC, FAMIA

Secretary Elect

Program Director Informatics, Nursing and PCS

Brigham and Women's/Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

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Irem Ozbay, MS, RN

Student Representative

BSN, RN / Research Assitant

Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University

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• Performing: Working Group has high level of engagement and output (workshops, papers, webinars)
• Networking: Working Group has internal and external networking opportunities for members (mentorship programs, social events, collaboration)
• Developing: New Working Group or revitalizing efforts to grow membership (recruitment efforts, leadership)