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Dr. Thede is Professor Emeritus from the College of Nursing at Kent State University where she participated in numerous university committees studying and implementing computer uses and distance education. Linda taught nursing informatics and assisted the faculty in the use of technology. She is...

Dr. Diane J. Skiba is Professor and Coordinator of Healthcare Informatics at the University of Colorado Denver. Since 1980, she has dedicated her career to the development of nursing informatics specialists. She is an international leader committed to the preparation of health care professionals...

Dr. Nancy Staggers has an extensive background in clinical informatics, from determining user requirements to application prototyping, system selection, large systems implementation, and enterprise system evaluation. She has held executive IT positions, including Associate CIO, Information...

Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, CMAC, FNAP, FAAN, is vice president, nursing informatics, at Cerner Corporation. He is responsible for strategic sales/planning the patient care enterprise and industry relations related to professional nurse practice. With more than 600 published articles and presentations on...

Joyce Sensmeier MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN began her career in Nursing Informatics at Palos Community Hospital, guiding the training and implementation of clinical information systems. She currently serves as HIMSS Vice President of Informatics and is responsible for the areas of clinical...

Dr. Schwirian is Professor Emerita, The Ohio State University College of Nursing & Department of Family Medicine. She may be best known for two models that were published in Computers In Nursing (CIN) in the “very early days.” The first was dubbed “Schwirian’s Cube” by Gary Hales -- even though it...

Dr. Saba, a nationally and internationally known pioneer of computer technology in nursing has for over 40 years, spearheaded the nursing informatics movement. She initiated academic technology programs and supported development of healthcare information technology systems including Clinical Care...

Rear Admiral Romano is the Acting Chief of Staff for the Office of the Surgeon General and Chief Nurse Officer for the Public Health Service. She began her career at the National Institutes of Health in 1971 and worked as an associate investigator, clinical research nurse, informatics specialist...

Judy Ozbolt received her BSN from Duke University in 1967. Following Peace Corps assignments in Turkey and Liberia, she earned an MS and a PhD from the University of Michigan. She has worked in nursing informatics since 1972, when she began developing a prototype decision support system for nursing...