The Delaware Valley Nursing Computer Network (DVNCN) and Main Line Health are pleased to present:
A Unified Voice for Nursing Informatics – Benefits to Everyday Practice
The
Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) is a collaboration of organizations that represent a unified voice for nursing informatics in the United States. Please come to hear Joyce Sensmeier, MS,
RN-BC,
CPHIMS,
FHIMSS who is the Vice President for Informatics for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) discuss
ANI’s current activities. Discover the benefits to your everyday practice. This presentation will be followed by a panel of nursing informatics experts from the Delaware Valley who will discuss their roles, responsibilities and the structure of nursing informatics within their organizations.
Date: Thursday, March 22, 2007
Time: 1:00 to 4:30 PM
Location: Lankenau Hospital Auditorium, 100 Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood, PA 19096
CEUs: 3.1 Contact hours will be awarded.
Cost: $15 (if register before March 1, 2007, after that date fee is $20). Registration is required.
Registration Deadline: March 1, 2007. Registration is limited.
Cash or Checks Payable to: DVNCN
Submit Registration Form and Payment to:
DVNCN
c/o Frances Spivak
817 Westridge Drive
Hockessin DE 19707
Or you may register by sending an e-mail to
Frances.Spivak@Siemens.com
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12:00 Registration and Networking with light refreshments
1:00 Opening and Welcome - Nancy Valentine, RN, PhD, MPH, FAAN, FNAP, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, Main Line Health
1:15 Alliance for Nursing Informatics - . Joyce Sensmeier, RN-BC, MS CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS is the Vice President for Informatics for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS). She has served in many roles to advance the discipline of nursing informatics. She will discuss the Alliance for Nursing Informatics, its structure, mission and membership as well as how this organization can impact the everyday practice of the informatics nurse. ANI represents more than 2,000 nurses and brings together 20 distinct nursing informatics groups in the United States.
2:30 Break and Networking with light refreshments
3:00 Panel Discussion – Nursing Informatics in the Delaware Valley
Promoting professional practice with effective governance structures within organizations and building informatics communities of practice across organizations.
Margaret Bosler, RN, MS(c), BSN, CCM, Manager, Nursing Informatics, Main Line Health System, Berwyn, PA
Elizabeth C. Elkind, MSN, MBA, PhD©, RNC, Coordinator, Nursing Informatics Graduate Program, Thomas Jefferson University, Jefferson School of Nursing
Rosemary O’Connell, MSN, RN Mercy Health System, Conshohocken, PA
Debra Long, RN, MSN, BC Clinical Support Specialist, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE
Stephen Le Vasseur, PHRN, Clinical Systems Analyst, PulseCheck Administrator, The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Reading, PA
4:20 Closing