Nursing Informatics: Supporting Nursing Practice [Coconut Grove, FL - Nov 2007]

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Baptist Health South Florida and HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community present The Second Annual Nursing Informatics Symposium

Nursing Informatics: Supporting Nursing Practice

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Coconut Grove, Florida

November 29 - 30, 2007

Conference Overview:

This symposium provides a comprehensive update on the importance of nursing informatics in today’s nursing practice, with a focus on understanding how informatics promotes patient safety, how nursing informatics facilitates and supports IT clinical projects, including Computerized Provider Order Entry and barcode medication administration systems. Learn to identify informatics competencies for various levels of practice.

Conference Location:

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel is located in the heart of Coconut Grove, and just 20 minutes from the Miami International Airport. For more information about the hotel, go to The Ritz-Carlton Hotels & Resorts.

Pre-conference Workshop: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

Conference: Friday, November 30, 2007 8 A.M. – 4:30 P.M.

Conference Registration: Call Baptist Health South Florida Organizational Learning Department at 786-596-5327, or email classregistration@baptisthealth.net.

HIMSS/ANI Members/BHSF Employees: $175 one day / $350 both days

Non-Members: $250 one day / $500 both days

Approved for contact hours by the Florida State Board of Nursing.

Speakers:

• Patricia Abbott Director, WHO/PHO Center for Information Systems, John Hopkins University
• Ida Androwich Professor, Loyola University of Chicago
• Jenean Blackmon CIO, McLeod Health
• Phyllis Grant Vice President, Clinical Informatics, Baptist Health System Alabama
• Rosemary Kennedy CNIO, Siemens
• Judy Murphy CIO, Aurora Health Systems
• Gail Latimer Vice President, CNO, Siemens
• Robin Raiford Product Specialist, Eclipsys
• Nancy Staggers Associate Professor, University of Utah College of Nursing
• Patsy Sublett Clinical Product Specialist, Siemens