Agenda



Our 30th year anniversary celebration will be first virtual session!

Join us for sharing of current topics:

TRACKS:

Track A: Fostering Patient Engagement in Health IT – During and after COVID-19

Track B: Leading Hi-TECH with Hi-TOUCH

Track C: Preparing a Ready Workforce in Health IT

Agenda

Thursday, July 15, 2021

  10:30 - 11:00 a.m.

Welcome, Opening Remarks, and Presentation of Outstanding Abstract Awards

Jane M. Kirschling, PhD, RN, FAAN

The Bill and Joanne Conway Dean of the University of Maryland School of Nursing

Barbara Van de Castle, DNP, APRN, RN-BC, OCN

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Informatics, Organizational Systems and Adult Health

  11 a.m. - noon

Keynote Speaker

Creating a Virtuous Cycle of Evidence for Practice and Getting it Into Practice

Creating a virtuous cycle of evidence for practice and getting it into practice. The COVID-19 Pandemic brought into sharp focus significant challenges to the aspirational goal of evidenced-based nursing practice. What kind of challenges occurred? The need for nuanced information of how social determinants of health intersected with disease vulnerability, the ability to get just-in-time information to help with complex choices, and the competing demands of urgent care requirements and an ever-growing demand for data collection. The National Library of Medicine makes several contributions in support of evidence-based nursing practice, including facilitating access to the literature, managing genomic and other biomedical data repositories, supporting and conducting research, and providing a human network supporting clinicians’ and researchers’ use of NLM resources. Creating a system that supports evidence-based nursing practice and enhance data capture at the point of care is possible through partnerships, planning, and innovation.

Patricia Flatley Brennan, PhD, RN

Director, National Library of Medicine

  12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

Expert Round Table Discussion

Breakout Rooms

Join in a Zoom Breakout Room, hosed by SINI Planning Committee members, to discuss a topic of interest.


Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Kathleen McGrow, DNP, MS, RN, PMP

Chief Nursing Information Officer
Microsoft Health & Life Industry Team

Ronald J. Piscotty, Jr., PhD, RN-NC, FAMIA

Assistant Professor
University of Maryland School of Nursing


Careers for Nursing Informaticians: Current and Upcoming Trends

Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor and Program Director, Nursing Informatics
University of Maryland School of Nursing

“Innovative Approaches to Engaging the Public in Self-Care During and After COVID-19: Global Efforts.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been remarkable growth in the public adopting digital health programs globally. The adoption has occurred at various levels including the use of innovative technologies, government’s financial support, and policies. A major change occurred in patient engagement, and nurse informaticians have made significant contributions in this area. In this session, an international panel of speakers introduce various innovative approaches they have used to engage the public in self-care, during and after the pandemic.


Claribel Sawyerr, DNP, RPH, RN-BC

Acting Supervisor Nurse Consultant – Informatics
National Institutes of Health


Informatics Response to COVID-19

Charlotte Seckman, PhD, RN-BC, CNE, FAAN

Associate Professor, Nursing Informatics
University of Maryland School of Nursing

Barbara Van de Castle, DNP, APRN, RN-BC, OCN

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Informatics, Organizational Systems and Adult Health



Mobile Health Game Development

Arpad Kelemen, PhD

Associate Professor
University of Maryland School of Nursing


International Perspective on Nursing Informatics

Sayonara Barbosa, PhD, RN

Associate Professor, Nursing Informatics and Critical Care Nursing and Sub-Coordinator Graduate Program in Health Informatics
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil


Nursing Informatics Role in Improving Systems Usability

Teri Young, MSB, RN-BC

Vice President, Clinical Systems & Chief of Clinical Informatics


Scheduling, Acuity and Workload Systems

Rhonda Schoville, PhD, MSBA, RN

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership
University of Michigan School of Nursing


NI Competencies

Marisa L. Wilson, DNSc, MHSc, RN-BC, FAAN

Associate Professor and Specialty Track Coordinator, Nursing Informatics
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing

AACN Essentials Re-Envisioning

The meet the needs of 21st century healthcare and practice partner leaders, nurses at both the entry and advanced levels must be competent in ten specific domains. This presentation will focus on the new American Association of Colleges of Nursing Re-Envisioned Essentials for all practicing nurses with attention to two domains, Population Health and Information and Healthcare Technologies. It is the goal of these domains to have nurses who can be full participants and leaders in health care transformation.



TIGER Initiative: Under the HIMSS umbrella

Marion Ball, EdD

Professor and Executive Director
Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics

Toria Shaw Morawski, MSW

Senior Manager, Professional Development
HIMSS North America

 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 1

1A

Nurse Informaticist Role and Patient Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic Response

Nurse Informaticist Role and Patient Experience during the COVID Pandemic Response

The COVID-19 pandemic presented many information technology challenges and opportunities. Nurse informaticists played a unique role in planning, design, and implementation of tools supporting the front line clinical work. In particular, the use of telehealth was a pivotal tool in providing a bridge to patient care, and clinical and patient communication, while enhancing the patient experience with limited staff and family exposure.

Diane Constantine, MS, RN-BC

Director, Clinical Informatics
University of Maryland Medical System

Brooke L. Gaskins, MS, RN

Manager, Clinical Informatics
University of Maryland Medical System

1B

Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Nurses Leading AI Projects

Rolling Up Our Sleeves: Nurses Leading AI Projects. This presentation will inform the audience about the essentials nurses need to lead artificial intelligence (AI) projects in the 21st Century. It will help nursing informaticists understand how to identify the purpose and scope of AI projects, focusing on specific skills and tools needed for AI project leadership. The presenter will illuminate the evolving nursing roles critical for leading AI projects and discuss the importance of partnering with AI developers for successful product design. This discussion will summarize future nursing opportunities for AI project focus, dissemination of project outputs, and creating what’s next, leading the development and being the changemakers and creators of new AI-driven processes, models, services, and products in clinical settings.

Ching-Hua Chen, Ph.D., BSN, RN

Research Scientist, Manager, Center for Computational Health, IBM Research
Health Behavior & Decision Science
Center for Computational Health
IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center

1C

AACN Essentials Re-Envisioning

To meet the needs of 21st century healthcare and practice partner leaders, nurses at both the entry and advanced levels must be competent in ten specific domains. This presentation will focus on the new American Association of Colleges of Nursing Re-Envisioned Essentials for all practicing nurses with attention to two domains, Population Health and Information and Healthcare Technologies. It is the goal of these domains to have nurses who can be full participants and leaders in health care transformation. We also plan to offer a one-month “Touch Back” session to participants who want to reconnect to discuss application of the new essentials.

Marisa L. Wilson DNSc, MHSc, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAMIA, FAAN

Associate Professor, University of Alabama at Birmingham

 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

VIRTUAL EXHIBITOR HALL

Participants must view at least six posters to receive one CE credit

 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 2

2A

Digital Transformation in Patient Engagement

Digital Transformation in Patient Engagement.

While the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid acceleration in patient engagement on digital platforms across the nation, clinicians at the University of Pennsylvania Health System were fortunate to have had a solid foundation of digital health infrastructure in place pre-pandemic, which thereby enabled the successful scale of digital health operations within weeks. This session will communicate the digital transformation strategy of an academic health care system. We will provide case studies of digital transformation across the care continuum and discuss how we’ll capture value hereafter to sustain in the new digital world. We will demonstrate in impact digital transformation has had on Penn Medicine patients both locally and regionally, as well as communicate strategies we’ve implemented to mitigate the realisms of the digital divide.

Anna E. Schoenbaum, DNP, RN-BC, FHIMSS

Associate Vice President, Information Services of Applications, Digital Health, Clinical Imaging, Predictive Health, Training & Education

Ann Huffenberger, DBA, RN, NEA-BC, PMP

Director, Penn Center for Connected Care
Penn Medicine

2B

Developing Machine Learning and AI Products for Quality and Patient Safety
Leveraging Machine Learning and AI for Quality and Patient Safety.

This session will explore one organization's journey with embedding AI into hospital operations and clinical workflows. We will cover the framework used to develop and deploy real-time products that predict: Clinical Deterioration, Malnutrition, Delirium and Falls. We will share how these tools are being leveraged at scale across a multi-hospital system to enhance patient safety, quality of care, and the patient experience.

Robbie Freeman, MSN, RN, NE-BC

Vice President, Clinical Innovations
Mount Sinai Health System

2C

UK and Australian Nursing Informatics Competencies

UK and Australian Nursing Informatics Competencies.

This session will explore the development of nursing digital capabilities as a global issue which is necessary to facilitate health care organizations meet their digital transformation aspirations. The way in which the emergence of frameworks for nursing digital capabilities highlight the role nurses can, and will, play in an ever increasing digital society to support patient care in complex and challenging environments.

Paula M. Procter, MSc, RN, PGCE, SFHEA, FBCS, CITP, FIMIANI

Professor, Nursing Informatics Sheffield Hallam University

 4:40 - 5:40 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 3

3A: Peer-Reviewed Podium Presentations

Factors Increasing the Utilization of Electronic Personal Health Records (ePHR) Among Adult Patient Populations in the United States
  • Eugenia Xiao, MS, RN
  • Christine Yen, MS, RN
  • Connie Chien, MS, RN
  • Columbia University School of Nursing
Development and Usability Testing of a Mobile Health Game for Older Adults on Warfarin
  • Ernest Opoku-Agyemang, PhD, RN
  • Mary Johantgen, PhD, RN
  • Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN, FAAN
  • Charlotte Seckman, RN-BC, CNE, FAAN
  • Veronica Njie-Carr, PhD, RN, ACNS-BC
  • University of Maryland School of Nursing
  • Matthew Matt Bathula, PharmD, BCPS
  • University Maryland Medical Center
  • Dzifa Dordunoo, PhD, RN
  • University of Victoria

3B: Peer-Reviewed Podium Presentations

Nursing Clickbusters: Improving Clinical Decision Support Tools
  • Laura Parks, BSN, EN-BC,
  • Krystal Suszter, MSN, RN
  • Patricia Sengstack, DNP, RN-BC, FAAN
  • Adam Wright, PhD
  • Allison McCoy, PhD
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Early Detection of C-Diff Patients to Identify Community Acquired C-Diff Patients
  • Christine Stamper, BSN, RN
  • Charleston Area Medical Center

3C: Peer-Reviewed Podium Presentations

Development of Clinical Practice Teaching System for Nurses’ Informatics Competency
  • Bixia Lin, MS, RN
  • Yuan Chen, MBA, RN
  • Polun Chang, PhD, FIAHSI
  • Lijuan Yan, MS, RN
  • Weiliang Zheng, RN
  • Xiamen Cardiovascular Hospital
  • Xiamen University
Providing Nursing a Voice - Nursing Informatic Representatives and Committees a Formula for Engagement and Success
  • Gwen Holder, MSN, RN-BC
  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center


Friday, July 16, 2021

  10:00 - 10:20 a.m.

Greetings and Informatics Leaders: Changes, Challenges and Conversations

Barbara Van de Castle, DNP, APRN, RN-BC, OCN

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Informatics, Organizational Systems and Adult Health

Mary Etta C. Mills, ScD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN

Professor
University of Maryland School of Nursing

 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 4

4A

Health IT Innovations in a Time of Public Health Crisis

Health IT Innovations in a Time of Public Health Crisis Information technology development is accelerating at a record pace as highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. New technology and new uses for existing technology became the norm over the past year. This presentation highlights some of the innovations that were spurred by clinical necessity and takes a peek into the future of technology in the healthcare setting

Marguerite Swietlik, DNP, NEA-BC, RN-BC, CPHIMS

Vice President and Chief Nursing Informatics Officer Inova

4B

Harnessing the power of machine learning to enhance clinical practice
Using the exemplar of sepsis detection with clinical decision support tools, the participant is introduced to opportunities to use the electronic medical record data to enhance clinical practice with alerts, clinical summaries, and machine learning applications. The session follows the trajectory of sepsis detection and management application aimed to support real-time best practices. Participants will explore how they can contribute their unique clinical expertise to development, testing, and interpreting new clinical decision support tools.

Brenda K. Shelton, DNP, RN, APRN-CNS, CCRN, AOCN

Clinical Nurse Specialist
Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medicine

4C

New ANA Scope and Standard of Nursing Informatics Practice Update

The workgroup of nursing informatics experts has completed its charge to review and revise the 2015 Nursing Informatics: Scope and Standards of Practice, Second Edition. This session will present an overview of the revised definition of NI  and other changes integrated into the new publication slated for release this fall.

Carol J. Bickford, PhD, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAMIA, FHIMSS, FAAN

Senior Policy Fellow
American Nurses Association

  11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Spotlight on Innovation

MindManager: Work Visually, Succeed Spectacularly

Information is invaluable. But it’s also overwhelming. MindManager puts you in command of the information surrounding your business and world — instead of being controlled or overwhelmed by it. Please attend and learn how this visual workflow management software can transform not only your personal productivity, but also your efficiency and effectiveness in strategic planning, projects, managing team tasks, and even process design.

Alex Smith

CSM, Global Sales Enablement & Training

3D Printing and Design in the Health Sciences

Learn how 3D printing and design are used for personal protective equipment, clinical practice, and research at University of Maryland, Baltimore. We will show and discuss examples of printed models and briefly demonstrate the tools used for designing them.

Brian Zelip, MS, MLS

Emerging Technologies Librarian, University of Maryland Health Sciences and Human Services Library

 1 - 2 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 5

5A

Innovative Approaches to Engaging the Public in Self-Care During and After COVID-19: Global Efforts

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been remarkable growth in the public adopting digital health programs globally. The adoption has occurred at various levels including the use of innovative technologies, government’s financial support, and policies. A major change occurred in patient engagement, and nurse informaticians have made significant contributions in this area. In this session, an international panel of speakers introduce various innovative approaches they have used to engage the public in self-care, during and after the pandemic.

MODERATOR

Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN, FAAN

Professor and Program Director, Nursing Informatics Master of Science in Nursing Specialty
University of Maryland School of Nursing

SPEAKERS

Polun Chang, PhD, FIAHSI

Professor
Institute of BioMedical Informatics
National Yang-Ming Ciao-Tong University

Sayonara Barbosa, PhD, RN

Professor and Vice Coordinator, Graduate Program in Health Informatics
Federal University of Santa Catarina

5B

If You Are Not Counted, You Don’t Count: The Important Uses of SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Data in Health Care

If You are Not Counted, You Don't Count: The Important Uses of(Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Health Care.

This presentation will provide attendees with a foundational understanding of the health equity and access to care challenges facing the LGBTQ+ communities and the resulting health disparities that ensue. The presenter will discuss the importance of documenting Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) demographic data in addressing these challenges. The talk will also highlight both opportunities and potential care barriers within the area of sexual orientation-and gender identity-related informatics and healthcare technology.

Paula M. Neira, JD, MSN, RN, CEN, FAAN

Clinical Program Director and Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Center for Transgender Health, Johns Hopkins Medicine

5C

Connecting Global Health Informatics Competency Resources to Address Gaps and Deficits in Education Digitalization

This presentation will introduce participants to the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care. It will include a brief history of AI, an overview of commonly used terms and methods in AI, and practical advice regarding leading and participating in AI projects. The objective of the presentation is to help orient nurse informaticists to the AI development process so that they can adapt and use it to tackle challenges relevant to nursing practice.

Toria Shaw Morawski, MSW
Senior Manager, Professional Development HIMSS 
TIGER International Task Force, IERN Chair

David Marc, PhD, CHDA
Health Informatics & Information Management, Department Chair
The College of St. Scholastica

 2 - 3 p.m.

CONCURRENT SESSION 6

6A: Peer-Reviewed Podium Presentations

Increasing Patient Engagement Using My Health at Vanderbilt (MHAV)

Kathleen Rynczak, MSN, RN-BC

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Enhanced Telemedicine Capabilities in a Mobile Integrated Health Program to Improve Primary Care Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Suzanna Fitzpatrick, DNP, CRNP; Sarah Somers, CRNP; and Daniel Gingold, MD

University of Maryland Medical Center

6B: Peer-Reviewed Podium Presentations

The Journey of Implementing a Video Sitter Monitoring System

Lee Bowman, MSN Lehigh Valley Health Network

Daniel Gingold, MD University of Maryland Medical Center

Implementing Bar Code Medication Administration in the Ambulatory Realms

Gwen Holder, MSN, RN-BC
Krystle Suszter, MSN, RN
Amanda Roberts-Lloyd, RN, BSN        Vanderbilt University Medical Center

6C: Peer-Reviewed Podium Presentations

Usability Evaluation Nursing Process-Clinical Decision Support System

Neurilene Oliveira, PhD
Heloisa Peres, PhD
University of São Paulo

Optimization of Provider EMR Training

Claudia Briguglio, MS
Rubi Defensor, MSN

Claribel Sawyerr, DNP, MPH, RN-BC
National Institutes of Health

 3:20 - 4:20 p.m.

Endnote Address

Computational Methods for Next Generation Health Care

Computational Methods for Next Generation Health Care Next generation healthcare will be driven by prevention and treatment strategies that take individual variability into consideration. Much of this variability is captured in the large amount of data of different types that has become available: clinical encounters, lab results, diagnostics, medications, genomics, and increasingly, physiological, lifestyle, social behavioral and environmental data. The challenge is how to leverage modern methodologies from machine learning, data mining, and decision science to extract insights from all this data collected over large populations, in order to apply them at individual level to improve health and wellness outcomes. The overarching goal of Computational Health Research is to enable this journey from complex and diverse health data to useful insights for individuals. At IBM Research we have been systematically developing advanced artificial intelligence and data science methodologies for healthcare, ranging from intelligent data preparation and pattern extraction, to complex models for actionable insights generation, to delivery and engagement optimization.  These methodologies have been applied to a wide range of use cases and disease areas. I will discuss these methods and use cases, lessons learned and important future directions.

Jianying Hu, PhD, IBM Fellow
Global Science Leader, AI for Healthcare
Director, Center for Computational Health
IBM Research
Fellow, IEEE, IAHSI, IAPR

 4:20 - 4:35 p.m.

Closing Remarks and Announcement of People’s Choice Poster Award Winner

Barbara Van de Castle, DNP, APRN, RN-BC, OCN

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Informatics, Organizational Systems and Adult Health

No presenter or planner disclosed a conflict of interest that would bias this program.