Starting a Nursing Informatics Committee NIC

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Starting a Nursing Informatics Committee (NIC)

• HIMSS NI Taskforce
• 1/10/06
• Michele Norton MS RN
• McKesson Provider Technologies

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The History of the Colorado NIC

• Small grassroots group started in 2002
• Focus on NI graduate students and local
  informatics nurses
• Quarterly roundtable/educational events and
  networking
• Membership increased from a handful to 60 members
• Email promotion
• Word of mouth
• Key local resources/schools of nursing
• Group desired more organized, official
  organizational status
• Spring 2005 became affiliated with Colorado HIMSS
  as an official committee

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CHIMSS NIC Objectives

• Provide an opportunity for sharing information,
  view points and experiences with other nursing
  and clinical professionals
• Provide structured educational opportunities of
  interest to nursing and clinical informatics
  professionals
• Provide opportunities for nurse executives,
  professionals and informaticists to actively
  participate in HIMSS activities and collaborate
  with other clinical disciplines and HIT
  professionals
• To identify areas of special interest and
  facilitate the educational programs related to
  these topics
• To support current professional initiatives that
  includes research and development within the
  field of nursing informatics
• To effectively communicate with and support the
  initiatives and efforts of other nursing
  professional and healthcare related informatics
  organizations

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CHIMSS NIC Overview

• Over 70 members
• NIC membership Free for HIMSS or CHIMSS members
• Chair, Vice Chair and Program Planning
  subcommittee
• Quarterly educational/networking meetings
• Local speakers on industry topics, implementation
  success factors etc
• Chair sits on CHIMSS Board
• http//www.chimss.org/nic/

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CHIMSS NIC where are we going

• Increase membership and promotion of NI
• Targeted Nursing executives, frontline nurses,
  students as well as local informatics nurses
• Email campaign, local CHIMSS program promotion,
  collaboration with other local groups- Coalition
  for Patient Safety, MGMA, Colorado Nursing Assoc.
• Increased membership almost 20 since affiliation
  with CHIMSS
• Strengthen Educational and networking Events
• CHIMSS first Nursing Informatics Focused event
• Industry leaders discussed the role of Nursing
  Informatics and JCAHO regulations
• CEU approved programs
• Increase Participation by industry leaders
• Cross functional events- focus on global
  healthcare technology
• Enhance Community awareness and support of
  Nursing Informatics
• CHIMSS Scholarship- focus on Nursing and
  Healthcare Informatics

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The Process of starting a HIMSS NIC

• Gather a small group of committed nursing
  informatics resources
• Define Mission and Objectives for the group
• Start organizing informal meetings!
• Get statistics from local HIMSS group
• of current Nurse members
• Total of members
• Program focus, number of events
• Contact Local HIMSS Board members to discuss
  creating the NIC
• Attend board meeting
• Volunteer or run for local HIMSS committees or
  board position

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The Process of starting a HIMSS NIC

• Develop a proposal using the HIMSS resource
  starter kit including
• Criteria of committee
• Composition of committee
• Roles- Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Program
  Planning
• Functions/Educational events
• Recruitment/membership
• how will the NIC impact the local HIMSS
  membership
• Budget Proposal
• NIC Website development proposal
• NIC brochure/flyer proposal

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Success Factors of a NIC

• Local Nursing Informatics Support and champions
• Need for venues to share ideas, network
• Project/group managers and sub committee leads
• Local HIMSS chapter desires focus on nursing
  constituents
• Strong Local HIMSS chapter- educational programs,
  membership, financial
• Utilize HIMSS resources