CARING 2008 Annual Meeting report.Over 50 early risers attended the CARING 2008 Annual Meeting held at 7:00am on Friday April 18th at the Gaylord National Resort on the Potomac in Maryland. CARING President, Jerry Chamberlain, spoke to the audience about CARING's accomplishments over the past year, as well as plans and goals for 2008 and beyond. Below are the major points of Jerry Chamberlain's presentation. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CARING Beginnings * Founded in 1982 at SCAMC SCAMC Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (AMIA) * Started in Washington, DC, MD, and VA area. * 1990s name changed from "Rounders round·er n. 1. One that rounds, especially a tool for rounding corners and edges. 2. One, such as a security guard, who makes rounds. 3. A dissolute person. 4. Sports a. " to CARING * 1995--we were on-line with a website! * Incorporated in 2000, bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an , BoD created * Gradually, new benefits were added--newsletter, improvements to the website, an on-line job bank, and even branching out to webcasting. CARING Today * A national (and international organization) * Founding member and contributor to the Alliance for Nursing Informatics Nursing Informatics is a specialty of Health care informatics which deals with the support of nursing by information systems in delivery, documentation, administration and evaluation of patient care and prevention of diseases. (ANI) * Newsletter converted to on-line format, infused into several national database repositories * Local and regional meetings held throughout the year--Las Vegas NV, Chicago IL, Nashville TN, Grand Blanc MI, and Brisbane AUS AUS abbr. Army of the United States CARING Mission CARING is a nursing informatics organization advancing the delivery of quality healthcare through the integration of informatics in practice, education, administration, and research. Actions Towards the Mission: * Provide educational experiences with contact-hour events. * Publish educational and informational articles. * Act as a clearinghouse for seminars, positions and speakers. * Make available a professional network for healthcare information system professionals. * Work collaboratively with other organizations to promote the discipline of nursing and healthcare informatics. 2007 Goals Accomplished * Continue/Enhance Education Focus--web casting * Work towards a convergence of groups into a national infrastructure * Visibility/Growth/Awareness--local meetings, new members, meeting support, newsletter distribution * Solidify the infrastructure--treasury, taxes, file management, bylaws, role profiles, transfer of roles, addresses, establish telephone number CARING Membership Profile Currently, there are 1868 members from 50 states and 30 countries, including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Egypt, England, Finland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , Pakistan, Panama, Qatar, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. , United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and, Wales Wales, Welsh Cymru, western peninsula and political division (principality) of Great Britain (1991 pop. 2,798,200), 8,016 sq mi (20,761 sq km), west of England; politically united with England since 1536. The capital is Cardiff. . Highest level of education * 59% Masters * 26% Bachelors * 8% PhD, EdD * 3% Associates * 4% other Employment Setting * 50% Hospital * 12% Vendor * 12% Consultant * 9% University or Student * 2% Military * 2% Recruiter * 13% "other" Increased Networking on CARING Email Listserv Participation * 2005--98.4% on the active email list * 2006--94.2% on the active email list * 2007--98.8% on the active email list Volume: * 2005--EOY: 1536 messages--average 4.2/day * 2006--EOY: 2039 messages--average of 5.6/day * 2007--EOY 2401 messages--average of 6.6/day Digest Email Format * 2006--launched. 90 members signed up within first few months. * 2007--digest 303 (21% of membership). * 2008 April--606 on digest (35%) Next Steps * Manage the knowledge * Grow as our tools grow New! We Are Nursing Informatics!- A multimedia program Ed Stern conducting interviews about the NI profession. Interview footage will be used in a multimedia project aimed at profiling the industry and educating the public about nursing informatics. Overview of CARING Newsletter: * Published online quarterly on CARING's website * Previous issues available online going back to Volume 15, 1st quarter, 2000 * Indexed in CINAHL CINAHL Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (Indexed Nursing literature) * Available now in CINAHL/EBSCO, Thomson Gale (Thomson Gale, a Thomson Learning business, Farmington Hills, MI, www.gale.com). A leading information publishing company for libraries, schools and businesses. Thomson Gale was formed in 1998 as a merger of Gale Research, Information Access Company and Primary Source Media, three Thomson * Assigned an ISSN ISSN abbr. International Standard Serial Number in 2004--ISSN # 1551-9104 (International Standard Serial Number) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Articles Published in 2007: * A "How To" Guide for the Nursing Informatics Preceptor pre·cep·tor n. An expert or specialist, such as a physician, who gives practical experience and training to a student, especially of medicine or nursing. preceptor an instructor. * Telehealth for Chronic Disease Management, Parts I, II, and III. * Crafting Your Nursing Informatics Career Path: Resume Writing and Interviewing Tips Regular Newsletter Features * Member News * President's Message * Meeting Announcements & Reports Member Spotlight Periodic or Special Reports * Treasurer's Report * Annual Meeting Report Recent CARING Meetings * April 2007--ANIA/CARING--Las Vegas, NV * Oct. 2007--Joint TN-HIMSS/CARING--Nashville, TN * Nov. 2007 AMIA Breakfast Meeting--Chicago, IL * Dec. 2007--Joint MI-HIMSS/CARING--Grand Blanc, MI Recent CARING Networking: * Feb. 2008--Annual reception at HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society , Orlando, FL * August 2007--MedInfo2007 Brisbane, Australia * July 2007--Annual SINI Dinner (with Google video Google Video is a free video sharing and video search engine service from Google that allows anyone to upload video clips to Google's web servers as well as make their own media available free of charge; some videos are also offered for sale through the Google Video Store. !) First Collaborative Conference with ANIA ANIA Associazione Nazionale fra le Imprese Assicuratrici (Italy) ANIA American Nursing Informatics Association ANIA Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve (US National Park Service) in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. Nevada Nursing Informatics-Taking Steps to Transform the Future of Healthcare: Collaboration, Communication, Connection, and Education New!--Web Broadcasting * Internet Audio See RealAudio. Broadcast enables presenters to stream VoIP audio to other participants in the meeting. Since this is done over the Internet, participants only need the speakers on their PC or a headset to participate, allowing presentations and messaging to easily reach a broad and diverse audience cost effectively. * Barcoding Tips, Tricks and Lessons Learned, presented by Cecilia Ciarleglio, Donna Lonsiak and, Linda Edwards. * NI Scope and Standards, presented by Dr. Nancy Staggers staggers /stag·gers/ (stag´erz) a form of vertigo occurring in decompression sickness. staggers incoordination of any kind, including a tendency to fall, and recumbency if harassed. and Dr. Carol Bickford. New!--Updates to Job Bank: http://jobs.caringonline.org New Full Feature Job Site * Free for all Job Seekers * Job Seeker Resume Service --Load or build your resume (it can be anonymous) --CARING members get premier resume placement on employer searches * Job Seeker Search Agents --Build and save a search agent to email you when a new job meets your criteria --CARING members get exclusive notice of new jobs for 5 days * Informatics related jobs only --We're not a national nursing job board. * More jobs listed than ever before --We're now part of an international network of job sites offering links to more jobs than we've ever had * Save notes on jobs you're investigating * Track the jobs you've applied for * Read profiles on the companies 2008 Board of Directors Election Results * Amy Jacobs * Katherine Holzmacher * Patrick Shannon CARING Plans for 2008 * Education, web conferences, networking * Expand our Job Bank & career options * Describe/Promote Nursing Informatics * National collaboration is critical Ask what YOU can do for CARING? * Volunteers are the engine that drives our organization. How can you help? * What educational content would make a great web meeting? How can you help? * We have numerous organization improvements projects. How can you help? Contact any CARING Board Member to discuss how you can help CARING accomplish its mission and goals. |
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