Caring member spotlight.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] V. Suzanne Beckett, RN Job Title: Senior Project Analyst, Information and Communication Technology Location: Niagara Health System The Niagara Health System (NHS) serves 430,000 residents across the 12 municipalities making up the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Ontario, Canada. It is Ontario's largest multi-site hospital amalgamation. Its corporate offices are located in St. Catharines, Ontario. St. Catharines, Ontario St. Catharines (2006 population 131,989; metropolitan population 390,317) is the largest city in the Niagara Region and the sixth largest urban area in Ontario, Canada, with 97.11 square kilometres (37.5 sq mi) of land. , Canada Editor: What is your current job role? Suzanne Beckett: "Senior Clinical project analyst for the Niagara Health System, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Responsible for implementation and support of Order Entry, Clinical documentation." Editor: How and when did you get into 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. ? Suzanne Beckett: "I worked as a staff nurse for approximately 25 years when our initial software technology was introduced to the staff which resulted in a notice being posted requesting volunteers to assist in the implementation of order entry. I applied for the position 12 years ago and have not stopped since. My primary employer became part of a health system, which has since resulted in multisite implementations. The Niagara Health System is now a part of LHIN LHIN Local Health Integration Network (Canada) 4 (Local Health Integrated Network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. ) in Southern Ontario." Editor: What are some highlights of your informatics Same as information technology and information systems. The term is more widely used in Europe. experience? Suzanne Beckett: "I have enjoyed many experiences, including both successful and difficult situations. Currently involved with the implementation of HOBIC--Health Outcomes for Better Information and Care--an Ontario Ministry of Health project (formerly known as Nursing and Health Outcomes) which assesses patient outcomes to produce better data, support accountability and evidence based decision making. This project will be introduced to our 2,000 nursing staff in the next several years. Patients are assessed with the same queries on both admission and discharge and their responses are submitted electronically to the Ministry of Health--HOBIC database for electronic trending and decision support. I have attended several weekend Nursing Informatics workshops, which I thoroughly enjoyed and benefited from. I am currently pursuing my Bachelor of Science in Nursing The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is a four year academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by a tertiary education university or similarly accredited school. degree and find that I bring an informatics slant to each course. I hope to be successful in the Informatics credentialing Credentialing is the administrative process for validating the qualifications of licensed professionals, organizational members or organizations, and assessing their background and legitimacy. when the course is completed. I am a strong believer in standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting - as part of our health system, where nurses can work at several sites, consistency and standardization will assist the nurses in their patient assessments. "If we cannot name it (nursing) we cannot control it, practice it, research it, teach it, finance it or put it into public policy". (Clark, J. 1991). I have supported nursing in the implementation of clinical documentation utilizing handheld devices to best support nurses in their documentation in a timely fashion." Editor: What topics could you offer your advice in which your knowledge could help others? Suzanne Beckett: "Standardization in Nursing documentation within the Canadian Health System, MEDITECH (NUR n. 1. A hard knot in wood; also, a hard knob of wood used by boys in playing hockey. I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather. - W. Howitt. documentation), and handheld technology" Contact: sbeckett@niagarahealth.on.ca Suzanne Beckett, RN Niagara Health System 541 Glenridge Avenue, St. Catharines, ON., L2T 4C2 Tel: 905-378-4647 ext 44804 Fax: 905-687-3227 E-mail: sbeckett@niagarahealth.on.ca [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Kathleen Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , RN, C, and MPA MPA medroxyprogesterone acetate. Job Title: Clinical Editor, Mosby's Nursing Skills Location: Elsevier/MC Strategies Atlanta, Georgia, USA Editor: What is your current job role? Kathleen Cohen : " In my current position, I oversee the development and updating of an online reference product for nurses (Mosby's Nursing Skills). The focus of my role is to work with nursing subject matter experts to insure that our online nursing products are current and relevant to clinical practice as well as being suitable for online learning." Editor: How and when did you get into nursing/healthcare informatics? Kathleen Cohen : "About 10 years ago, when I was the director of a NICU NICU abbr. neonatal intensive-care unit , the hospital was preparing to implement a new Hospital Information System (HIS). I volunteered to assist in training clinical staff and really enjoyed it. When a position in nursing informatics became available in the same hospital, I was selected and worked in the role for about 2 years. Subsequently, as a result of re-organization, the position was eliminated and I returned to management. A few years later I was hired by an online learning company (MC Strategies) to manage the development and acquisition of nursing content." Editor: What are some of the highlights of your informatics experience? Kathleen Cohen: "I was involved in the implementation of the order entry nursing application for a Hospital Information System (HIS). In this role; * I acted as a liaison between Information Systems (IS) and all clinical departments * I conducted and coordinated classes for end-users and identified and resolved user errors * I chaired a Clinical Informatics Clinical Informatics is a sub-field of medical informatics. It focuses on computer applications that address medical data (collection, analysis, representation). Clinical informatics is a combination of information science, computer science, and clinical science designed to assist Committee, a multidisciplinary mul·ti·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once: a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. team focused on identifying and resolving IS clinical issues * I worked to ensure maximum utilization of the application throughout the organization. My informatics experience proved invaluable as I worked with software developers and IT professionals to develop content and software products for web-based continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). . In 2005, MC Strategies was acquired by a large, global publishing company Elsevier and I began working in the Mosby's online products division earlier this year." Editor: How has being a member of CARING helped in your current role? Kathleen Cohen: "Being a member of CARING has allowed me to keep up-to-date on changes and issues within clinical informatics--now that I'm no longer working in a hospital." Editor: What topics could you offer your advice in which your knowledge could help others? Kathleen Cohen: "My expertise is in developing and supporting online continuing education and reference content for nursing. CARING members may contact me about opportunities for nurses in online education. Contact: Kathleen Cohen, RN, C, MPA Elsevier/MC Strategies 495 Circle 85, Suite 100 Atlanta, Georgia 30349 Tel: 404 669-9400 x230 Tel: 800-999-6274 E-mail: kcohen@mcstrategies.com [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Jeongeun Kim, PhD, RN, Informatics Nurse Specialist Job Title: Assistant Professor Location: College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea Editor: What is your current job role? Dr. Kim: " I am an assistant professor at the College of Nursing where I teach undergraduate & graduate students Nursing Informatics & Consumer Health Informatics Consumer health informatics is a relatively new discipline and has been defined by Gunther Eysenbach as follows: Consumer health informatics is the branch of medical informatics that analyses consumers’ needs for information; studies and implements methods of (CHI).And also I have been working for the Korean Society of Medical Informatics medical informatics, n the field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine. (KOSMI KOSMI Korean Society of Medical Informatics ) as the Secretary General for the last 4 years. Serving as Secretary General of KOSMI has provided me with the opportunity to participate in their very strong network of other professionals in various disciplines of Medical and Health Informatics Health informatics or medical informatics is the intersection of information science, computer science and health care. It deals with the resources, devices and methods required to optimize the acquisition, storage, retrieval and use of information in health and biomedicine. ." Editor: How and when did you get into nursing/healthcare informatics? Dr. Kim: "I got interested in Nursing Informatics during my Doctoral coursework coursework Noun work done by a student and assessed as part of an educational course Noun 1. coursework - work assigned to and done by a student during a course of study; usually it is evaluated as part of the student's in 1992-1995. However, there was no program where I could concentrate on Nursing Informatics as my specialty at that time in my country (Korea). So I chose to go to the USA to start my post-doctoral fellowship in the University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. , which was my first experience of studying abroad. It was a great challenge for me because I had never studied abroad before and I was already past 40 at the time. Also not many people were familiar with the field of Nursing Informatics and Medical Informatics that time, so it was tough to find support and resources to get deeper into the field of Nursing Informatics. I finished the Nursing Informatics coursework in one year completing the curriculum designed to be taken over the course of 2 years. After returning to my country, I was offered a position as a faculty member in the College of Nursing concentrating on Nursing Informatics, because there was practically nobody else who had the qualification to teach the field in the late 1990's." Editor: What are some highlights of your informatics experience? Dr. Kim: "I am proud that I was one of the pioneers in Nursing Informatics in Korea, and I am glad that we were very successful in hosting the 9th International Congress on Nursing Informatics titled as "Consumer-centered, Computer-supported Care for Healthy People" in 2006 where I worked as the Secretary General of the organizing committee. I believe it was a great success as over 700 participants came from over 40 countries all over the world, and it was a great chance to meet all the experts in NI. The experiences made me realize more about the value of my international colleagues who are willing to devote all their efforts and were committed to the advancement of NI and the future of our healthcare. From the Post Congress Conference, the experts in Nursing Informatics devoted all their efforts to predict the future of NI and the final result was delivered in a book titled: "Nursing Informatics 2020: Towards Defining Our Own Future". I am proud to have participated in the process as one of the editors." Other significant experiences include the Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI) provided by the University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
1. the plunging of a body into a liquid. 2. the use of the microscope with the object and object glass both covered with a liquid. in Nursing Informatics) and CARING. These experiences provide me with growing opportunities in Nursing Informatics and strengthened my network as well as providing me with more valuable resources. Especially CARING, this is a wonderful organization and resource for me to get a more in-depth view of what is going on with my American friends and to keep me at the frontline front·line also front line n. 1. A front or boundary, especially one between military, political, or ideological positions. 2. Basketball See frontcourt. 3. Football The linemen of a team. of the State-of-the-Art Nursing Informatics topics. I am planning to organize professional programs similar to the SINI and WINI in Korea, as my Korean colleagues are eager to find and follow their career path in the Nursing Informatics Specialist such as me. Editor: What topics could you offer your advice in which your knowledge could help others? Dr. Kim: "My expertise is in Consumer Health Informatics (CHI) and Patient Safety researches which are very up-and-coming areas in Korean Medical/Nursing Informatics. I conducted several research projects on CHI, and taken on the role of project supervisor of national project which was a part of the National Health Informatics Infrastructure of Korean government. And also I led the Patient Safety research, and published several manuscripts in the international and domestic journals as well. If anybody is interested in the topic and would like to share their results and discuss further about it, I would be glad to hear from them." Contact: Jeongeun Kim, PhD, RN, Informatics Nurse Specialist Assistant Professor, College of Nursing Seoul National University Not to be confused with the University of Seoul. Seoul National University (SNU) is a national research university in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, SNU was the first national university in South Korea, and served as a model for the many national and public Secretary General of Korean Society of Medical Informatics Tel: 822-740-8483 E-mail: kim0424@snu.ac.kr Homepage: http://jeongeun.snu.ac.kr |
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