Nursing Informatics Community: Committee, Task Force & Workgroups
HIMSS Annual Call for Committee Applications opens January 2, 2012 through March 2, 2012.
Community Purpose: The HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community was founded in 2003 in response to the increased recognition of the role of the informatics nurse professional in healthcare information and management systems. This effort was intended to build a community within the HIMSS membership for those individuals with a role in nursing informatics. Its purpose is to articulate a cohesive voice for the HIMSS Nursing Informatics community and to provide domain expertise, leadership and guidance to HIMSS activities, initiatives, and collaborations with the global nursing informatics community. View the Community Fact Sheet and scroll down to learn more about the Task Force and Work Groups.
Community Structure & Committee: The community is lead by the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Committee which is charged with providing domain expertise, leadership and guidance to HIMSS activities, initiatives and collaborations within the specialty of nursing informatics.
Chair Person
Elizabeth C. Halley MBA, RN Chair
Principal Health Information Technology, MITRE Corporation
Board Liaisons
Willa Fields, RN, DNSc, FHIMSS
Professor, San Diego State University
Kathleen Kimmel, RN, MHA, CPHIMSS, FHIMSS
Senior Director Value Realization and Clinical Business Intelligence, Tenet Healthcare IMPACT Program
Committee Members
Charles Boicey MS, RN-BC, PMP, CPHIMS
Informatics Solutions Architect, University of California, Irvine
R. Clark Campbell MSN, RN-BC
Chief Medical Information Officer, Brooke Army Medical Center
Linda Harrington PhD, RN, CNS, CENP, CPHQ, CPHIMS
VP and Regional Chief Nursing Informatics Officer, Catholic Health Initiatives
Brenda D. Herrmann MSN, RN-BC, PMP, FHIMSS
Senior Specialist, Dell
Karen S. Martin RN, MSN, FAAN
Health Care Consultant, Martin Associates
Cheryl D. Parker RN, MSN, PhD
Sr. Clinical Informatics Spec., Motion Computing, Inc.
Contributing Faculty, Walden University School of Nursing – Nursing Informatics Track
Walden University
Jeanette Polaschek RN, MS, CPHIMS
Clinical Consultant, Orion Health
Liberty Rovira MN, RN-BC, CPHIMS
Healthcare Consultant, Self - Employed Consultant
Carla Teasdale MS, RN
Clinical Systems Coordinator, UK Healthcare
Tara Williams MSN, RN
Director of Information Systems, IU Health Bedford
Nelita Zytkowski DNP, MS, BSN, RN,
Director of Nursing Informatics, Cleveland Clinic Healthsystem
Advisory Members
Dana Alexander RN, MSN, MBA
Chief Nursing Officer, GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions
Karen Carroll RN, Ph.D
Manager Nursing Informatics, Children's Memorial Hospital
Ellen Makar RN, MSN, CPHIMS
Decision Support, YNHHS
Judy Murphy RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, Board Liaison
Vice President, Information Services, Aurora Health Care
HIMSS Staff Liaison
Joyce E. Sensmeier, MS, RN, BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Vice President, Informatics, HIMSS
Christel Anderson
Senior Manager, Clinical Informatics, HIMSS
Task Force: The community is supported by the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Task Force which serves as the forum for empowering leaders in the nursing informatics field. Its purpose is to create opportunities to collaborate and partner with other nursing informatics professionals, provide education on nursing informatics, articulate a cohesive voice for the field of nursing informatics and build a nursing informatics knowledge base.
Task Force Chair Person
Teresa M McCasky, BC, BSN, MBA, RN
DaVita, Director IT Business Process
Our monthly Task Force calls are held on the fourth Monday of every month at 12:00pm central, contact Jennifer Roniger to get connected!
Workgroups: Community work is facilitated through a workgroup framework which allows all members an opportunity to participate. Explore the wiki to learn more!
Clinical Informatics Insights (enewsletter)
Evidence Based Practice
Long Term Care/Post Acute Care Integration
Nursing Executive Engagement
Nursing Informatics Awareness
Survey Development & Research
Standard Practices (when Implementing CIS Systems)
Terminology Resources
TIGER Initiative
Website Tools & Resources
Please note you are visiting the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Community webpage; view the HIMSS Nursing Informatics Tool Box to view the 60+ tools we have developed for informatics nurse professionals.
