Nursing Informatics

Unit-11

Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy

Joseph Y. Reyes
Teacher
 Thought Leaders That You Will
Hear From Today
• Kathleen McCormick, Vice President SAIC-F

• Judy Murphy, Vice President, Information Technology,

Aurora Health Care
• Joyce Sensmeier, HIMSS Vice President, Informatics

• Amy Walker, CEO and Healthcare IT Strategist,

Optimize IT Consulting
 Amy’s Poll-Does Policy Have a…
• Direct correlation to how you practice nursing?
• Direct correlation to your salary?
• Direct correlation to the type of individual that selects nursing as a career?
or stays in nursing?

• Direct correlation to the education level of the nurse working with you?

• Direct correlation to the behavior of your organizational leadership?

• Direct correlation to clinical decision making ability?

• Direct correlation to your safety on the job?

• Direct correlation if your patient lives or dies?

• Direct correlation to your power as a nursing informaticists?

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
Amy Walker MS, RN, CPHQ,
Healthcare System FACHE, NEA-BC
 Critical Care RN, Certified
 Nurse Manager/Nursing Supervisor
 Nursing Management Leadership Award
 Director of Informatics, CIO Boot Camp-CHIME
 Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO)
 MS in Nursing Informatics and Administration University of MD
at Baltimore
 Technology Provider-Large Scale
 Development, Implementation
Strategic Account
Management Consulting
 DoD Health Affairs
 Entrepreneur
 Fellow in the American
College of Healthcare
Executives
 Certified as a Healthcare
Quality Professional
 Certified as an 4Advanced
Nurse Executive
Retain absolute faith that you can and will
prevail in the end, regardless of the
difficulties, and at the same time confront
the most brutal facts of your current
reality, whatever they might be.
(Jim Collins Good to Great)
What We Will Cover
• …health policy is a course of action that influences health care
decisions (www.aacn.org).

• Public policy refers to policy that is generated by governmental

agencies and enacted through legislation. Public policy is made
on behalf of the public and is influenced by factors such as
economics, social issues, research, and technology.

• Health policy influences decisions about the health of a society.

• Similar to public policy, health policy is also influenced by factors

such as health status of the citizenry, research, and economics.
(New Jersey Collaborating Center for Nursing)
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Policy occurs at the
Organizational, State, and Federal
levels
– On average 7 to 8 years for
legislation to pass if it is not on
the national agenda.
– Some bills based on the
national agenda are never
reported out of committee
– Nurses must understand the
politics and policy!
Creating The (simplified)

Sent to highest ranking official

(President or Governor)
 The
Goals
 Should We Be Involved
• Expertise in our field, we have the vision

• Insight into where advancements can be made

• Identify the areas that are not improving

• Maximize the return on information management and information

technology

• Wisdom and foresight to see looming threats and react

proactively
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Critical players in the strategic planning process within our
organizations

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25 Years of Nursing
Informatics Policy

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 Federal Level
http://www.nursingworld.org/MainMen

Briefs.aspx http://www.linkedin.co
m/groupAnswer

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 Federal Level
http://www.himss.org/ASP/nursing

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 State Level

http://virginianurses.com/

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 Organizational Level

http://virginianurses.com/

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 Organizational Level

http://www.ascensionhealth.org/index.php?option=

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What are the Goals? Respected, Visible
Presence the Decision Making Table
Retain absolute
faith that you
c a n a n d will
prevail in the
end, regardless
of the
difficulties, AND
at the same
time
According to Suzanne Begeny, Director of Government Affairs at the
American Association of the Colleges of Nursing
“In order to effectively shape public policy, nurses need to realize
that it takes a significant financial investment to compete on
the national level. In addition to money, nurses must act as the
impetus for the message, orchestrate support and prepare our
leaders for the political stage.” In this way, nursing informatics
issues will gain the recognition necessary to be taken seriously as
healthcare reform progresses.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)
Is the national voice for America's baccalaureate- and higher-degree nursing education
programs. AACN's educational, research, governmental advocacy, data collection,
publications, and other programs work to establish quality standards for bachelor's-
and graduate-degree nursing education, assist deans and directors to implement
those standards, influence the nursing profession to improve health care, and
promote public support of baccalaureate and graduate education, research, and
practice in nursing— the nation's largest health care profession

• http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Government/index.htm

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SWOT-Analysis
Nursing Informatics and Healthcare Policy
Pre-Conference Workshop

Strategies to Exercise Our Power, Communicate,

Educate, and Support Policy Decision Making

The Power of Nursing Informatics

Strategies That Promote Our Place at the Table
• Define Assumptions to Promote Our
Leadership

• Put a Stake in the Ground

• 8 Rights of NI to Shape Public Policy

• Arm Our Leaders and Evaluate Their Performance

• Take Stock: How are We Doing

• Path Forward
 Assumptions That Promote Our Place at the Table
• We will advocate for ourselves within policy groups to ensure they
are advocating for nursing

• We will be clear and transparent on the progress we are making,

and where our efforts fall short of the intended goal

• We will sure that the policy groups we support are strategic and that
nursing has and takes advantage of a seat at the decision making
table

• We will be sure that our leadership executes on the defined strategy

 8 Rights of NI to Shape Policy

• Right to Lead
• Right to Question
• Right to a Place at the Decision-Making Table
• Right to be Recognized as an Expert Strategist
• Right to Have the Financial Means to Offer Support
• Right to Share our Knowledge
• Right to Argue our Case
• Right to be Part of the Solution
 Policy Activities
• Participation in Taskforces and Workgroups

• Attendance at Conferences and Summits

• Creation of Whitepapers

• Lobbying and Support of Lobbying Efforts

• Membership in Relevant Organizations

• Acting as an Expert Witness

• Leading Selection Committees

• Fund Raising
Alliance for Nursing Informatics

http://allianceni.org/about.asp

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 Women In Government
http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?
view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=128644&i
tem=48583701&type=member&trk=eml-
anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn

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 In Summary
 Take Our Place at the Table as Strategists

 Serve as Leaders

 Be Excellent Communicators

 Engage Stakeholders

 Be Bold

 Exert Our Powerful Influence

 Move from the “Invisible to the Visible”

 Thank you!
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