Minnesota TIGER Summit: Springing into Action

January 16, 2009
Earle Brown Heritage Center
6155 Earle Brown Drive
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Purpose

The second Minnesota TIGER Summit is designed to translate the vision of the national TIGER initiative into action in the upper-midwest.

The conference will include updates on the national TIGER initiative, examples of nurses in Minnesota using informatics to facilitate diverse nursing practices, and an opportunity to tell major informatics organizations what you need.

Objectives

Cultivate the jungle of electronic data to expand and enhance your area of nursing practice.
Explore how interweaving technologies can unite nursing and nursing practices.

Who Should Attend

This conference is targeted for nurse professionals and other health care professionals.

Registration opening soon. Stay tuned to the the Minnesota TIGER Summit Web site for updates and registration information.

Program Schedule

7:30 a.m.	Sign in / Continental Breakfast
8:00 a.m.	Welcome Connie J. Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
8:15 a.m.	Translating National Trends to Local Reality Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS
9:15 a.m.	TIGERs on the Prowl Donna DuLong, RN, BSN
9:45 a.m.	Break
10:15 a.m.	Taking Pressure Off Staff and Patients Jane Timm, MS, RN
10:45 a.m.	Keeping the Nurse in Scorecards Thomas Clancy, PhD, RN, MBA
11:15 a.m.	Optimizing the EHR from the Bedside Nursing Informatics Council, Abbott Northwestern Hospital
11:45 a.m.	Lunch
12:45 p.m.	What’s So Funny about Technology Kevin Smith, RNC, FNP, MSN
1:15 p.m.	Digital Natives and Immigrants – Are you Ready? Marty Witrack, PhD, RN, CS; Alice Swan, DNSc, RN
1:45 p.m.	Nurse as CIO: We Can Do It! Joanne Sunquist, MS, RN
2:15 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m.	Group Discussion: Building the Bridge Together, Smarter
3:15 p.m.	Extreme Googling for Personal Effectiveness Kurtis Scaletta, MA
4:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Continuing Education

This conference is designed to meet Minnesota Board of Nursing criteria for continuing education required for licensure renewal providing 7.2 contact hours.

University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Office of Practice, Business and Professional Development is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. This program is accredited for 6 contact hours.

Location & Directions

The conference will be held at the Earle Brown Heritage Center located at 6155 Earle Brown Drive in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Click here for parking and driving directions.

Planning Committee

Julia G. Behrenbeck, MS, MPH, RN
President, MINING (MInnesota Nursing INformatics Group)

Connie W. Delaney, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Dean and Professor
University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Carol Diemert, MS, RN
Nurse Practice Specialist
Minnesota Nurses Association

Kathy Dillon MA, RN NE-BC
Director of Information Management
Rice Memorial Hospital

Kathryn Hoyman, PhD, RN, BC
Knowledge Engineer
Information Services, Fairview Health Services

Maureen Ideker, RN, BSN, MBA
Associate Administrator for Care Management/Chief Nursing Officer
Rice Memorial Hospital

Kathy Koehn, MA, RN
Staff Nurse, Abbott Northwestern Hospital

Cathy Morrison
Director of Community Outreach and Public Engagement
University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, RWJ Nurse Executive Fellow
Assistant Professor
University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Kimberly Zemke MS, RN
Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Practice and Professional Development
University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Sponsors

MACN (Minnesota Association of Colleges of Nursing)
Minnesota Nurses Association
MINING (MInnesota Nursing INformatics Group)
MOLN (Minnesota Organization of Leaders in Nursing)
University of Minnesota School of Nursing

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