Hey guys!

I have an assignment for my Nursing Informatics class where I need to interview a nurse informaticist. It is completely casual, and only consists of two questions. I will post the questions following this paragraph, it would mean so much to me if those of you who work in informatics could answer the questions for me!! Thank you so much in advance

1. As an informatics nurse, do you report to the nursing department, the IT Department, or do you have a different reporting relationship?

2. What do you see as the advantages and disadvantages of your current reporting relationship?

I am currently busy with my MSN, (University of San. Fran) and have to interview a Nurse informatics but the Sutter group I work for in Santa Rosa, CA, don't have any and because I don't work for St. Joseph or Kaiser they are not accommodating. Hope somebody could answer some of these questions. I truly would appreciate it.

Thank you,

Wilma Strong

• What led you to nursing informatics/health informatics? Specific graduate degree in that area? Clinical nurse first?

• What is your background in a nutshell? How did you get to your position and what is your exact title?

• You are a great facilitator of the multidisciplinary team that worked towards our EHR implementation at HDH, do you play the same role in all your projects?

• How best can staff nurses assist in the process of EHR (design, planning, implementation, evaluation)?

• What are the top 3 things that create a smooth EHR implementation?

• How can nurses better themselves and stay up with where health informatics is going in our country?

• What role do you see EHR playing in the regulations that the government has put forth---MU, Medicare Regs like readmission, hospital acquired infections, etc.

• What is your vision of the future of healthcare in 10 years?

• What can nurse leaders do to support the future? (Managers, Clinical Nurse Leaders, Charge Nurses, Superusers)

• Is telehealth connected to informatics? In what way? Do you envision telehealth as a good thing? (reaching patients in rural areas unable to travel to medical care, etc?)

• Do you help with research, and maybe share a project you worked on.