Nursing Informatics

Webinar Overview

This Webinar will examine the relevance of informatics for nursing, differentiate the focus of informatics across different healthcare disciplines and generate discussion on approaches to introducing informatics into the curriculum. Some specific examples of curriculum integration will be provided.

NOTE: This Webinar is only open to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. 

Webinar Speakers

Carolyn Sipes, PhD, CNS, APN, PMP, RN-BC
Associate Professor
Chamberlain College of Nursing

Dr. Carolyn Sipes is an associate professor in the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) Informatics specialty track at Chamberlain College of Nursing. She brings more than 30 years of clinical, research, academic and informatics experience to the position. Concurrently, Dr. Sipes is president and CEO of the Center for EHR Program Management, LLC, a healthcare informatics consultation company that she founded in 2011. Dr. Sipes’ informatics experience includes positions at maxIT, Accenture and IBM/HealthLink. She has overseen numerous national and global electronic health record implementations. Dr. Sipes is a certified informatics nursing specialist by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and holds eight Epic clinical application certifications. She has taught healthcare informatics for more than five years while authoring and co-authoring multiple articles and presentations on informatics-related topics. Dr. Sipes previously worked as a research scientist, conducting extensive grant-funded research on the execution of care for AIDS patients, which has been published widely and presented at conferences including the American Nurses Association Biennial Convention and International AIDS Conference. She is an active member of the American Medical Informatics Association, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society and Project Management Institute and is a founding member of the National Association for Health Services Research Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. Dr. Sipes earned Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree and MSN with public/community health and nursing administration specializations from Northern Illinois University and Doctor of Nursing Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Rush University.

Toni Hebda, PhD, RN-BC, MSIS, CNE
Professor
Chamberlain College of Nursing

Dr. Toni Hebda is a professor in the Master of Science in Nursing Informatics specialty track at Chamberlain College of Nursing. She has more than 30 years of experience in the fields of nursing and nursing education. Prior to joining Chamberlain, Dr. Hebda was a nursing professor for Chatham University and Community College of Allegheny County School of Nursing. Dr. Hebda’s direct-patient-care experience encompasses hospital unit settings including medical-surgical, psychiatric, cardiac, obstetrical, trauma and orthopedic. Dr. Hebda has published more than 15 articles in prestigious nursing journals and handbooks on topics including informatics competencies, the TIGER Initiative, nursing and information systems and computerassisted nursing instruction. She has delivered presentations on online learning, disaster preparedness and nursing education, among other topics. Additionally, Dr. Hebda is an active member of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, American Medical Informatics Association and the American Nurses Association. Dr. Hebda earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Duquesne University School of Nursing, a master’s degree in nursing education from the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, a doctoral degree from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Education and a master’s degree in information systems from the University of Pittsburgh School of Library and Information Science. She is certified in nursing informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.