Save the Date for SINI 2025
34th Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
Thriving in the Age of AI: Mastering Emerging Tech in Healthcare
July 17-18, 2025
34th Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics
Thriving in the Age of AI: Mastering Emerging Tech in Healthcare
July 17-18, 2025
In remembrance of Marisa Wilson, DNSc, MHSc, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAMIA, FIAHSI, FAAN, SINI 2024 will pay tribute to her profound impact and enduring legacy. Wilson's visionary leadership and unwavering dedication helped shape the landscape of nursing informatics, inspiring countless professionals to embrace innovation and technology in health care. Her groundbreaking work laid the foundation for the SINI U track, which she played a pivotal role in establishing.
Through this track, her commitment to education and mentorship will continue to empower the next generation of informaticists, ensuring that her legacy thrives for years to come. Join us as we honor Marisa Wilson's remarkable contributions at SINI 2024, celebrating her lasting influence on the field and beyond.
The Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI) 2024 is the premier event for providing unique educational programming and networking opportunities with experts and leaders in health care informatics from around the globe. This virtual conference will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, roundtable discussions, podium and poster presentations, and networking opportunities. SINI 2024 will focus on Health Care Informatics IQ: Fostering the Human Connection. We will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies can enhance the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care delivery and outcomes while addressing the patient’s needs. You can also discover how AI and other technologies can reduce health disparities, improve access, and empower patients and communities. This conference will also discuss informatics competencies for the clinical nurse educator and faculty.
SINI 2024 Objectives:
SINI 2024 provides an opportunity to explore informatics concepts, innovations in technology, and educational strategies to enhance your career. This year’s theme focuses on Health Care Informatics IQ: Fostering the Human Connection
Looking for something NEW! Back by popular demand, attend SINI “U” created with YOU in mind. Learn how to teach other clinicians how to navigate evolving informatics competencies and capabilities in academic and practice settings.
SINI 2024 is an intensive, knowledge packed two-day virtual event that features an interactive virtual environment with live streaming keynote, endnote, roundtable discussions and concurrent breakout sessions along with other learning and networking activities. The best part is you don’t have to leave your home or office to attend!
Don’t miss the chance to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) and other technologies can enhance the quality, safety, and efficiency of health care delivery and outcomes while addressing the patient’s needs. Come and engage in scholarly discussions and debates with experts who are ready to share their knowledge to help you succeed!
Highlights of what the SINI 2024 Virtual Conference has to offer:
Track A: AI's Behind-The-Scenes Role in Shaping Health Care and the Nursing Workforce
Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a pivotal role in transforming health care in many ways; from diagnosis, treatment, and prevention as well as the overall experiences and processes within the workforce. However, not all health care professionals are aware of how AI is affecting their work and patients. In this track, we will explore how AI is being used in health care, shedding light on its implications in nursing practice, education, and research. Join us as we explore both the advantages and hurdles presented by AI, offering insights into the behind-the-scenes role it plays in health care delivery.
Track B: Innovative Health IT Tools to Enhance Patient Experience and Care Quality
Patients are important stakeholders and team members in value-based health care. Rapidly changing and emerging technologies empower nurses and other health care professionals to be innovative in elevating the patient experience and improving quality of care. In this track, experts in nursing, informatics, and health care IT will introduce how these innovations can enhance communication and collaboration among health care team members and patients. In addition, the track will explore the patient perspective on the impact of technology and health IT policies on care delivery.
SINI U: Enhancing Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions with Informatics and Technological Competencies
Education in health care does not end after graduation from nursing school regardless of the level of degree attained. Academic and practice educators need to be aware of changes in technologies and how to integrate them into multi-level curricula and daily practice. Academic educators are working towards inclusion of new essentials in education. Practice educators are looking for ways to include technology that nurses are using at the patient's bedside into orientation and annual competencies. SINI U will focus on enhancing nursing and health profession educators’ knowledge of and ability to teach up-to-date informatics and technological competencies.
Artificial Intelligence: The Future of Nursing is Not What It Used to Be
Tom Lawry, MS
Managing Director
Second Century Technology, LLC
Tom Lawry, MS: One of Medika’s Top 20 AI Voices to Watch, author, and health care innovator Tom Lawry will share his insights into the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in nursing and health care informatics. Tom is also offering an exclusive workshop that you can add on to your registration. Space is limited.
Artificial Intelligence: Hope, Hype, and How We Help Our Patients
Alvin Jeffery, PhD, RN, CCRN, FNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Vanderbilt University
Alvin Jeffery: Esteemed nurse scientist Alvin Jeffery, a.k.a. the Quantitative Nurse, will present on the critical role of AI in user-centered design, emphasizing its impact on patient outcomes and care delivery.
Executive Officers
Cheryl A. Fisher, EdD, MSN, RN
Co-Chair
Director and Associate Professor
Nursing Informatics Program
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Cory Stephens, DNP, MSN, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
Co-Chair
Assistant Professor, Informatics Nursing
Department of Organizational Systems & Adult Health
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Leadership Committee Members
Lynn Marie Elizabeth Bullock, DNP, RN, NEA-BC
Director, Office of Professional Education
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Arpad G. Kelemen, PhD
Professor, Nursing Informatics Program
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Eun-Shim Nahm, PhD, RN, FAAN
Associate Dean of PhD Program and Professor
Co-Director, Biology and Behavior Across the Life Span Organized Research Center
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Ernest Opoku-Agyemang, PhD, MA, RN
Assistant Professor, Nursing Informatics Program
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Charlotte Seckman, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor, Nursing Informatics Program
Nurse Planner
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Sonia Smith, BS
Manager, Professional Development & Education
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Barbara Van de Castle, DNP, APRN-CNS, RN-BC, OCN
Assistant Professor, Nursing Informatics Program
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Marion Ball, EdD, FLHIMSS, FCHIME, FAAN, FACMI
Executive Director, Multi-Interprofessional Center for Health Informatics
University of Texas at Arlington
Sayonara Barbosa, PhD, RN
Associate Professor, Nursing Informatics and Critical Care Nursing Program
Sub-Coordinator, Graduate Program in Health Informatics
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Diane Constantine, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC
Director, Clinical Informatics
University of Maryland Medical System
Adjunct Faculty, University of Maryland School of Nursing
Theofanis Fotis PhD, MSc, BSc, FHEA
Reader in Digital Nursing, School of Sport and Health Sciences
University of Brighton
Rebecca Freeman, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP
Vice President for Health Informatics
University of Vermont Health Network
Margie Kennedy, PhD, RN, FCAN
Director, Transformation and Adoption/Education and Learning
One Person One Record
Nova Scotia Health
Kathleen McGrow, DNP, MS, RN, PMP
Chief Nursing Information Officer
Microsoft Health and Life Science Industry Team
Mary Etta Mills, ScD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN
University of Maryland School of Nursing
Cynthia Russell, DNP, RN-BC, EBP-C
Informatics Nurse Specialist
Frederick Memorial Hospital
Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland
Claribel Sawyerr, DNP, MPH, RN-BC
Supervisor Nurse Consultant – Informatics
Department of Clinical Research Informatics
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
Toria Shaw Morawski, MSW, IICDP
CEO, Workforce Developer, Certified Diversity Practitioner
Globally Empowered
Kim Stevens DNP, MSN, RN
Clinical Informatics Associate Manager
Cerner Corporation
Teri Young, MSB, RN-BC
Vice President, Clinical Systems & Chief of Clinical Informatics
University of Maryland Medical System
Overview
The Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI) was introduced in 1990 at the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) following the implementation of the nation’s first master’s program in nursing informatics.
SINI is a nonprofit event hosted by UMSON that provides an opportunity to deliver multiple-level learning experiences to meet the needs of nurse and health care informaticians across the spectrum of practice.
For more than three decades, the UMSON informatics faculty, along with an expert planning committee consisting of national and international leaders in the field, have assessed the learning needs of the nursing/health care informatics community; reviewed technology and informatics trends; and made recommendations to determine the overall theme, goals, and objectives for each SINI event, held annually in July.
The overall mission, vision and goals of the institute are as follows:
Mission
SINI’s mission is to provide clinicians, leaders, and academicians with new knowledge, exceptional presentations, meaningful networking opportunities, and experiences that further develop leadership in the field of nursing and health care informatics.
Vision
SINI’s vision is to serve as the premier institute for innovative nursing and health care informatics continuing education and knowledge sharing. We aim to advance the field nationally and internationally.
Objectives