Barbara Redman PhD, RN, FAAN
Chair of the FNLM Board.
Barbara Redman is an internationally respected researcher and author in the field of bioethics and a highly regarded administrator and teacher. She is the former Dean and Professor in the College of Nursing at Wayne State University. She is the author of Advances in Patient Education Advanced Practice Nursing Ethics in Chronic Disease Self-Management, and 70 other books. Barbara is the former Executive Director, and President of the American Nurses Association and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. In 199 -94, Dr. Redman was a Visiting Fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. From 1994-95 she was a Fellow in Medical Ethics at Harvard Medical School, and she also served as a Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 2004 to 2011. She holds doctoral and master’s degrees from the University of Minnesota, and a master’s degree in bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. Her areas of expertise include research ethics (especially research misconduct), and ethics of chronic illness.
Suzanne Bakken PhD, MS, BSN, FAAN, FACMI, FIAHSI
Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing.
Dr. Bakken currently is Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Alumni Professor of the School of Nursing. In that capacity she directs the Precision In Symptom Self-Management Center and the Reducing Health Disparities. She also served as Principal Investigator of the AHRQ-funded Washington Heights Inwood Informatics Infrastructure for Comparative Effectiveness Research (WICER) and its follow-up study, WICER 4 U, which is focused on promoting the use of WICER infrastructure through stakeholder engagement. She has also received funding from the National Cancer Institute, National Library of Medicine, and the Health Resources and Services Administration. Dr. Bakken has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers. In 2010, she received the Pathfinder Award from the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research. In 2019, she received the Francois Gremy Award from the International Medical Informatics Association. She is an elected fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, American College of Medical Informatics, and a 2024 recipient of the American Academy of Nursing Living Legend Award. Dr. Bakken is editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Sarah Rossetti RN, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics and Nursing at Columbia University.
Her research has been funded by NIH, AHRQ, ASTP and ANF and is focused on identifying and intervening on patient risk for harm and reducing excessive documentation burden by applying computational tools to mine and extract value from EHR data and leveraging user-centered design for patient-centered technologies. She co-leads the CONCERN Early Warning System study which uses AI methods to predict patient deterioration based on nursing surveillance patterns and has been shown to significantly decrease patient mortality, sepsis, and length of stay. She is chair of AMIA’s 25×5 Task Force to Reduce Documentation Burden. Dr. Rossetti is an experienced critical care nurse, received her PhD from Columbia University School of Nursing, and completed a Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship at Columbia University’s Department of Biomedical Informatics. She was selected as a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) and 2024 co-recipient of the Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics by AMIA.
Kathryn H. Bowles PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI
Professor and van Ameringen Chair in Nursing Excellence at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, VP and Director of the Center for Home Care Policy & Research at VNS Health.
Dr. Bowles’ program of research began with a study about the use of the Omaha System for transitions in care. This led to studies on clinical decision support and implementation science for discharge planning, transitions in care, and home care with vulnerable older adults. Her work has been continuously funded for 25 years by several federal and foundation sources. She has served on many national committees and workgroups to advance the care of older Americans such as the National Quality Forum, the Care Coordination Steering Committee and the Heath Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Care Coordination Committee. She was an invited expert consultant on the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS)Technical Expert Panel on the Post-Acute Care Assessment instrument (CARE tool) and two other Expert Panels to develop measures for care transitions and continuity of care. Dr. Bowles Co-founded RightCare Solutions, a software company based on her team’s research on decision support for post-acute care referrals. She was appointed to the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) Advisory Council and delivered the 2016 NINR Director’s Lecture. She was invited by the National Academy of Medicine and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to discuss Optimizing Strategies for Clinical Decision Support. She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the American College of Medical Informatics, a member of the American Nurses Association (ANA), and Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society where she was inducted into the International Nursing Research Hall of Fame.
Robin Austin PhD, DNP, DC, RN-BC, FAMIA, FNAP
Assistant professor at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Graduate faculty in the Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing.
Dr. Austin directs the Center for Nursing Informatics and coordinates the Doctor of Nursing Practice, Nursing Informatics specialty. Dr. Austin has over 20 years in healthcare experience specializing in pain management, including complementary and integrative heath (CIH) approaches. Dr. Austin’s research capitalizes on her clinical background as a chiropractor and nurse and integrates it with informatics methods to examine patients’ biopsychosocial, whole-person needs. Through her research and expertise in consumer and clinical informatics, she seeks to empower individuals to take better care of themselves, using technology to advance person-centered care and achieve better health and wellbeing, Dr Austin has been the PI or Co-PI of studies examining an application which she co-developed MyStrengths+MyHealth with Dr. Karen Monsen and stakeholder involvement. MyStrengths+MyHealth enables self-report of whole-person health including individuals’ strengths and health challenges.
Tamara Maciera PhD, RN
Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing.
Dr. Tamara Macieira is an Assistant Professor at the University of Florida College of Nursing, in the United States (U.S.). Dr. Macieira is an expert in nursing informatics, standardized nursing terminologies, and data science. Her pioneer work harnesses advanced machine learning and large language model techniques to analyze the impact of palliative nursing care on patient outcomes, particularly for cognitively impaired older adults, using nursing data retrieved from electronic health records (EHRs) from diverse health settings. Dr. Macieira’s dedicated research focuses on improving the quality of life for populations with life-limiting chronic conditions, such as older adults and critically ill patients, through the innovative development of healthcare technologies. Her cutting-edge program of research is funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Aging and focuses on the development, for the first time, of the research-data infrastructure that will generate and integrate standardized nursing data from EHRs for over 2 million adult patients into the statewide OneFlorida+ Clinical Research Network. Dr. Macieira’s research is setting new interoperability and research standards to improve patient care and bring visibility to the nursing profession.
Kathleen McGrow DNP, MS, RN, PMP, FAAN, FHIMSS
Chief Global Nursing Information Officer at Microsoft.
She advises on integrating technologies to enhance clinical performance and patient experience, focusing on digital transformation challenges. Dr. McGrow holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. With a background in trauma critical care and IT, she has expertise at the intersection of clinical care and technology. Her work includes publications on AI in healthcare, such as “Foundation Models, Generative AI, and Large Language Models: Essentials for Nursing” and “Implications of Artificial Intelligence for Nurse Managers.” She co-chairs the HIMSS Nursing Innovation Advisory Committee and is an adjunct clinical instructor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing.
Cathy Turner BSN, MBA, RN-BC
Member of the Healthcare Information Management System Society (HIMSS) and the American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) and chief executive of MEDITECH’s marketing and nursing departments.
Cathy has been named a recipient of the 2023 HIMSS Changemaker in Health Award. In 2022 Beckers Hospital Review announced its list of Women Power Players in Health IT, that included MEDITECH Associate Vice President Cathy Turner, BSN, RN. The list recognizes women thought leaders in the industry who have made remarkable contributions to the advancement of health IT. Turner was recognized for her exceptional work in MEDITECH’s nurse informatics program. Through her leadership at annual forums, events, and a number of advisory committee meetings, she has played a vital role both initially in the implementation and presently in support of this program, which now operates across all divisions to guarantee nurses a representative voice. In addition to her work at MEDITECH, Turner continues her innovative work in health IT in her position at Northeastern University Bouvé College of Health Sciences Master’s in the Health Informatics program as an adjunct professor. Additionally, she has written a number of chapters. Some titles of her work include “The Business of Healthcare” and “Documentation in the Electronic Age.”
Karina Rohrer-Meck MS, BSN, RN
Clinical Informatics, Epic.
In her role at Epic, Karina partners with Nurse Executives to help them accomplish their nursing and allied health operational and informatics goals by analyzing their needs and developing strategies tailored to each organization. Karina provides guidance and helps decision makers drive technology enabled outcomes to improve the delivery of efficient, high-quality, and personalized patient care. Ms. Rohrer-Meck guides the evolution of Epic clinical software, most recently including Ambient Voice Recognition for nursing. She leads initiatives from inception to execution, working closely with organizations to adopt pioneering technology.
Christopher Doolin APRN
T.J. Health Russell Springs Clinic in Kentucky.
Chris received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from McKendree University, and he completed his Master of Science in Nursing at Spalding University. He grew up in Bryantsville, KY on Harrington Lake. When asked why he chose to continue his career with T.J. Regional Health, he said, “I have been a Family Nurse Practitioner for 11 years and have worked most of my career with T.J. Regional Health. I started working in the Emergency Department at T.J. Samson in 2010 as a Nurse Practitioner and eventually switched over to T.J. Urgent Care. I started at T.J. Health Columbia as a Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner in 2016 and have continued to serve my community there. I decided to join the T.J. Regional Health family as a Family Care Provider to better serve my community and enhance the quality of care provided to them.”
Regarding his decision to practice medicine, Chris said, “Taking care of people and their families is truly a calling from God to serve Him in one of the most positive ways possible. Once I started nursing in the Intensive Care Unit, I discovered that I wanted to move forward with my career, and I felt that God was calling me to be something more and to serve Him in a different way.”
Taking care of people and helping them manage their healthcare needs is something Chris really enjoys. “When we take care of one individual, we are really taking care of a whole family. Most of us are so interconnected in life that when we are well, the entire family unit is able to be well, manage and cope with interpersonal situations and issues. Helping people maintain or improve their current state of health is of the utmost importance,” he said. Chris is married to Patricia Doolin, APRN, who works at the T.J. Health Columbia Clinic. They have five children. In his free time, he enjoys reading and watching movies. He said most of his time is spent with his wife and children enjoying time together. They love to travel and see new things.
Chris is now seeing patients aged six months through all stages of adulthood at the T.J. Health Russell Springs Clinic.
Patricia Doolin APRN
T.J. Health Russell Springs Clinic in Kentucky.
Patricia is Family Medicine Specialist in Columbia, KY and has 6 years experience. She graduated from Chamberlain University. She currently practices at T.J. Health Columbia Clinic. In addition to office visits, she accepts new patients for telehealth appointments. Patricia, a Columbia resident, says, “I am excited to be able to give back to my community in such a large capacity and to practice in the rural area where I am deeply rooted.” Patricia completed her undergraduate studies at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville, Kentucky. She is a national board-certified family nurse practitioner graduating Summa Cum Laude from Chamberlain University. Both Patricia and her husband, Christopher, have devoted their careers to healthcare delivery in Columbia, Kentucky.
2024 | Issue 3