An INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NURSING INFORMATICS was conducted by the Akal College of Nursing (ACN: First Nursing College in Himachal Pradesh), Eternal University, Baru Sahib on Oct. 10-11, 2011. Overall coordinators for the event were Dr. Neelam Kaur-Dean Faculty of Health Sciences, Mrs, Ranjit Kaur-Principal, ACN, faculty and students of Akal College of Nursing. They worked together as a team to make this conference a landmark event in the History of Himachal Pradesh and provided a platform for learning the emerging challenges and issues in the field of Health Informatics.

• This conference was the first International conference organized by the ACN with the objective of integrating nursing, computer and information sciences so as to assist nurses and other health care providers for personalized, effective & timely decision making, thereby leading to better patient care.
• More than 350 International and National delegates participated in conference. Prominent International delegates-Dr. Marylou McHugh, Professor, Emeritus, Drexel University, USA; Dr. Sandra Friedman, Assistant Clinical Professor, Drexel university, USA; Dr. William Grosky, University of Michigan, USA;  Joan Teague Bickes & Margaret Louise, Wayne State University’s College of Nursing; Dr. Charanjit Kaur Brar, Cardiology, Nurse Practitioner, USA actively participated in the conference. These eminent scholars created awareness about the prerequisites of Nursing Informatics and different international initiatives in Health Informatics currently being pursued globally.
• Dr. Jayshree Sharma, Director Medical Education and Research, Govt. of H.P., Shimla was the Chief Guest of the conference.  Dr. William Grosky, University of Michigan, USA delivered the Keynote lecture on “Multimodal databases & computer-assisted sugery” and enlightened the audience with his immense knowledge in Mathematics, Computer Science and Health Informatics.
• Prominent national delegates and senior academics included-Dr. Triza Jiwan-Principal, CMC College of Nursing, Ludhiana (Punjab); Dr. Jyoti Sarin-Principal, MM College Of Nursing, Ambala (Haryana); Dr. Sujana Chakravarti, Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi; Dr. Shama Lohumi-Principal Shiwalik College of Nursing, Shimla; Dr. Sandhya Ghai- Principal, Dr. Sukhpal Kaur, Mrs. Sunita Sharma, Dr. Sushma Saini, Dr. Sukhwinder Kaur,  from NINE, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Dr. Raman Kalia-Principal, Saraswati Institute of Nursing, Kurali (Punjab), Mrs. Suneeta Verma, Registrar, HPNRC, Shimla; Dr. Suresh  Sharma, Vice-Principal, DMC, College of Nursing, Ludhiana (Punjab); Mrs. Manjit Kaur, Lecturer, Mata Sahib Kaur College of Nursing (Punjab), Dr. Chander Sareen-Principal, Rattan Professional College Of Nursing, Sohana (Punjab), Mrs. Maragatham Kannan- Principal, Shanmuga College of Nursing, Selam, Tamilnadu; Dr. Ujwal Rao-Clinical Transformation Specialist, Ohum Health Care, Pune; Mrs. Reena Jairus, CMC hospital, Ludhiana (Punjab),  Mrs. Rajrani, Ivy Hospital, Mohali (Punjab); Mr. Bhuvnesh Shukla, Assistant Professor, C of Nursing, Jaipur (Rajasthan); Mrs. Darshan Sohi-Professor, Khalsa College Of Nursing, Amritsar (Punjab); Mrs. Krishna Chauhan, Dr. Pankaj Sharma and Dr. Suman Bala Sharma.
• Conference included variety of activities such as informative and enthusiastic lectures by the experts, Panel discussions, Original research paper presentations, Demonstration of various databases by I.T. professionals, quiz competition & poster presentations. Cultural show by the ACN students on Oct. 10th entertained & enthralled the delegates with various skits, music, songs, plays and comedy acts.
• Various scientific sessions were conducted on

1. Concept of nursing informatics
2. Required competencies for nurses
3. Nursing informatics: an evolving science (past, present and future)
4. Information system principles,
5. Consumer health care informatics
6. A standardized simulation experience to prepare nurse educators
7. Components and complexities in nursing informatics
8. Advanced practice of nursing
9. Nursing informatics practicum
10. Issues in nursing informatics (panel discussion)
11. Demonstration of databases by I.T. professionals,
12. Future Trends in Nursing Informatics
13. Nursing Education and Information technology
14. The nurse in America and the use of Informatics
15. Innovations through applied Informatics
16. Information technology and evidence based practice
17. Mobile Healthcare
18. Health care information technologies and electronic health record
19. Tele Nursing

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