Where technology and nursing intersect!
The Clinical Nurse Informaticist (CNI) team consists of specialized, board-certified, registered nurses who have acquired the knowledge of connecting the science of information systems to patient care. UCSF CNIs support all nurses across UCSF Health: Parnassus Heights, Mount Zion, Mission Bay, and Oakland. The CNIs provide support to patients and families by supporting the nurses who care for them.
The CNI role focuses on the relationship between direct care nurses and information technology (IT) teams within the health system. As the healthcare industry continues to evolve in this digital age, the CNI role has become a requisite within the healthcare delivery organizations to support nurses’ effective use of clinical information systems in their practice.
CNIs require a solid technical understanding and background, broad expertise in nursing practice and clinical workflows, and strong organizational skills. To ensure that clinical nurses’ needs are met, CNIs maintain a close connection with direct caregivers to assess technologies and workflows by evaluating feasibility, design, usability, and employing implementation best practices. CNIs also participate in system testing, education and training, implementation, post-implementation evaluation and benefits realization. Well-informed decisions for technology selections with strong nursing input and training is paramount to the success of the implementation, as well as continued sustainability. Together, the CNIs, with the analysts and training team, continue to grow and evolve towards streamlined technology for safer, innovative patient and family care systems.
Our Teammates
Kay Burke, MBA, BSN, RN, NE-BC
Chief Nursing Informatics Officer
Kate Finch, MSN, RN
Director of Nursing Informatics
Jennifer Corbell, BSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Janelle del Rosario Aguila, MSN, RN, PHN
Interim Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Craig M. Johnson, RN-BC, MSN, FNP
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Amy Kangwankij, BSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Natalia Kelley, MSN, RN-BC
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Roseanne (Rosie) Krauter, FNP-BC, CORLN
Associate Director of Advanced Practice Providers and Clinical Informatics
Amy Kalea Kuwata, MSN, RN-BC, CNS
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Jennifer Leos, MSN, RN-BC, PHN, CPHIMS
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Ijeoma Aylor, DNP, RN, RN-BC
Clinical Informaticist, Rehab Services
Katie O'Connor, RN, BSN, OCN
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Kristen Rhinehart, MSN, RN, CNOR
Director, Perioperative Informatics
Lisa Sikora, MSHI, BSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Tip Tilton, MSN, RN
Clinical Nurse Informaticist
Portfolio
Clinical Nurse Informaticist, Jennifer Leos, shares UCSF's experience with rapid mobile implementation of Rover at Epic's XGM conference in April 2021. Registration may be required.
Click to watch: Nursing Informatics at Nursing Grand Rounds
The Nursing Informatics team presented at the Nursing Grand Rounds in June 2021 to share with the audience more information about what nursing informatics entails, professional organizations that guide the field, teammates, areas they support, and Clinical Nurse Informaticist (CNI) skills.
Click to watch: University of California, San Francisco CNO & Informatics Nurse on COVID-19 Crisis
Kay Burke, CNIO and Jennifer Leos, CNI share COVID-19 learnings from UCSF Health with Cheryl Parker, ANIA 2020 National President.
Click to watch: Rover at HIMSS
Clinical Nurse Informaticist, Jennifer Leos, shares UCSF's experience with deploying Epic Rover with Scandit barcode scanning SDK on nurses' iphones. Registration may be required.
Melody Haworth (mentee) and Craig Johnson (Clinical Nurse Informaticist and mentor) presented their project, To Share is to Care: Standardizing Handover and Rounding Electronically, at the 2020 Clinical InQuERI Conference.
Kay Burke, CNIO, participated in a panel discussion at ShareCase and spoke about supporting diversity and inclusion in technology.
UCSF Clinical Nurse Informaticists shared efforts to improve the discharge process with attendees at Epic's 2019 UGM Conference.
Contact
Email the Nursing Informatics Team