Sally Carr BSN, RN,C

Career Summary Education & Certification Professional Experience Selected Publications Memberships Show me ...

Career Summary

Demonstrated accomplishments in the selection, implementation, evaluation and maintenance of information systems and technology that enhance Nursing practice and knowledge base.

Wellness education and promotion of lifestyle choices based on holistic, health affirming, scientific and evidence-based principals.
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Education and Certification

Professional Experience

Private Duty 2000 - Present

Independent Consultant 1997 - 2000

• Web site development and management.

• Physician Office and Home Remote Access Setup and Support.

Clinical Computing Consultant 1997 - 1999
Negley, Ott & Associates, Atlanta, GA

• Experienced, clinically focused, consulting on electronic medical system implementation and maintenance. 

Information Systems Analyst 1994-1996
Holland Community Hospital, Holland Michigan

• Responsible to coordinate and evaluate the design, development, implementation and maintenance of computerized documentation for the following acute care areas:

  • Critical Care and Telemetry Units
  • Medical/Surgical Units
  • Women's and Children's Unit
  • Obstetrical Unit (Labor and Delivery, Postpartum and Nursery units)
  • Infection Control
  • Patient Education
• Experience in HTML authoring. Responsible for the development, creation and maintenance of health care related pages on hospital web site.
  
• Familiar with installation and troubleshooting a wide variety of PC hardware and software.

Nurse Information Specialist 1992-1994
Holland Community Hospital, Holland Michigan

• Served on the task force charged with selecting the hospital's clinical information system.

• Coordinated and evaluated computer training for the Patient Operations Division.

• Served as communications link between Information Systems and Nursing.

• Developed materials to promote awareness and usage of health care resources available on the Internet.

Staff RN 1991-1993
Holland Community Hospital, Holland Michigan

• Served as ACLS certified staff nurse in Critical Care and Telemetry Units.
  
  
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Selected Publications/Presentations

• "Lifeboats on the Titanic: When the Unsinkable Happens" (HIMSS Sponsored) HealthCare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Hilton Head Island, SC, August 12, 1999
• "Y2K and Other Disasters: Is Your CPR Ready?" South West Michigan Informaticists SWMI) and Michigan Nursing Informatics Networks (MNIN). May 1999, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
• "Lifeboats on the Titanic: When the Unsinkable Happens" Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 1999 Annual Conference & Exhibition (Poster Session), February 1999, Atlanta, Georgia.
• "Automating Clinical Documentation: Beginning the Journey" Clinical Practice Model (CPM) International Conference, October 1998, Grand Rapids, MI.
• "SIM CIS: Selection, Implementation and Maintenance of a Clinical Information System" American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Fall '97 Symposium (Tutorial), Nashville, TN, October 1997
• "And the Band Played On: What to Do After Your CPR Crashes" Med Tech 1997, Tysons Corner, VA., August 1997
• "System Implementation and Survival" Michigan Nursing Informatics Network (MNIN), April 1997
• "Security and Access in a CPR Environment" S.W. Michigan Health Information Association, April 1996
• "Nursing Informatics: Moving Into the Future" Michigan Organization of Nurse Executives/Council of Nurse Managers (MONE/CNM) Conference April 1996
• "Following the Critical Path of Computerizing a Hospital" NURSEweek December 1995
  
  
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Memberships

1995-2000 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
1995-1999 Michigan Nursing Informatics Network (MNIN)
1996-1999  Sigma Theta Tau
1996-1999 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
1997-1999 American Nurses Association (ANA)/Michigan Nurses Association (MNA)