Sessions
TECH Talk: Big Data and AI - Imagining the Unimaginable
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Thu
Susan McBride, Ph.D., RN-BC, CPHIMS, FAAN is a nursing informaticist within the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center whose research focus is on methods development for implementing, evaluating and utilizing health information technology to improve patient safety, quality, and population health. Dr. McBride is a Professor with teaching responsibilities in statistics, informatics and epidemiology. She is Program Director for the School of Nursing Graduate Informatics Program. She sits on multiple technical advisory committees at state and national levels as well as consults on various aspects of health information technology, and use of data for healthcare improvement. Dr. McBride is the past Chair of the Academy of Nursing Informatics and Technology Expert Panel. She is the lead author of the award winning textbook entitled Nursing Informatics for the Advanced Practice Nurse, Patient Safety, Quality, Outcomes, and Interprofessionalism.