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Honors a student who demonstrates excellence in nursing informatics and who has the potential to contribute significantly to the discipline of nursing and health informatics with a cash prize.The candidate papers are recommended by the AMIA Annual Symposium Scientific Program Committee, and the selection of the recipient is made by a special committee within the AMIA Nursing Informatics Working Group.

Past Winners

2022

1st Place

An Unsupervised Cluster Analysis of Post-COVID-19 Mental Health Outcomes and Associated Comorbidities

  • Katherine A. Brown, MSN, RN, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Brown University, Providence, RI
  • Indra Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Brown University, Providence, RI, Rhode Island Quality Institute, Providence RI
  • Karen M. Crowley, PhD, MS, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Brown University, Providence, RI
  • Dilum P. Aluthge, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Brown University, Providence, RI, Rhode Island Quality Institute, Providence RI
  • Elizabeth S. Chen, PhD, Center for Biomedical Informatics, Brown University, Providence, RI

2nd Place

Identifying Barriers to Post-Acute Care Referral and Characterizing Negative Patient Preferences Among Hospitalized Older Adults Using Natural Language Processing

 

  • Erin E. Kennedy, PhD, RN, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, Philadelphia, PA
  • Anahita Davoudi, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Philadelphia, PA
  • Sy Hwang, MS, University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Philadelphia, PA
  • Philip J. Freda, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Philadelphia, PA, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Computational Biomedicine, Los Angeles, CA
  • Ryan Urbanowicz, PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Philadelphia, PA, Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, Department of Computational Biomedicine, Los Angeles, CA
  • Kathryn H. Bowles, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health, Philadelphia, PA
  • Danielle L. Mowery, PhD, FAMIA,  University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Biomedical Informatics, Philadelphia, PA

2019

An Interprofessional Approach to Workflow Evaluation Focused on the Electronic Health Record Using Time Motion Study Methods, Jessica Schwartz, Columbia University

2018

Exploring Older Adults’ Strengths, Problems, and Wellbeing Using De-identified Electronic Health Record Data, G. Gao, University of Minnesota School of Nursing; D. Pieczkiewicz, University of Minnesota; M. Kerr, R. Lindquist, C. Chi, University of Minnesota School of Nursing; S. Maganti, University of Minnesota; R. Austin, University of Minnesota School of Nursing; M.J. Kreitzer, University of Minnesota; K. Todd, The Waters; K. Monsen, University of Minnesota School of Nursing

2017

Comparison of algorithm advice for post-acute care referral to usual clinical decision-making: examination of 30-day acute healthcare utilization, Susan K. Keim, Kathryn H. Bowles, University of Pennsylvania and Visiting Nurse Service of New York

2016

Jennifer Browne, University of Texas Health Science Center, Affirming Proposed Variable Relationship Patterns in a Conceptual Nursing Model by Converting Qualitative Data to Causal Loop Diagrams

2013

Denise M. Pimintel, A Software Communication Tool for the Tele‐ICU

2012

Rhonda Guse Cady, A Mixed Methods Approach for Measuring the Impact of Delivery‐Centric Interventions on Clinician Workflow

2011

Not awarded.

2010

Cohort Amplification: An Associative Classification Framework for Identification of Disease Cohorts in the Electronic Health Record, S. Welch, University of Utah

2009

MedEx – A Medication Information Extraction System for Clinical Narratives, Hua Xu, Vanderbilt University

2007

Beyond Surface Characteristics: A New Health Text-specific Readability Measurement, Hyeoneui Kim, Brigham and Women's Hospital

2006

Predictive Modeling for the Prevention of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers, Tae Youn Kim, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Nursing

2005

Predicting the Likelihood of Falls Among the Elderly Using Likelihood Basis Pursuit Technique, Kanittha Volrathongchai, School of Nursing Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

2001

Mediating Between Nursing Intervention Terminology Systems, Nicholas R. Hardiker