| Education |
| • | Chatham Faculty Technology Fellow, Pittsburgh, PA (2012-2014) |
| • | Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (PIttsburgh, PA), 2007 |
| • | MSN, La Roche College (Pittsburgh, PA), 2002 |
| • | BSN, La Roche College (Pittsburgh, PA), 1985 |
| • | Salk Fellow, Pgh, PA (2007) |
| • | Patient Safety Fellow, Pittsburgh, PA (2006) |
| • | Beckwith Fellow, Beckwith Institute of Innovation (Pittsburgh, PA), 2005 |
| • | Health Care Leadership Academy II, Beckwith Institute of Innovation (Pittsburgh, PA), 2003 |
| • | Associate Degree Nursing, Community College of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA), 1982 |
| • | Diploma Nursing (license practical nurse), Community College Allegheny County (Pittsburgh, PA) 1978 |
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| Publications |
| • | Slade, J., Spadaro, K., Wolf, D. & Gazza, B. (accepted for publication 1/2013). Using Social Media to Meet the Needs of DNP Preceptors within an Online Program. OJNI. |
| • | American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, (2013). Core curriculum for Occupational & environmental Health Nursing, 4th Edition. Wolf, D & Olszewski, K. Chapter 8: Information Management through Innovative Technology. AAOHN, Inc. In development, to be released 2013. |
| • | Nelson, R. Joos, I, & Wolf, D, (2013). Social media for Nurses: Educating Practitioners and patients in a networked world. Springer Publishing. |
| • | Thompson, R., Sabatine, J., & Wolf, D., (2012). Mentoring and Coaching: A model guiding professional nurses to executive success. JONA. 42(11), pp. 536-541 |
| • | Informatics: Helping LNC adjust to electronic records. Being Prepared - Part II: Knowing what to expect with electronic health records. Wolf, D., & Nellis, D., (2011). The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 22(2), pp.8-12 |
| • | Informatics: Helping LNC adjust to electronic medical records. Understanding the Transition – Part 1: Moving from paper to electronic records. Wolf, D., & Nellis, D., (2011). The Journal of Legal Nurse Consulting, 22(1), pp. 9-12 |
| • | Nursing Professional Development Specialists as Change Agents and Innovators. Bradely, D., Morgan., J., & Wolf, D., (March/April, 2011). Journal for Nurses in Staff Development. pp. 92-93 |
| • | Nursing Informatics: Where caring and technology meet, 4th Edition. (2011) Ball, M., Wolf, D., Kapadia, A., & Rak, P. Chapter 18: Extending Care: Voice technology, pp. 303-319 |
| • | Exploring Student’s Learning Environment When Enrolled in a Distance Education Program. Wolf, D., Huber, W., Bookwalter, A., & Anton, B. (2010). . In D. Gibson & B. Dodge (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference. pp. 3002-3007. Chesapeake, VA: AACE. |
| • | Shaping the Future of Nursing Education Today Using Distance Education and Technology. Jones, D. & Wolf, D., (2010). ABNF Journl, 21(2) |
| • | Supporting and Sustaining a Learning Culture Post Go-Live. Anton, A., Wolf, D., & Waddell, D., (2009). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: 146 |
| • | Innovative partnering in implementing voice-assisted care in acute care settings: Moving from vision to testing to reality. McGill, T., Wilson, M., Wolf, D., Kapadia, A., Somasundaram, P., & Rak, P (2009). AMIA Conference Publication |
| • | Nurses using Futuristic Technology in today’s Healthcare Setting. Wolf, D., Kintzel, J., Kapaida, A., & Anton, B. (2009).Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: 146: 59–63. DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-024-7-59 |
| • | Using Electronic Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Tools to Impact Patient Care Outcomes. Anton, B., Schafer, J., Micenko, A., Dinucci, S., Donovan, P., Jordon, B., and Wolf, D., (Winter, 2009). JIHM: 23(1): 39-45 |
| • | CyberSense or CyberEthics: The Role and Responsibility of Nurses. Wolf, D., (2009). Hospital News, Pg 28 |
| • | Leading with Voice Assisted Technology. Wolf, D., Kintzel, J., Kapaida, A., & Anton, B. (2009). Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: 146 |
| • | Implementing and improving the efficiency of a methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus active surveillance program utilizing information technology. O’Brien, J., Greenhouse, P., Schafer, J., O’Neill, M., Wheeler, C., Titus. A., & Wolf, D (Supplement-April, 2008). AJIC 36(3): S62-66 |
| • | Effect of Patient Centered Care on Patient Satisfaction and Quality of Care. Wolf, D., Lehman, L., Quinlin, R., Zullo, T. & Hoffman. L, (Fall, 2008). Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 23(4):316-321 |
| • | Can nurses effect patient outcomes using a patient centered model of care? Wolf, D., Lehman, L., Quinlin, R., Rosenzweig, M., Friede, S., Zullo, T. & Hoffman, L. (2008). JONA, 38(12): 1-9 |
| • | Patient First: A patient sensitivity tool for an electronic health record implementation. Wolf, D., Hartman, L., La Rue, E., Arndt. I. (March/April, 2007). CIN: Computers, Informatics and Nursing, 25(2), 112-117 |
| • | Community-Hospital Successfully Implements Electronic Health Record, Wolf, D., Greenhouse, P., Diamond, J., Fera, W., McCormick, D., (Nov/Dec, 2006). CIN: Computers, Informatics and Nursing. 24(6):307-316 |
| • | Transforming a Community Hospital from Paper to Electronic Documentation While Implementing CPOE. Wolf, D. (Spring, 2006).Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 1 (1), 3-12 |
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| Certifications |
| • | Online Distance Education; Slippery Rock University |
| • | Lean Methodology; Belmont University |
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| Awards |
| • | Distinguished Alumni Award at La Roche College, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2013 |
| • | 2rd place for poster at Slippery Rock University, Using Technology to communicate student learning outcomes (2009) |
| • | 3rd place for poster at Slippery Rock University, Assessing Nursing Curriculum Through History: Yesterday, Today, & Tomorrow (2008) |
| • | 1st place for poster presentation at AONE annual conference. Using an Electronic Health Record to address findings of Post Resuscitation Committee in a community Hospital (2008) |
| • | St. Margaret Foundation. $10,000 grant received for continuation of a hospital based Executive Research Council and Research Intern program (2007) |
| • | Pennsylvania Higher Education Foundation Grant for graduate nursing education (Summer and Fall, 2007) |
| • | $2500 for research proposal “Effect of Patient Centered Care on Patient Satisfaction uponHospital Discharge, by Sigma Theta Tau/Eta Chapter (2007) |
| • | Theta Mu Research award for research study “Effect of Patient-Centered Care on Patient Satisfaction upon Hospital Discharge (2007) |
| • | “My Boss is a Patriot” award from The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (2007) |
| • | St. Margaret Foundation. $43,000 grant received for continuation of a hospital based Executive Research Council and research Intern program (2006) |
| • | St. Margaret Foundation. $30,000 grant received for implementation of a hospital based Executive Research Council and creation of a Research Intern program (2005) |
| • | Highest Scholarship Award for peer-reviewed paper presentation from University of Maryland (2005) |
| • | Recognition Award from Sigma Theta Tau for the development and implementation of an annual fundraiser to benefit nursing scholarships (1993) |
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| Organizations |
| • | Reviewer for Online Journal of Nursing Informatics |
| • | Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Honor Society (Eta, Lambda Tau, & Theta Mu Chapter) |
| • | La Roche College Alumni Association |
| • | University of Pittsburgh Alumni Association |
| • | National League for Nursing |
| • | American Nursing Association |
| • | Member of Health Information Management System Society (HIMSS & WPHIMSS) |
| • | Member of ETIMAC Advisory Council (EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & INFORMATION MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COUNCIL) for National League of Nursing |
| • | Pastoral Council Board Member, St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church |
| • | Member HIMSS Nursing Informatics Taskforce |
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| Achievements |
| • | Web Editor, Nursing Honor Society Chatham University |
| • | Chair Scholarship Committee; WPHIMSS 2010-2011 |
| • | Served as Board Member Western Pennsylvania HIMSS 2010 - 2011 |
| • | Task force leader and work group member for National Nursing Staff Development (2008–2010) spearheading the revision to the Scope of Practice for Nursing Professional Development |
| • | Chair Program Committee; WPHIMSS 2009-2010 |
| • | Selection Committee Member for the 2009 Fine Award for Teamwork Excellence hosted by the Jewish Healthcare Foundation (2009) |
| • | Member University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board (IRB), Committee G (2007-2009) |
| • | Nursing Ambassador to China through People to People Organizaiton: August 2009 |
| • | TIGER Team 6: Usability/Clinical Application Design; workgroup #4 (2008) |
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| Presentations |
| • | “Leading into the future: Occupational health nurses guiding social media integration”. (Co-presenter).American Association of Occupational Health Nurses 2013 National Conference. Oral workshop. (Las Vegas, Nevada); 4/2013. |
| • | “Mobile Health at our fingertips: Educating interprofessionals for today's health information electronic needs” (Co-presenter). Rutgers College of Nursing 31th Annual International Interdisciplinary Technology Conference. (Atlantic City, NJ), 4/2013. |
| • | “Using data to expand the role of the informatics nurse”. (Co-presenter), ANIA 2013 Annual Conference.(San Antonia, Texas), 5/2013. |
| • | “Social media and virtual networking: What should Higher Education be concerned about?”. American Association of University Professors Annual Conference. (Washington, D.C.), 6/2012. |
| • | “The role of the informatics nurse in revolutionizing healthcare education”. (Co-presenter). Rutgers College of Nursing 30th Annual International Interdisciplinary Technology Conference, (Newark, NJ), 4/2012. |
| • | “Exploring, understanding and integrating social media, mHealth and Web 2.0”.American Association of Occupational Health Nurses. 3 part webinar series on Social media. 9/2012 |
| • | “Navigating the Social media super highway! What every health care professional needs to know but dares to ask”. Guest speaker. RTConnections Seminar (Pgh, PA) 9/2012 |
| • | “Curricula Implications of Social Networking”. National League for Nursing Spring 2012 Webinar Series. (Co presenter) 2/2012 |
| • | “Accunurse: Use the power of your voice to deliver interactive care”. HIMSS 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition. Vocollect Health (Co presenter). Las Vegas, NV 2/2012 |
| • | “Nursing Informatics: Implications for Nursing Education and Curriculum Development”. (Co presenters). National League for Nursing Summit, Leading Academic Progression: Advancing the Health of the Nation. Special Session from ETIMA Advisory Council. (Orlando, Fl.) 9/2011 |
| • | “A view from the bedside”. Panel. InformationWeek Healthcare IT Leadership Forum. (New York, NY) 7/2011 |
| • | “Where is Nursing 2.0?". American Academy of Nursing Pre Conference, Transforming Nursing through Informatics and Technology: Implications for Practice, Education and Policy. (Co presenter) 11/2010 |
| • | "Health 2.0: Advancing healthcare by changing culture". Meditech Nurse Leader Conference (Quincy, MA), June 2011 |
| • | "A view from the bedside" . InformationWeek Healthcare IT Leadership Forum (New York, NY), July 2011 |
| • | "Topic LNCs and EHRs! Making informed opinions". Association for Legal Nurse Consultants - Webinar (Pittsburgh, PA), June 2011 |
| • | "Is Health 2.0 Creating a New Generation of Empowered Consumers". American Nursing Informatics Association Conference (Boston, MA), April 2010 |
| • | "Re-Evolution of Nursing Documentation: From "pen" to "keyboard" to "voice". American Nursing Informatics Associatin Conference (Boston, MA) April 2010 |
| • | "Assisting Faculty in addressing the needs of First Generation, Low Income Students". Slippery Rock University Professional Development (Slippery Rock, PA), October 2010 |
| • | "Where is Nursing 2.0?". American Academy of Nursing Pre Conference, Transforming Nursing through Informatics and Technology, November 2010 |
| • | "Partnership to improve outcomes and care delivery via use of voice-assisted care technology". Rutgers; 28th Annual International Nursing Technology Conference (Boston, MA) Marach 2010 |
| • | "Using innovative technology & research in distant education". Faculty Workshop for CETET - Center for Excellence in Teaching and Educational Technology. (Slippery Rock, PA), January 2010 |
| • | " Using informational systems to guide EBP". Faculty Workshop for Heritage Valley Sewickley School of Nursing (Pittsburgh, PA), June 2010 |
| • | "Using Electronic Clinical Decision Support (CDS) Tools to Impact Patient Care Outcomes". Mayo Clinic 18th Annual Nursing Research Conference (Minneapolis, MN), February 2009 |
| • | "Shaping the Future of Nursing Education Today Using Distant Education and Technology". National League for Nursing's 2009 Faculty Leadership Conferene (New Orleans, LA) February 2009 |
| • | Institute of Medicine/RWJ: Forum on the Future of Nursing: Community Health, Public Health, Primary Care and Long-Term Care. Oral Testimony. (Philadelphia, PA), December 2009 |
| • | "CyberSense or CypberEthics: The Role and Responsibility of Nurses". University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing (Technology Fellows Workshop). (Pittsburgh, PA) September 2009 |
| • | "The Evolution of the ANA Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards". NNSDO 20th Conference. (Philadelphia, PA), July 2009 |
| • | "CyberSense or CypberEthics: The Role and Responsibility of Nurses". PSNA (District 6) Spring Session. (Pittsburgh, PA), May 2009 |
| • | "Exploring Student’s Learning Environment When Enrolled in a Distance Education Program". Society for Information Technology & Teacher Eduation (San Diego, CA) Marach 2009 |
| • | "Using Technology to communication student learning outcomes". Slippery Rock University, Assessment conference (Slippery Rock, PA) October 2009 |
| • | "Innovative partnering in implementing voice-assisted care in acute care settings: Moving from Vision to testing to reality". AMIA Biomedical and Health Informatics Conference (San Francisco, CA) November 2009 |
| • | "Effect of Patient-Centered Care on patient satisfaction and quality of care". Shanghai Renji Hospital, Nursing Ambassador (Shanghai, China) August 2009 |
| • | "Nurses using Futuristic Technology in today’s Healthcare Setting". NI 2009 10th International Nursing Informatics Congress (Helsinki, Finland), June 2009 |
| • | "Leading with Voice Assisted Technology". NI 2009 10th International Nursing Informatics Congress (Helsinki, Finland). June 2009 |
| • | "Supporting and Sustaining a Learning Culture Post Go-Live". NI 2009 10th International Nursing Informatics Congress (Helsinki, Finland), June 2009 |
| • | "Transforming Healthcare Using Voice-Assisted Technology". HIMSS VIrtual Expostion/Conference (Webinar - Pittsburgh, PA), June 2009 |
| • | "I survived an EHR downtime! Will you?". HIMSS 2009 Annual Conference & Exhibition (Chicago, IL) April 2009 |
| • | "Raising the bar: Applying change theory to guide cultural change during an organizational technology implementation —Lessons Learned". American Nursing Informatics Association (Las Vegas, NV), April 2009 |
| • | "Using an Electronic Health Record to address findings of Post Resuscitation Committee in a community hospital". Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders (SWPONL), 29th Annual Education Conference, November 2008 |
| • | "Promoting Research in a Clinical Setting". International Transplant NUrses Society Annual Symposium, Key Note Speaker. (St. Louise, MO), September 2008 |
| • | "Patient-Centered Care and the effect on patient satisfaction and quality of care at time of discharge". Sigma Thetaq Tau - Theta Mu Chapter, (Pittsburgh, PA) October 2008 |
| • | "Wireless Documentation and Paging Using Speech Recognition in Long Term and Acute Care". Maryland HIMSS Conference (Baltimore, MA) October 2008 |
| • | "Medication Reconciliation in the Outpatient Setting: Strategy for Implementation". AONE 41st Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA) April 2008 |
| • | "Using an Electronic Health Record to address findings of Post Resuscitation Committee in a community hospital". AONE 41st Annual Meeting (Seattle, WA) April 2008 |
| • | "Patient-Centered Care and the effect on patient outcomes". BMJ, International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care (Palais des Congrès de Paris), June 2008 |
| • | "Sparking Quality with voice assisted technology". National Association for Healthcare Quality (Phoenix, AZ), September 2008 |
| • | "Integrating Evidence into Nursing’s Culture Through the transformation of Nursing Education Department within a Community Hospital". Southwestern Pennsylvania Organization of Nurse Leaders (SWPONL), 29th Annual Education Conference, November 2008 |
| • | "Health Information Technology: Educational process post-go live". TEPR-2007, (Towards the Electronic Patient Record, Medical Record Institute) Health Information Technology (Dallas, TX) May 2007 |
| • | "Med-Surg Nurses as Bedside Scientists – Nuts and Bolts of Evidence Based Practice". Academy of Medical-Surgical Nursing, (Pittsburgh, PA), November 2007 |
| • | "Pharmacy- Electronic Antibiotic Monitoring Process". Cerner Health Conference, (Kanas City, MO), October 2007 |
| • | "Medication Integration, a closed system" HIMSS Conference & Cerner Corporation (San Diego, CA), February 2006 |
| • | "Bedside Scientist or Clinical Nurse Researcher: Keeping Nurses Close to the Patient" . 33rd Annual Professional Nurse Educators Group (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center), October 2006 |
