1. Regina M. Cole, DNP, RN-BC, NEA-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS
1065 Peachtree Street
Unit 3401
Atlanta, GA 30309
404 432-3111
regina_cole@bellsouth.net
Summary
 20+ years’ experience in Healthcare Information Technology and Clinical Care Leadership
 Experience in all aspects of HIT project management, systemimplementations and optimization
leveraging technology to improve outcomes
 SME in health informatics practice, leadership and academics
 Driven by innovations and application of complex concepts into practice that address patient/
population healthcare research, quality, safety and costs
Core Competencies
New York University MA New York, NY
Master of Arts - Nursing Education
Post Graduate - Coursework in Health Computer Science
Brooklyn College Downstate BSN Brooklyn, NY
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Experience
2014-Present iHealth Consulting, LLC Atlanta, GA
Principal - Chief Nursing Information Officer Consultant - Aventura, Inc. Providing strategic and
operational best practice/processes to the Management Team. SME, educator, clinical leader and
voice addressing product development, marketing sales approach, feasibility and usability of current
and future products. Various other consultant roles providing clinical and academic HIT consultation.
 EHR: ADT, RIS, PACS, LIS, OM, Clin Doc,
Pharmacy, Reporting, BCMA, CDS
 Evidence-Based Practice & Processes
 ARRA - MU, NQF, eCQMRequirements
 Workflow Reorganization
Education
Vanderbilt University DNP Nashville, TN
Doctor of Nursing Practice - Informatics
 EHR/HIT large scale clinician training
 Benefits Realization – ROI Metrics
 Data Analytics, Predictives, Prescriptives
 Innovations Emerging Technologies - Advisor
 Skilled Change Agent, Team Builder, Mentor

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2014-Present Vanderbilt University School of Nursing Nashville, TN
Assistant Professor Adjunct – Clinical Nursing Health Informatics
2010-2014 Georgia State University School of Nursing & Health Professions Atlanta, GA
Clinical Assistant Professor - Graduate Professional Faculty & Specialty Coordinator for the Nursing
Leadership in Health Care Innovations Program - Administration Informatics track. Responsible for:
strategic planning, grant direction, curriculum design, course development, instruction, evaluation,
student admissions, advisement, marketing, collaboration with the business school health
administration faculty, and securing residency site placements with preceptors. Within two years of
start of the program it was the second largest nursing informatics program in the southeast. Worked
closely with executive level hospital IT leaders and C- Suite’s, in the direction, supervision and
coordination of the clinical residency opportunities for students. Chairperson for the Faculty Search
Committee; Member School Strategic Planning Committee, Health Informatics Baccalaureate
Program & Curriculum Design Committee, DNP Doctoral Program Development Committee, Master’s
Program & Curriculum Committee, CCNE Recertification Committee, International School Initiatives -
Toured many academic and clinical sites in the People’s Republic of China.
Program Director - Human Resources Services Administration HRSA Grant, 2010-2013. Nurse
Education Practice and Retention - GSU Nursing Leadership Program Development - $810,000.
2006-2010 Piedmont Healthcare Atlanta, GA
Informatics Nurse Specialist - Provided oversight for the strategic and operational nursing/clinical
informatics leadership in the development, deployment, re-engineering, optimization and integration
of the clinical information systems. This included the design, selection, education, implementation,
and support of all IT applications used by clinicians providing patient care – Eclipsys/Allscripts &
McKesson STAR, Meds Manager and Admin Rx products. Committee Member: Epic System Selection
Team, Patient Safety, Joint Commission Readiness Team, Informatics, HIM, Chairperson EHR Clinical
Documentation Central Council, Nurse Practice Council. Preceptor for many graduate-level nursing
informatics students.
2004-2006 Health Care Staffing Atlanta, GA
Critical Care Nurse - Provided direct care to critically-ill adult patients in the CCU, CVCU, MICU/ SICU
and the Neuro ICU. EHR Super User: Eclipsys SCM, McKesson’s AcuScan, Horizon Clinicals, STAR &
PCS.
2001-2003 R & D Consulting Roswell, GA
Consultant - Managed a small IT consulting firm that provided logistical material management
consultation.
1997-2001 Northside Hospital Atlanta, GA
Critical Care Resource Nurse - Provided direct care to ICU, CCU & IICU patients. McKesson Horizon
Super User and Trainer, PCS user.

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1996-1997 Emory University School of Nursing Atlanta, GA
Graduate Faculty Nurse Practitioner Program - Coordinated acute care nurse practitioner students
senior clinical and seminar courses. Informatics Faculty - Grant recipient developed a graduate health
informatics technology course for nursing, public health, and medical students.
1994-1995 Valley Hospital Ridgewood, NJ
CCU Level IV RN & Clinical IS Specialist - Advanced practice nurse clinician, provided direct care to
CCU patients. Clinical implementation team resource. HP 9200 CIS Super User & Trainer. Meditech
Super User.
1992-1993 New York University Division of Nursing New York, NY
Project Director & Adjunct Faculty - Directed all aspects of a large research study of patients with
AIDS. Developed and taught an honors nursing research course.
1987-1990 Staten Island University Hospital Staten Island, NY
ER RN Level 1 Trauma Center - Care provider to ER patients from newborn to adults.
1986-1991 College of Staten Island Staten Island, NY
Nursing Faculty & Informatics Specialist - Instructed critical care, informatics, health assessment,
medical surgical and fundamental courses. Grant Recipient - Developed a Nursing Informatics course
and an educational software program that taught nurses how to use a hospital information system.
1985-1986 Cabrini Medical Center New York, NY
Nurse Manager - ICU & Hemodialysis Unit - Managed 50 employees in all aspects of Unit and patient
care delivery. HIS computer selection committee member.
1978-1984 New York University Medical Center Hospital New York, NY
Staff RN-Senior Clinician-Assistant Head Nurse-ICU- Supervised staff of 85 in the care to CCU, CVICU,
MICU and SICU patients. Charge RN. HIS ICU Implementation Coordinator and Super User -
TDS/Technicon.
License/Certifications
 Georgia State & New York State RN License
 Board Certified Nurse Executive-Advanced ANCC NEA-BC
 Fellow in the Health Information Systems Society HIMSS FHIMSS
 Board Certified Informatics Nurse ANCC RN-BC
 Certified Professional in Health Information Management Systems HIMSS CPHIMS
 Advanced Practice Nurse Critical Care Nurse Practitioner NJ APN, C (1992-2003)
 Certified Critical Care Registered Nurse CCRN AACN (1982-2007)

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Honors & Professional Activities
2013 March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Finalist - Informatics, Research & Evidence-Based Practice
2013 Nightingale Academic Scholarship Award - Vanderbilt University
2013 Kaiser Foundation Scholarship Academic Award - Georgia State University
1990 Inducted into the National Honor Society for Nursing - Sigma Theta Tau International
1982 Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities - New York University
1982 Samuel Eschborn Award -“Exemplary Leadership and Service as a Student” - NYU
Presentations
2015 GA Department of Public Health Conference “Informatics: The EHR and Public Health Nursing”
2015 GA ANIA Chapter Meeting “HIT – Personal and Professional Innovation”
2015 HIMSS 15 – Moderator – “Key Technologies for Physician-Led Accountable Care Success –
Farzad Mostashari, MD”
2014 GA HIMSS Healthcare Regional Trade Faire – Moderator - “Clinical Informatics Executive
Panel”
2014 STTI – Nursing Honor Society- DNP Project Poster Presentation “Academic Electronic Health
Record System Criteria Relevance and Attitudes toward Adoption in Accredited Schools of
Nursing”, Nashville, TN
2013 American Medical Informatics Association National Conference - Podium “Academic Electronic
Health Record System’s Criteria Relevance and Attitudes toward Adoption in Accredited
Schools of Nursing”, Washington, DC
2013 Emory University, Georgia Tech & GSU Health Innovations Program - Podium/Panel
“Leveraging Health Information Technology at the Point of Care to Facilitate Interdisciplinary
Practice”, Atlanta, GA
2013 Healthcare Trade Faire & Regional Conference - Panel “Talent Management Building a World
Class IT Staff: Trends and Strategies for Attracting and Retaining Exceptional IT Talent in a
Demanding Marketplace”, Atlanta GA
2013 Nursing Informatics Boot Camp - Podium “HIT & Project Management”, Atlanta, GA
2012 Nursing Informatics Boot Camp - Podium “Information Technology”, Atlanta, GA
2011 GA HIMSS Town Hall - Panel “Sustaining Healthcare IT”, Atlanta, GA
2011 GA HIMSS Conference - Panel “Clinical Informatics Enables Patient Engagement”, Atlanta, GA
2011 Georgia Nurses Association Membership Assembly - Panel “Nursing Informatics: Not the
Newest Kid on the Block”, Atlanta, GA
Service & Professional Activities
2014 - 2016 HIMSS National - Quality, Cost & Safety Committee Member
2015 - Present GA Chapter of the American Nursing Informatics Association - Board of Director
Member
2014 Georgia State University DNP Doctoral Capstone Project Committee Member - Informatics

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2013 Doctoral Internship at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
with Judy Murphy, RN Deputy Director for Policy & Planning, Washington, DC
2013 Vanderbilt University DNP Scholarly Project - “Academic Electronic Health Record System
Criteria Relevance and Attitudes toward Adoption in Accredited Schools of Nursing” National
survey of Nursing Faculty
2013 Grant Reviewer, Emory Healthcare Innovations Program HIP/ACTSI/GSU - Innovation Research
Grant Program
2013 Program Director - Human Resources and Services Agency HRSA Nurse Education Practice and
Retention Grant to develop and implement the Nursing Leadership in Healthcare Innovations
Program at Georgia State University School of Nursing - $ 810,000
2012 - Present March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Award Selection Committee
2012 Strategic Planning Training - Georgia State University Robinson School of Business
2011 - Present GA HIMSS Board of Directors - Chairperson Professional Development Committee
2009 Lean Training Georgia Institute of Technology Innovations Center
1997 - 2003 Roswell Women’s Club - Chairperson for the Education Scholarship Committee
1997 Emory University - Grant for development of an “Interdisciplinary Healthcare Informatics
Course for Nursing, Medical and Public Health Graduate Students” 1990 Academic
Computing Faculty Software Grant - City University of New York. Developed and programmed
a Hospital Information System prototype educational software that nursing students used to
learn about electronic health record systems. The software product won an award for the
best application developed by a faculty member at CUNY that year
1990 New York University - “Retrospective Study of Patients with AIDS” - Grant Director involved in
all aspects of the research design, public health data tool development and data analysis
Professional Associations
ANA - American Nurses Association
GNA - Georgia Nurses Association
AACN - American Association of Critical Care Nurses
HIMSS - National & Georgia Chapter
ANIA - American Nursing Informatics Association
STTI - Sigma Theta Tau - Iota Chapter - Nursing Honor Society