Katherine "Kat" Collard, MS, RN-BC, NP
Chief Nursing Information Officer | ChristianaCare
Wilmington, DE, UNITED STATES
Katherine Collard is the chief nursing informatics officer at ChristianaCare, responsible for systems that directly impact nurses.
Biography
Katherine Collard is the chief nursing informatics officer at ChristianaCare, responsible for the strategy and implementation of IT systems that directly impact nurses. Collard led ChristianaCare’s release of an innovative tool called Moxi, a collaborative robot that can assist in the hospital by making deliveries and performing other non-clinical tasks so that nurses and other clinical staff can spend more time caring for patients. She has also led teams in improving documentation for nurses particularly around pressure injury identification on admission. This process led to a significant improvement in identification on admission avoiding significant penalties. The team has been shared this across the United States and Cerner (now Oracle) has adopted the process for their standard content.
Areas of Expertise (2)
Nursing Informatics
Technology implementor
Education (2)
Stony Brook University: MSN 2001
Russell Sage College: B.S., Nursing 1982
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Media Appearances (3)
Hospital Looks to ‘Cobot’ EHR Integration to Alleviate Nurse Burnout
EHR Intelligence online
2022-08-11
Nurses can call on the Moxi cobots to deliver or pick up supplies at specific locations through a kiosk, similar to calling an Uber, Katherine Collard, MS, RN-BC, NP, chief nursing informatics officer at ChristianaCare, told EHRIntelligence in an interview.
ChristianaCare rolls out 'cobots' to help nurses with nonclinical tasks
Health Care News online
2022-05-26
"When the Moxi cobots are fully integrated, we anticipate that they will complete up to 200 delivery tasks a day," said Katherine Collard, RN-BC, chief nursing informatics officer at ChristianaCare, in a statement. "By making point-to-point deliveries, Moxi can save nurses hours of time and thousands of steps."
Meet ‘Moxi’ – ChristianaCare Introduces Innovative Collaborative Robot to Give Nurses More Time to Deliver Care and
Bloomberg online
2022-05-24
“We are proud that the American Nurses Foundation has the confidence in bold nurse-led ideas that will lead to large-scale, replicable change,” said Katherine Collard, MS, RN-BC, chief nursing informatics officer at ChristianaCare.
Selected Honors & Awards (1)
Delaware’s Talented Top Nurses - Informatics, Delaware Today (professional)
2021
Event Appearances (3)
"Robotic Assistants: Experience Integrating Cobots with the EMR"
HIMSS Chicago
2023-04-21
"Nursing Forum: Supporting and Evolving the Delivery of Patient Care: Collaborative Robots and Healthcare"
HIMSS Nursing Forum Chicago
2023-04-17
"Innovative Robot Collaborates with Nurses to Improve Care Delivery"
ACHE Congress 2023 Chicago
2023-03-22
Research Grants (1)
Reimagining Nursing Initiative Technology-Enabled Nursing Practice
American Nurses Foundation
