Kylie Nissen, BBA
Kylie Nissen is the program coordinator for the Center for Rural Health (CRH) at the University of North Dakota (UND) School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks, ND.
In this position, she assists in the coordination of the activities for the State Office of Rural Health and also with the Center for Rural Health. Nissen is also part of the Vision, Opportunity and Inspiration through Civic Engagement (VOICE) program and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota rural health grant program.
Nissen previously served as the education coordinator for the Office of Continuing Medical Education and Outreach at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In that capacity, she provided program coordination of continuing medical education activities to physicians throughout North Dakota, arranged HIPAA certification to North Dakota high schools and community colleges, and instructed two undergraduate courses offered online to both college and high school students. Since November of 2004, Nissen has been the executive director of the North Dakota Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
A native North Dakotan, Nissen grew up in a rural community where her father was a farmer and her mother worked in pediatrics at Altru Health System in Grand Forks. She has her Bachelor of Business and Public Administration degree in information systems from the UND College of Business. She has been actively involved in showing horses since 1988 and keeps busy in the winter traveling to her little sister’s high school basketball games. Kylie will be married October 27, 2007 to Jory Nissen of Larimore, ND.
Established in 1980, the Center for Rural Health is one of the nation's most experienced rural health organizations. It has developed a full complement of programs to assist researchers, educators, policymakers, health care providers and, most importantly, rural residents to address changing rural environments by identifying and researching rural health issues, analyzing health policy, strengthening local capabilities, developing community-based alternatives, and advocating for rural concerns.
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Projects
Publications
- Connecting North Dakota for a Healthier Future, Dickson, L., Nissen, K., & Rodriguez, M., December 2008
The North Dakota Health Information Technology (HIT) report was developed on behalf of the North Dakota Health Information
Technology Steering Committee.
Presentations
- HIT 101: Connecting North Dakota for a Healthier Future
Presented by Nissen, K. on
Dec 13,
2008 at the state legislators, Bismarck, ND.
Kylie Nissen recently traveled to Bismarck to assist the ND Health Information Technology (HIT) Steerng Committee with a demonstration to legislators entitled "HIT 101: Connecting North Dakota for a Healthier Future." This meeting was held at the ND State Capitol in Bismarck on December 13th, 2009 to specifically give legilators an opportunity to gain information and ask questions on HIT, learn about the ND healthcare facilities' adoption of HIT, and view brief demonstrations on technology used in healthcare. HIT 101 is geared toward educating legislators on HIT so that they can make an informed decision when voting on a bill created by the HIT Steering Committee and sponsored by Senators Judy Lee and Larry Robinson that proposes a HIT grant progam and the establishment of an Office of Health Information Technology within the Department of Health. For more information on HIT in ND, go to http://ruralhealth.und.edu/projects/sorh/hit.php
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