The TIGER Summit identified numerous objectives related to the education of nurses and the respective development of faculty, which are listed below.  Emphasis was placed on the need for more nursing informatics specialists.  These issues were raised in a variety of venues, including HRSA meetings and conferences. Based on the TIGER Summit Summary Report, the following specific objectives were set for the TIGER Education and Faculty Development collaborative:

·         Use the informatics competencies, theories, research, and practice examples throughout nursing curriculums.

·         Create programs and resources to develop faculty with informatics knowledge, skill and ability and measure the baseline and changes in informatics knowledge among nurse educators and nursing students.

·         Develop a task force to examine the integration of informatics throughout the curriculum.

·         Develop strategies to recruit, retain, and educate current and future nurses in the areas of informatics education, practice, and research.

·         Improve and expand existing Nursing/Clinical/Health Informatics education programs.

·         Encourage existing Health Services Resources Administration Division of Nursing to continue and expand their support for informatics specialty programs and faculty development.

·         Encourage foundations to start programs that provide funding for curriculum development, research, and practice in nursing informatics and IT adoption.

·         Collaborate with industry and service partners to support faculty creativity in the adoption of informatics technology and offer informatics tools within the curriculum.

The TIGER Education and Faculty Development team was successful in raising awareness in the academic community for the need to include informatics competencies in all nursing school curriculum.  Both U.S. accrediting bodies supported this position and updated their recommendations accordingly.  Several grants are now available to advance faculty development programs to integrate the teaching about technology within nursing programs.  Several states took the lead to bring together stakeholders and develop a state-wide plan to enhance the access and education related to HIT.  The team also completed surveys of State Boards of Nursing and Associate Degree Programs to identify the extent HIT is included within their curriculum and licensing criteria today.  Many of these collaborative efforts will continue their work for the next several years, facilitated by new stimulus opportunities and the federal emphasis on enhancing the HIT workforce.