The American Nursing Informatics Association (ANIA) is the association of professional nurses and associates who:
ANIA Mission
To advance nursing informatics through education, research, and practice in all roles and settings.
ANIA Values
Advocacy, Inclusion, Innovation, Integrity, Quality
ANIA Vision
To be the organization of choice to advance nursing informatics.
ANIA as an organization originally founded in 1982 as the Capital Area Roundtable on Informatics in Nursing (CARING). CARING was developed and organized by nurses in 1982 as a non-profit undertaking to provide a forum for the advancement of automated healthcare information systems.