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13 Fellows to be Inducted into American College of Medical Informatics
October 13, 2020
Following their recent election, 13 new Fellows will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) at ceremonies during the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium. AMIA’s Annual Symposium is the largest informatics event worldwide. The Symposium presents leading-edge scientific research on biomedical and health
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AMIA Announces 2020 Signature Award and Leadership Award Recipients
October 12, 2020
Informatics leaders recognized for accomplishments in practice and research, health policy, nursing informatics, visionary and transformative thought leadership, and significant scholarly contribution. The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is proud to announce the 2020 Signature Award and Leadership Award recipients. The leaders will be presented with their awards at the
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Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD, FACMI, to be Awarded Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence at the AMIA 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium
October 8, 2020
BETHESDA, MD – The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) will present the 2020 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence to Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD, FACMI, Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, during the Opening Session of the AMIA
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AMIA Urges FTC to Expand Purview of Health Breach Notification Rule
August 24, 2020
Nation’s clinical informatics experts urge FTC to address ‘data syphoning’ phenomenon, while noting inability of consumers to report data breaches. In comments submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) recommended the agency subject username/password information to its Health Breach Notification (HBN) Rule and expand
President's Message
Update from July 2020 Board of Directors Meeting
August 12, 2020
I hope you are well. To maintain transparency between AMIA leadership and the AMIA membership, I would like to provide a brief update about what is happening at AMIA. There are a few key items I would like to report to you from our Board of Directors meeting last month
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Op-ed: An Open Letter from the American Medical Informatics Association and the American College of Medical Informatics Regarding the Availability and Use of Public Health Data During the COVID-19 Pandemic
July 21, 2020
The United States is a global leader in health care. When we face national and global threats to our public’s health, our most important defense is the fortitude and resilience of the American people, and the incredible ingenuity of our scientific experts – powered by data and information. Just as
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An Open Letter from the American Medical Informatics Association and the American College of Medical Informatics Regarding Public Health Reporting Deficiencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic
July 19, 2020
As the number of Americans infected with the novel coronavirus edges closer to 100,000 per day, we must draw attention to a fundamental deficiency in our collective response to the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2: Policymakers at all levels of government – from local to state to federal – lack even the
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Announcing the AMIA 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium
June 30, 2020
After thoughtfully considering many different options and ideas, AMIA has made the decision to shift our live AMIA 2020 Annual Symposium to a virtual event. We know that many of our members and attendees work in health care environments and are directly impacted and involved in COVID-19 relief efforts. We
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Announcing: AMIA 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium
June 30, 2020
After thoughtfully considering many different options and ideas, AMIA has made the decision to shift our live AMIA 2020 Annual Symposium to a virtual event. We know that many of our members and attendees work in health care environments and are directly impacted and involved in COVID-19 relief efforts. We
Announcing the AMIA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force
June 19, 2020
In the passing weeks, I have heard from many of you expressing urgent concerns about systemic racism in our society. I have heard your calls for a change in America, our informatics community, and our health care system. AMIA shares your concerns and your sense of urgency. We agree we