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Today, after careful consideration and based on recent reports from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) about the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), we are announcing the cancellation of the AMIA 2020 Informatics Summit, which is scheduled to take place in Houston, Texas, March 23-26. Our

Today, after careful consideration and based on recent reports from the Centers of Disease Control (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) about the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), we are announcing the cancellation of the AMIA 2020 Informatics Summit, which is scheduled to take place in Houston, Texas, March 23-26. Our

As the AMIA Board Chair, I am honored and privileged to represent your community and your needs to the AMIA Board. Clinical informatics is an integral piece of our profession, and I look forward to working with each of you as we continue to transform healthcare through the advancement of

I want to take this opportunity to introduce myself as your new Board Chair. For those who don’t know me, my name is Patti Dykes, and I am honored and privileged to represent you, the AMIA membership. As you know, informatics is a dynamic field. We all came to informatics

Nation’s health informatics experts urge NIH to dramatically revise draft data management and sharing policy to maximize the value of scientific data BETHESDA, MD – Last week the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) warned the National Institutes of Health (NIH) that its proposed data management and sharing policy would be

Nation’s clinical informatics experts urge FDA to take further steps to understand what kinds of CDS are currently used and planned for development across healthcare delivery organizations. On December 26, AMIA offered comments on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) second iteration of its guidance for regulating clinical decision

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announces the departure of President and CEO Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, FAMIA, effective January 1, 2020. Fridsma had served in the role since 2014. “Doug’s leadership as AMIA’s longest serving CEO over the past five years has resulted in significant positive

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals offer several new areas where Congress can advance digital health and biomedical research In comments sent to Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Fred Upton (R-MI), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) strongly supported the idea of a follow-up to the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures 2.0)

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals tells NIH there are several ways to advance FHIR In comments submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) recommended that the institutes devote substantial resources to develop a strategy and a framework for FHIR research and development (R&D) to

The following statement was released today by Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, AMIA President and CEO, regarding the NIH Data Sharing Policy: With the private sector advancing data sharing and interoperability, AMIA is disappointed with the recently proposed NIH data sharing policy. This policy represents a step backwards