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Washington, D.C., February 28, 2024 – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announces that Tanya Tolpegin, CEO, has departed the organization. Ms. Tolpegin has served in this role since 2021. The Board of Directors of AMIA is focused on continuing its mission to lead the way in transforming health care

Top News AMIA Win! AHRQ Releases Technical Brief on Documentation Burden for Comment Through the hard work by members of the AMIA 25x5 Task Force, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program released a technical brief on documentation burden describing the concept and how it

Top News ONC HTI-1 Final Rule Effective Date Moved to March 11 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) changed the HTI-1 Final Rule or Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing, from January 9 to March 11, 2024. HTI-1

Top News 2023 Public Policy Year-in-Review AMIA’s 2023 summary of progress in public policy is now available! Looking back, AMIA engaged more members in public policy, expanded AMIA’s network among public and private healthcare stakeholders, and established member-validated public policy “North Star” priorities for the next several years. In 2023

Happy New Year! As we begin 2024, I wanted to thank all AMIA members for the opportunity to serve this fantastic organization as I transition into the Past President role. We have had an amazing year, with growth of individual and organizational memberships and record-setting scientific meetings! I enjoyed seeing

Top News ONC Final Rule Updates Health IT Certification for Interoperability and Addresses Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithm Transparency On January 9, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) released their final rule HTI-1 or Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing. HTI-1 implements the

Top News HHS Launches First Five QHINs Kicking Off TEFCA’s Health Data-Sharing Initiative On December 12, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) named the first five organizations that joined the nationwide data-sharing initiative. The first five Qualified Health Information Networks (QHINs)™ are Epic Nexus, eHealth Exchange, Health Gorilla

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Nov 15, 2023 – GuidedOR™, a first-to-market real-time medication safety software platform for the operating room, was awarded First Place at the AMIA/HL7® FHIR® App Competition at the 2023 AMIA Annual Symposium. The competition, sponsored in part by Leap of Faith Technologies, showcases the best and

Top News Congress Seeks to Understand AI in Health Care The House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on Wednesday, November 29, titled "Understanding How AI is Changing Health Care." The Hearing focused on real world AI success in health care and ensuring appropriate guardrails to deploy AI

Top News U.S. Playbook to Address Social Determinants of Health The Biden-Harris Administration is building on the work to advance health equity by creating the first playbook for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH). The White House, along with Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, have