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The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) published a health equity Special Issue in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association’s ( JAMIA), “ Health Informatics and Health Equity: Improving our Reach and Impact.” This Special Issue, featuring 23 articles, highlights health informatics research that focuses on marginalized and underserved

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals support Draft 2 of TEFCA, while recommending modifications to improve stakeholder participation (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) largely supported several key changes in the Trusted Exchange Framework

Informatics experts commend FDA for leading a much-needed conversation on the emerging and highly-important topic BETHESDA, MD – In comments submitted this week to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s informatics professionals applauded the agency for developing a regulatory Modification Framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)-based

Informatics experts call for new Innovation Center funding models to foster the growth of advanced clinical informatics professionals and Board-certified Clinical Informaticians BETHESDA, MD – In comments submitted today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the nation’s informatics professionals recommended a phased approach for making payer and

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals also urge ONC to protect patient privacy and security in emerging API-driven environment (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded ONC on its thoughtful and faithful translation of

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals highlight patient-generated health data, a need for infrastructure and governance frameworks for interoperability In comments submitted last week to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (NITRD), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) supported their future vision for interoperability among

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals highlight opportunities to update HIPAA in an age of digital healthcare delivery (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted today to the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) recommended that the Office ensure that HIPAA

The following statement was released today by Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, AMIA President and CEO: AMIA and the informatics community support the “ Everybody has Responsibilities” campaign, which highlights the ongoing need to ensure the safety and safe use of health IT. As articulated in our Health

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals highlight opportunities to leverage informatics tools and methodologies to reduce provider documentation burden In comments submitted yesterday to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) recommended that

Nation’s health and biomedical informatics professionals announce 2019 initiative to build on these recommendations and better operationalize scientific discovery for patient care The U.S. must accelerate efforts to better align clinical research and clinical care to optimize our national investment in health information technology, according to a new paper from