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AMIA Supports CMS Efforts to Reduce Documentation Burden, Streamline MIPS and Advance Patient Data Access
September 10, 2018
Nation’s clinical informatics professionals call on CMS to leverage ‘passive data collection’ to improve clinical documentation using health IT (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded federal officials for aligning physician and hospital EHR requirements
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AMIA Applauds ABPM Policy Change
August 16, 2018
On August 16, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced a policy change, reducing the burden for diplomates recertifying in Clinical Informatics (CI). Effective January 1, 2019, CI diplomates certified by the ABPM will no longer be required to maintain their primary certification in order to recertify in their
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AMIA Supports Draft Federal Data Strategy
July 31, 2018
Investment in digital infrastructure and workforce are key to improving fed’s digital strategy, informatics professionals note BETHESDA, MD – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) sent a set of recommendations to the federal government last week, commenting on its Draft Federal Data Strategy. The nation’s health informatics professionals largely supported
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As Health Goes Digital, Informatics Goes Professional
July 16, 2018
AMIA recognizes excellence in the use of informatics in practice with new Fellows program BETHESDA, MD – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today the launch of the Fellow of AMIA (FAMIA) Applied Informatics Recognition Program – a new program meant to recognize members who apply informatics skills and
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AMIA Urges CMS to Focus on Health IT Improvement Activities in Hospital Payment Rule
June 25, 2018
Nation’s clinical informatics professionals call on CMS to chart a course towards ending prescriptive measurement of health IT use (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded federal officials for balancing burden reduction provisions with a
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Suzanne Bakken, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, named new Editor-in-Chief of JAMIA, AMIA’s flagship informatics journal
June 5, 2018
BETHESDA, MD — The Board of Directors of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today the selection of Suzanne Bakken, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, as the new Editor-in-Chief of the AMIA peer-reviewed informatics journal, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ( JAMIA). Dr. Bakken, is the Alumni Professor
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AMIA Establishes New Fellow Recognition Program
May 9, 2018
Fellows of AMIA to recognize leading professionals who apply informatics tools and methods to improve practice SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today the establishment of the Fellow of AMIA (FAMIA) Professional Recognition Program – a new program meant to recognize applied informatics professionals who directly
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AMIA Statement on Delayed Human Subjects Rule
April 19, 2018
The following statement was released today by Jeff Smith, MPP, Vice President of Public Policy, AMIA, in regards to the delayed Human Subjects Rule by HHS: AMIA does not support this NPRM as written. The decision to set an effective date of July 2018 for only the “three burden-reducing 2018
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AMIA Cautions Against Paid Prioritization
April 17, 2018
Nation’s health informatics experts see broadband as social determinant of health, argue for use of exemptions BETHESDA, MD – In comments submitted to the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) urged lawmakers to view broadband access as a social determinant of
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AMIA Outlines Priorities for NIH Data Science Strategy
April 3, 2018
Nation’s health informatics professionals emphasize the need for FAIR – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable – data practices across all National Institutes of Health grants BETHESDA, MD – In comments submitted yesterday, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) called on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to declare that all