Dear Dr.Dunn:
On behalf of AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for
information. AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics
and is dedicated to the development and application of informatics in support of patient care […]
Re: ONC’s Request for Comments (RFC) about the Proposed Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan
Dear Dr. Mostashari:
On behalf of AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for comments. AMIA is the professional home for biomedical […]
Dear Ms. Roper,
On behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for information (RFI). AMIA thanks the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) and the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) for […]
Dear Dr. Buehler,
On behalf of AMIA (the American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for comments. AMIA thanks the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Surveillance and Informatics […]
The draft plan establishes PHSIPO's vision, identifies key priorities, and defines strategies to advance the science and practice of public health surveillance and informatics.
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109–41,42 U.S.C. 299b–21–b–26, provides for the formation of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and analyze confidential information regarding the quality and safety of health care delivery. The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Final Rule […]
The Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) submit ted a letter of support for the comments developed by the AMIA Nursing Informatics (NI) Working Group (NIWG) to the National Quality Forum (NQF) on the Quality Data Model (QDM).
Quality measurement is a critical element of the strategy to improve the quality of care delivered in the U.S. health care system. Until recently, quality measurement relied almost exclusively on the use of electronic claims data, manual chart abstraction, and patient surveys. However, there has been enormous, recent growth in […]