Dear Mr. Posnack: On behalf of AMIA (the American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for information (RFI). AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics and is dedicated to the development and application of informatics in support […]
Re: 45 CFR Part 162 [CMS–0040–P] RIN 0938–AQ13Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for ICD–10–CM and ICD–10–PCS Medical Data Code Sets
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC
Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security Boulevard Baltimore, MD
RE: 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, and 495 […]
Farzad Mostashari, MD
Office of the National Coordinator
Hubert H. Humphrey Building,
Suite 729D, 200 Independence Ave. SW.
Washington, DC 20201
Re: Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology, 2014 Edition; Revisions to the Permanent Certification Program for Health Information Technology
Dear Dr […]
AMIA and the NIWG submitted comments in response to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI’s) request for comments about its draft National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. PCORI was created to fund research that will give patients, caregivers, and clinicians more information to support health care decisions. AMIA thanked […]
Along with several other organizations, AMIA is participating in the Coalition for an Informed Patient Identity Integrity Solution. The Coalition is working to delete prohibiting language from the fiscal year 2012 Labor, HHS Appropriations bill, and to substitute language that would have HHS conduct a study of the health information […]
AMIA acknowledged NIST’s efforts to highlight the importance of usability testing for electronic health records (EHRs) through its issuance of the proposed guidance. AMIA expressed concerns about several aspects of the draft guidance including the following: a limited and narrow identification of EHR users; the need to consider more comprehensive […]
AMIA and its Nursing Informatics Working Group once again provided input to the National Quality Forum (NQF) during an open comment period to solicit input on NQF's Quality Data Model (QDM). In its comments, AMIA recognized the importance of having an information model that clearly defines concepts used in quality […]
This week AMIA submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to the a request for comments regarding Human Subject Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators (aka "the Common Rule").
Click below to read AMIA's comments.
AMIA recently issued comments in response to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance on mobile medical applications. In the comments, AMIA president Ted Shortliffe noted, among other things, the need for additional clarification, definitions, terms, and terminology in the guidance. Click below to read AMIA's full comments.