AMIA comments on the proposed rule which implements the initial stage of incentive funding for meaningful use (MU) of certified EHR technology. AMIA strongly believes that three principles are essential to achieving meaningful use of certified EHR technology: 1) we must invest in people, as well as technology; 2) users […]
AMIA’s testimony to the HIT Policy Committee, Adoption/Certification Workgroup, discusses potential unintended consequences of health information technology (HIT) and HIT policy, as well as effective options for addressing them. AMIA and its task force offer several recommendations that involve unintended consequences and conjure questions from previous observations in identifying safety […]
AMIA NIWG submits statement to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the future of nursing. NIWG recognizes the importance of increasing the nursing workforce and to prepare them to meet the educational challenges of implementing HIT on a grand scale. They embrace several […]
AMIA comments on the interim final rule, which amends the enforcement regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to conform to the revisions made pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) for which the Secretary may impose a […]
AMIA comments on the proposed rule to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). AMIA supports the inclusion in the HIPAA Privacy Rule to prohibit against the use of genetic information for underwriting purposes. Covered entities (CE) would use genetic information only to benefit the individual and not for […]
AMIA comments on the Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information Interim final rule. AMIA supports ARRA’s definition of breach but offers suggestions for amendment. The comment also discusses the kinds of triggers the notification obligation CEs have to determine in order to report to individuals of compromised PHI.
AMIA comments on the HIT Policy Committee Certification/Adoption Workgroup Hearings concerning EHR Certification and Meaningful Use. AMIA strongly believes that EHR implementation success requires a mix of organizational, behavioral, cognitive, and social factors in addition to the technology itself, and offers recommendations. Recommendations include quality and performance measurements, improvements and […]
AMIA comments on the “Guidance Specifying the Technologies and Methodologies That Render Protected Health Information Unusable, Unreadable, or Indecipherable to Unauthorized Individuals for Purposes of the Breach Notification Requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. AMIA promulgates several concerns that include the exclusion of the limited data […]
Joint AMIA/AHIMA letter to Chairman Stark regarding including provisions of HR 1467, the "10,000 Trained by 2010 Act," in HR 6898, the "Health-e Information Technology Act."
Letter to Chairman Dingell and Ranking Member Barton regarding H.R 6357, the "Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing Communication through Healthcare Technology Act.