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The Washington Download - Vol. 9 Issue 9

May 6, 2024
Top News Watch the AMIA 2024 Virtual Hill Day Recap Webinar Recording Missed the webinar? You can watch a recording of the AMIA Public Policy team and participants sharing information about the connections and progress made, along with experiences from AMIA’s first-ever Virtual Hill Day. You will learn what this
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The Washington Download - Vol. 9 Issue 8

April 22, 2024
Top News AMIA 2024 Virtual Hill Day Recap Webinar April 23, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET Please join the AMIA Public Policy team to hear about the connections and progress made, along with experiences from AMIA's first-ever Virtual Hill Day. During the webinar, you will learn what this means for
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The Washington Download - Vol. 9 Issue 7

April 8, 2024
Top News AMIA's First-ever Virtual Hill Day On April 2 and April 3, AMIA came together to discuss ensuring responsible AI integration in healthcare and the reduction of documentation burden and access increase. AMIA members met with approximately 40 Congressional members from the AI Task Force, Senate HELP and Finance
Press Release

AMIA Sponsors First-ever Virtual Hill Day

April 5, 2024
Washington, DC – This week, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) hosted its first-ever AMIA Virtual Hill Day , taking member leaders to see approximately 40 federal legislative offices. On April 2 and April 3, AMIA member experts came together to discuss ensuring responsible AI integration in healthcare and the
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The Washington Download - Vol. 9 Issue 6

March 25, 2024
Top News NLM Webinar Introducing the Dataset Catalog AMIA will be co-hosting a webinar with the National Library for Medicine (NLM) on the beta version of the Dataset Catalog on April 8 at 2:00 p.m. ET. The Dataset Catalog is intended to improve the discoverability and reuse of research data
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The Washington Download - Vol. 9 Issue 5

March 11, 2024
Top News Department of Justice Releases ANPRM: Provisions Regarding Access to Americans' Bulk Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern The National Security Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a proposed rule open to comment reviewing what are the necessary measures to protect access of
President's Message

Special Message from the President - March 2024

March 6, 2024
It is my pleasure to be writing you as the new President and Board Chair of AMIA. Our organization means a great deal to me. Like many of you, I have learned and grown within AMIA as my professional home, as well as served along with many of you to

AMIA Announces Departure of CEO and Appointment of Interim CEO

February 28, 2024
Washington, D.C., February 28, 2024 – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announces that Tanya Tolpegin, CEO, has departed the organization. Ms. Tolpegin has served in this role since 2021. The Board of Directors of AMIA is focused on continuing its mission to lead the way in transforming health care
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The Washington Download - Vol. 9 Issue 4

February 26, 2024
Top News AMIA Win! AHRQ Releases Technical Brief on Documentation Burden for Comment Through the hard work by members of the AMIA 25x5 Task Force , the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s (AHRQ) Effective Health Care Program released a technical brief on documentation burden describing the concept and how
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The Washington Download - Vol. 9 Issue 3

February 12, 2024
Top News ONC HTI-1 Final Rule Effective Date Moved to March 11 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) changed the HTI-1 Final Rule or Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing, from January 9 to March 11, 2024. HTI-1

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