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Washington DC – A new scoping review titled " Defining Documentation Burden (DocBurden) and Excess DocBurden for All Health Professionals" was published in the journal Applied Clinical Informatics. This comprehensive review, authored by AMIA 25x5 Task Force members Deborah Levy, MD, MPH, MS, Jennifer Withall, PhD, and colleagues, marks a

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Medical Informaticians Association (AMIA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Edward H. Shortliffe Doctoral Dissertation Award. Alice Tang, PhD, of the University of California, San Francisco, received the First Prize award with her dissertation titled " Leveraging Clinical Data and Knowledge Networks

Washington, DC – Twenty-five new Fellows will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics ( ACMI) on November 10 at a ceremonial dinner during the 2024 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium. New Fellows are elected annually to the College by active members of ACMI. AMIA's  Annual

WASHINGTON, DC – The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) will present the 2024 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence to Atul Butte, MD, PhD, FACMI, on November 10 during the Opening Session of the AMIA 2024 Annual Symposium, November 9-13 in San Francisco. In honor of Morris F. Collen

Washington, DC – At the AMIA 2024 Clinical Informatics Conference in Minneapolis, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) released the results of the AMIA 25x5 Task Force’s first-ever TrendBurden Pulse Survey. The inaugural TrendBurden results provide a baseline and mark a significant step in addressing the excessive clinical documentation burden

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 reduction

NEW ORLEANS, LA - Nov 15, 2023 – GuidedOR™, a first-to-market real-time medication safety software platform for the operating room, was awarded First Place at the AMIA/HL7® FHIR® App Competition at the 2023 AMIA Annual Symposium. The competition, sponsored in part by Leap of Faith Technologies, showcases the best and

Washington, DC – For a second year in a row, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) hosted the National Burden Reduction Collaborative (NBRC), during the AMIA 2023 Annual Symposium, November 11-15, in collaboration with the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems and the Alliance for Nursing Informatics. The NBRC

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is proud to announce the 2023 AMIA Leadership Award recipients. The leaders will be presented with their awards at the Opening Session, November 12 during the AMIA 2023 Annual Symposium in New Orleans. AMIA’s Annual Symposium is the largest informatics event

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced the 2024 class of 84 Fellows of AMIA (FAMIA) in the FAMIA Applied Informatics Recognition Program. They were selected by a committee of 38 reviewers and will join a community of 526 current FAMIA inductees. FAMIA recognizes AMIA member professionals