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AMIA 2022 Clinical Informatics Conference - Classify Your Proposal

Topics and Keywords

The AMIA 2022 Clinical Informatics Conference will be organized around six Topic Areas and 69 Keywords. 

  • Care delivery models
  • Data use in support of payer negotiations and contracting 
  • Cross-organization partnerships including public-private partnerships
  • Population health
  • Coordination across the continuum of care
  • D2C and B2C strategies
  • Informatics Response to COVID-19
  • Patient-Generated Data / Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs)
  • Hospital at home
  • Connected care in the home

  • Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
  • Co-production/Co-Design
  • Clinical Process Automation
  • Clinician Burnout
  • Consumer and Patient Engagement
  • Cross Setting Collaboration
  • Documentation Burden
  • EHR Implementation and Optimization
  • Human Factors Testing
  • Usability and Measuring User Experience
  • Workflow Efficiency

  • Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
  • Adaptive Clinical Decision Support
  • Algorithmovigilance/algorithmic bias 
  • Big Data
  • Data Governance 
  • Data Science
  • Data Visualization
  • Precision Health and Genomics
  • Risk Measurement

  • Bridging Analytics, Bedside Care, Clinical Documentation, and Education
  • Generating Evidence for Care Improvement
  • Clinical informatics organizational models
  • Clinical Content and IT Project Governance 
  • Environmental Health and the Exposome
  • High Reliability Organizations (HRO)/Lean organizations
  • Interprofessional Collaboration 
  • Learning Health System
  • Patient Safety 
  • Public Heath Surveillance and Reporting
  • Quality Measures and eCQMs / Quality Improvement
  • Social Determinants of Health

  • Cloud Computing and Storage
  • Data and Network Security
  • Digital Therapeutics
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Disruptive and Innovative Technologies 
  • Health Information Exchange (HIE)
  • Health IT Standards (USCDI, FHIR®, SMART, etc.)
  • HIT Safety/EHR Unintended Consequences
  • Information Security/Cybersecurity
  • Interoperability
  • Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Mobile Health/mHealth/ Health apps
  • Remote Patient Monitoring Secure Communication
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth

  • Affordable Care Act (ACA)
  • Alternative Payment Models (APM)
  • 21st Century Cures
  • CMS Promoting Interoperability Program 
  • FDA Digital Health and Software as a Medical Device (SaMD)
  • Communication Strategies
  • Change Management
  • Data Privacy and Secondary Use
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues
  • Health IT Certification/CEHRT
  • HIPAA, PHI, EHI
  • Leadership development

Categories of Submission

The types of submissions considered for the AMIA 2022 Clinical Informatics Conference and general requirements for each are listed on these pages. All submissions must conform to the format and presentation requirements described herein, and on the AMIA 2022 Clinical Informatics Conference submission site.

The same submission may not be submitted in different presentation types in hopes that one of them will be accepted. In such instances, all will be rejected without review.

IMPORTANT! Deviation from the prescribed format, especially the number of pages, will result in rejection of the submission without review. Please see the submission templates (Word, PDF)for reference.

  • Either 2 hours or 4 hours in length with 15-30 minutes for break.
  • Emphasis on hands-on instruction to improve attendees’ understanding or performance in specified area.
  • Include at least one outcomes-based learning objective within submission form (this objective should describe what the learner will be able to do, or do better, as a result of attending your session and using the tool or strategy you present).
  • Your submission must include a summary of 250 to 300 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
  • All presenters must complete disclosure of relevant financial relationships with commercial interests prior to the conference 
  • Your uploaded workshop submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 4 page (8.5x11 inch) document using this template as a model, and must include:
  • An indication of the suggested length of the workshop (2 or 4 hours)
  • The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state/province, and country, if outside of the U.S.) of all instructors. List the authors exactly the way you want them to appear in the Online. 
  • An outline of topics to be covered
  • An indication of the level or combination of levels of the content (percentage of basic, intermediate, and advanced material covered)
  • What action the attendee will be able to take to improve his/her practice as an outcome of attendance
  • Tool(s) the workshop offers to help attendees achieve this skill
  • A description of prerequisites, if any
  • Instructor’s experience teaching similar content

  • Either 15 or 18 minutes in length. Q&A included in this time. Final length of time is determined by the SPC.
  • Acceptable models for presentations may be an individual or joint presentation, however only one presenter will receive the discounted author registration rate.
  • Include at least one outcomes-based learning objective within submission form (this objective should describe what the learner will be able to do, or do better, as a result of attending your session and using the tool or strategy you present).
  • Your submission must include a summary of 50 to 75 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
  • Submissions cannot be under consideration or previously presented at other conferences.
  • All presenters must complete disclosure of relevant financial relationships with commercial interests prior to the conference. 
  • Your uploaded presentation submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 2-page (8.5 x 11 inch) document using this template as a model, and must include:
  • The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if not U.S. based) of all authors
  • Title of the presentation, description of the problem or gap; methods; results; discussion; conclusion; and Attendee’s Take-away Tool
  • The Attendee Take-away Tool is a description of what the attendee can “take away” from the presentation, what they can take back to their work place and use to improve their practice of clinical informatics. This further emphasizes the applied aspect of the submissions to this conference
  • The second page may be used for figures or tables, references, and to let us know if you incorporated into your project anything specific that you learned from a previous AMIA meeting of online training

  • 1 hour in length, Q&A included in this time.
  • Panel (4 individuals with one moderator) presentation by several individuals.
  • Panels may be didactic or interactive.
  • Include at least one outcomes-based learning objective within submission form (this objective should describe what the learner will be able to do, or do better, as a result of attending your session and using the tool or strategy you present).
  • Your submission must include a summary of 150 to 200 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
  • All panelists must complete disclosure of relevant financial relationships with commercial interests prior to the conference. 
  • Your uploaded panel submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 3 page (8.5 x 11 inch) document using this template as a model, and include:
    • The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if not U.S. based) of the panel organizer and all participants.
    • A general description of the panel and the issue(s) that will be examined and a brief description of each panelist's presentation.
    • A list of possible discussion questions to enhance audience participation.
    • An explanation why the topic of this session is timely, urgent, needed, or attention- grabbing.
    • A statement from the panel organizer that all participants have agreed to take part on the panel.
  • Possible panel topics include:
    • Discussion of a topic of emerging importance to the applied clinical informatics community.
    • Exploration of experiences including challenges in professional collaboration, unintended consequences, ethical dilemmas, or legal judgments because of the application of clinical informatics.
    • Exploration of novel technologies or applications that have the potential to be disruptive to the science or application of clinical informatics.
    • Discussion of political, societal, ethical aspects of health information technology, clinical informatics, or recent technical developments.
       

  • Attendees will have five minutes to talk on a subject accompanied by automatically advancing slides.
  • An individual may be a first author of only one submission for an ignite-style talk.
  • Talks will be timely, provocative, and creative – addressing a hot topic in clinical informatics. For example, the presentation can:
    • Describe research or an activity
    • Tell a story
    • Promote a new program
      • Advocate for a policy initiative
    • Illustrate a lesson learned
      • Offer a strong opinion
    • Provide advice

Ignite Format Rules:

  • Your Ignite talk will contain exactly 20 slides, 15 seconds each, automatically advanced.
  • You must use the Ignite PowerPoint slide template provided by AMIA.
  • After your presentation, a moderator will facilitate a brief dialogue with the audience and move to the next presentation.
  • Ignite-style talks will be pre-loaded on a laptop, and you will be required to submit a final version of your presentation slides in advance.
  • For samples of both how to give an Ignite-style talk and for examples see:
  • The uploaded submission must be formatted to fit a one-page (8.5 x 11 inch) document and must include:
    • The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if international) of all authors.
    • A description of your presentation and an outline of your talk.
    • Your submission must include a summary of 50 to 75 words that describes the content of the presentation. This summary does NOT have to be part of the submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
       

  • Each accepted poster is displayed during one of the two designated poster sessions and at least one author must be present during the session. If accepted, the submitting author will be notified the session which the poster will be presented will be included in the acceptance notification.
  • Accepted posters will be presented on poster board which are 8’ high by 4’ wide.
  • An individual may be a first author of only one submission for a poster presentation.
  • We encourage use of the format below for Fellows in ACGME clinical informatics fellowship programs, nursing informatics trainees, and other clinical informatics professionals,
  • Your uploaded poster submission must be formatted to fit on a maximum of a 1 page (8.5 x 11 inch) document using this template as a model, and must include:
    • The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if not U.S. based) of all authors.
    • A description of the problem addressed and specific purposes of the system, service, or project; or (in the case of original research) an overview of the methodology, evaluation results, and conclusions
    • Optional illustrations (figures or tables), which must fit in the one-page limit.
    • References, if applicable 
  • Your submission must include a summary of 50 to 75 words that describes the content of the panel. This summary does NOT have to be part of the 8.5x11 submission PDF but must be entered on the submission form in the Abstract box in Step 1. This description will be used in AMIA’s online program schedule and mobile app.
     

Systems demonstrations illustrate one or more aspects of a leading-edge system that is in use, under development, or at a testing or prototype stage. Each demonstration is 20 minutes long, with an additional 10 minutes for audience questions and comments.

An individual may be a first author of only one proposal for a systems demonstration.
Your uploaded systems demonstration manuscript file must be submitted as a one-page (U.S. Letter; 8.5 x 11 inch) document using this template as a model and must include:

  • The names, academic degree(s), affiliations, and locations (city, state, and country, if international) of all presenters
  • An abstract of 50-75 words summarizing the proposal, which will also be entered into a text box at the beginning of the online form to be used in the online and print programs. The abstract does NOT have to be part of the document, but must be entered on the submission website in the Abstract box in Step 2. (Please DO NOT copy and paste the entire one-page document into that box)
  • A description of the specific purposes of the system, service, or project; the problems in health care practice, biomedicine, or research in informatics that it is designed to address; and the purpose or features of the system, service, or project that make it particularly innovative
  • A statement of the degree to which the system or service has been deployed, as of the date of submitting the proposal

The format of credentials and other author information appearing in the online and printed materials is subject to revision by the AMIA office. It is the responsibility of the first author of each proposal to provide full and accurate information about all co-authors on the submission.
 

Industry Submissions

Industry-authored and industry-client collaborative presentations, panels, ignite-style talks, and posters are welcome for submission as described above. No special submission designation is required. All industry submissions will be considered according to the standard review process. Industry submissions should not market and promote a specific product or company.

Submission Process and Deadlines

All proposals must be submitted through the submission site in accordance with the following deadline: November 30, 2021, 11:59 p.m. EDT. There will be no exceptions.

For all submission categories, you will need to complete the online form as instructed and upload your abstract file in compliance with directions provided in this document. Decisions for all formats will be announced in mid-February.