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Josette Jones, PhD, RN, FAMIA, to Receive the 2026 Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of the Year Award AMIA's Academic Forum will present the Academic Forum Health Informatics Educator of the Year Award to Josette Jones, PhD, RN, FAMIA, during the State of the Association at the AMIA 2026 Annual

Top News for Informatics AMIA Recommends USCDI v7 Enhancements and Priorities for USCDI v8 AMIA submitted recommendations supporting USCDI v7’s expanded data classes and elements while identifying opportunities to improve clarity, implementation, and burden. For USCDI v8, AMIA recommends a transparent pathway for incorporating USCDI+ content, clearer implementation guidance, stronger

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is proud to announce the winners of the 2026 Edward H. Shortliffe Doctoral Dissertation Award. Tara V. Anand, PhD, Columbia University, received the First Prize award with her dissertation titled “Coarse Graphical Representations for Causal Inference with High-Dimensional Clinical Data.” Ran

22 new Fellows will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) on Sunday, November 8, 2026, at a celebration dinner during the 2026 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium. New Fellows are elected annually to the College by active members of ACMI. AMIA’s Annual Symposium brings

Top News for Informatics AMIA’s 2026 DC Policy Summit On September 14, AMIA convened its first in-person policy summit in seven years, Human Judgment in the Age of Clinical AI: Oversight That Protects Patients, in Washington, DC. The sold-out, one-day event featured National Academy of Medicine speakers and an industry

WASHINGTON, DC – The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) will present the 2026 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence to William “Bill” Hersh, MD, FACMI, FAMIA, FIAHSI, FACP, on November 8 during the opening session of AMIA’s Annual Symposium in Dallas. In honor of Morris F. Collen, an early

Top News for Informatics OpenAI Connects ChatGPT for Healthcare to Epic OpenAI announced Sept. 1 that ChatGPT for Healthcare can connect to Epic EHR data with authorization, alongside a Healthcare Public Data capability providing structured access to sources including PubMed, DailyMed and CMS Coverage. Federal Agencies FDA Explores Regulatory Framework

(WASHINGTON, DC) -- The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) congratulates Peter J. Embí, MD, MS, on his appointment as Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Embí will become the fifth director of the NLM since its establishment in 1956

The 2025 Journal Impact Factor results are in, and we’re celebrating substantial gains for both Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) and JAMIA Open. Journal Impact Factor measures how often papers are cited and along with other metrics such as views and downloads reflects the reach and influence

Top News for Informatics FDA Explores Regulatory Framework for Generative AI Medical Devices The FDA released a discussion paper seeking public feedback on a potential regulatory framework for generative AI-enabled medical devices. It addresses risk assessment, competency-based premarket evaluation, foundation models, agentic systems, and risk-proportionate post-market monitoring. For informaticians, the