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Thomas E. Piemme, MD, one of the founding leaders of the American College of Informatics (ACMI) and the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), passed away April 17, 2021, in Peoria, Ariz., near Phoenix. Tom taught at the University of Pittsburgh for some years before moving to Washington, D.C., in 1970

The work of AMIA members Daniel Fabbri, PhD, Cynthia Gadd, PhD, MBA, MS, and Adam Wright, PhD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) have earned the distinct privilege of being named as holders of endowed directorships. Fabbri was given the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) Directorship in Informatics Innovation. Gadd

Nation’s health and bioinformatics experts establish policy agenda for ‘Adaptive CDS’ The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) released a Board-approved position paper in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ( JAMIA), calling for new and flexible oversight mechanisms to ensure the safe, effective use of artificial intelligence (AI)

AMIA calls on CMS to establish novel funding models for medical education in clinical informatics Members of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Clinical Informatics Program Directors (CIPD) published a Policy Statement in the November issue of Applied Clinical Informatics, calling for federal funding reforms to support the subspecialty of

The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) have named six inaugural Distinguished Fellows who will be presented with their awards at ceremonies during the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium. This new recognition program aims to recognize senior Fellows who have made significant and sustained contributions to

New Fellows recognized for excellence in the use of informatics in practice The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced the 2021 class of 154 Fellows of AMIA (FAMIA) in the FAMIA Applied Informatics Recognition Program – a program meant to recognize AMIA members who apply informatics skills and knowledge within

Following their recent election, 13 new Fellows will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) at ceremonies during the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium. AMIA’s Annual Symposium is the largest informatics event worldwide. The Symposium presents leading-edge scientific research on biomedical and health

Informatics leaders recognized for accomplishments in practice and research, health policy, nursing informatics, visionary and transformative thought leadership, and significant scholarly contribution. The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is proud to announce the 2020 Signature Award and Leadership Award recipients. The leaders will be presented with their awards at the

BETHESDA, MD – The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) will present the 2020 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence to Isaac Kohane, MD, PhD, FACMI, Marion V. Nelson Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, during the Opening Session of the AMIA

Nation’s clinical informatics experts urge FTC to address ‘data syphoning’ phenomenon, while noting inability of consumers to report data breaches. In comments submitted to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) recommended the agency subject username/password information to its Health Breach Notification (HBN) Rule and expand