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Top News AMIA Updates the Public Policy Principles The AMIA Public Policy Committee (PPC) took on a nine-month endeavor to future-proof the AMIA Public Policy Principles through 2029. This is a living document that may be edited/updated as needed. PPC uses these principles regularly to assess how to respond to

WASHINGTON, DC – The American Medical Informaticians Association (AMIA) is proud to announce the 2024 Signature Awards recipients. The following leaders will receive their awards at the AMIA 2024 Annual Symposium in San Francisco during the State of the Association meeting on November 12. The AMIA Signature Awards program recognizes

Top News AMIA Comments on ASTP/ONC HTI-2 Proposed Rule AMIA submitted the organization’s comment letter to the Assistant Secretary of Technology Policy (ASTP)/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology’s (ONC) Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public Health Interoperability (HTI-2) Proposed Rule. AMIA’s recommendations

Dear Colleague, Thank you for helping AMIA to have such a productive and exciting year so far. I would like to update you on some important progress and news which position us well for an exciting close to 2024! AMIA Connect launch In late August, after significant preparation and testing

Top News AMIA Hosts ASTP/ONC Webinar on HTI-2 Proposed Rule Tuesday, October 1, 12:00-1:00 pm ET AMIA is hosting the Assistant Secretary of Technology Policy (ASTP)/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) this week on the Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Patient Engagement, Information Sharing, and Public

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

Top News AMIA 25x5 Task Force Policy and Advocacy Workstream Webinar October 2, 12:00-1:00 pm ET Please join the Policy and Advocacy (P&A) Workstream of the AMIA 25x5 Task Force to learn more about recent major wins and what has been accomplished this year. Members of the workstream will speak

On August 22, we sent a message to members sharing AMIA’s position based on the advice of legal counsel and leadership. Since then, the labor union representing hotel workers within the properties of major chains including Hilton, Marriott, and Hyatt did not reach an agreement and are now on strike

Top News AMIA Comments on NIH Draft Public Access Policy RFI AMIA responded to the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) latest request for information (RFI) regarding its draft Public Access Policy. A follow up from last year’s RFI, AMIA reiterated comments on the proposed reduction of the 12-month embargo period