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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 2018 Signature Award and Leadership Award recipients. The leaders will receive their awards at the AMIA 2018

BETHESDA, MD – The American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) will present the 2018 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence to Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), during the Opening Session of the AMIA 2018 Annual Symposium in San Francisco. AMIA’s Annual Symposium

(BETHESDA, MD) — Following their recent election, 18 new Fellows will be inducted into the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) on November 4 at ceremonies during the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) 2018 Annual Symposium. AMIA’s Annual Symposium is the premier informatics event. The symposium presents leading-edge scientific research

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals call on CMS to leverage ‘passive data collection’ to improve clinical documentation using health IT (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded federal officials for aligning physician and hospital EHR requirements

On August 16, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced a policy change, reducing the burden for diplomates recertifying in Clinical Informatics (CI). Effective January 1, 2019, CI diplomates certified by the ABPM will no longer be required to maintain their primary certification in order to recertify in their

Investment in digital infrastructure and workforce are key to improving fed’s digital strategy, informatics professionals note BETHESDA, MD – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) sent a set of recommendations to the federal government last week, commenting on its Draft Federal Data Strategy. The nation’s health informatics professionals largely supported

AMIA recognizes excellence in the use of informatics in practice with new Fellows program BETHESDA, MD – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today the launch of the Fellow of AMIA (FAMIA) Applied Informatics Recognition Program – a new program meant to recognize members who apply informatics skills and

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals call on CMS to chart a course towards ending prescriptive measurement of health IT use (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded federal officials for balancing burden reduction provisions with a

BETHESDA, MD — The Board of Directors of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today the selection of Suzanne Bakken, RN, PhD, FAAN, FACMI, as the new Editor-in-Chief of the AMIA peer-reviewed informatics journal, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association ( JAMIA). Dr. Bakken, is the Alumni Professor

Fellows of AMIA to recognize leading professionals who apply informatics tools and methods to improve practice SCOTTSDALE, AZ – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today the establishment of the Fellow of AMIA (FAMIA) Professional Recognition Program – a new program meant to recognize applied informatics professionals who directly