AMIA Supports Federal Health IT Research & Development Framework

In comments submitted to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program, the nation’s leading biomedical and health informaticians applauded federal officials for developing a draft strategic framework for health IT research and development (R&D). AMIA provided a series of recommendations highlighting the need for R&D related to granular health IT data standards, interoperability testing, data portability, and modern healthcare workforce training.