AMIA’s goal is to improve the legislative and regulatory environment for health informatics research, practice and education through AMIA member expertise. The primary pathway through which AMIA achieves this goal is by engaging Federal Agencies and Congress on public calls for input, such as Notices of Proposed Rulemakings (NPRMs) or Request for Information (RFIs).
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In response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invitation AMIA participated in a public workshop on the FDA’s Draft Guidance on mobile medical applications. AMIA, the association for informatics professionals, made a presentation and participated in panel discussions that advised the FDA on how it should approach its […]
AMIA has commented on a recent HHS notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule's standard for accounting of disclosures of protected health information. The purpose of the modifications spelled out in the NPRM is, in part, to implement […]
AMIA President and CEO Ted Shortliffe sent a letter today to ONC director Farzad Mostashari and the leadership of all Regional Extension Centers (RECs) regarding a recent AMIA Board position paper on vendor agreements. Click below for a PDF copy of the letter.
AMIA has weighed in on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan in response to the HHS Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) call for comments on the overarching strategy for realizing health IT goals set forth by the U.S. Congress and the Administration. AMIA states in its comments to ONC […]
AMIA submitted comments recently to the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in response to their request for public comments on the latest draft of the Institute's strategic plan. The association's comments were informed by AMIA's Nursing Informatics Working Group (NIWG), which promotes the advancement of nursing informatics within the […]
AMIA comments to ONC on consumer’s privacy and security of Personal Health Records. AMIA discusses the benefits and risks to consumers of PHRs and other points.
AMIA’s testimony examines patient data matching before ONC’s Privacy & Security Tiger Team. AMIA's Brad Malin discusses some concerns of the accuracy in patient matching and the implications of misidentified data in patient care and biomedical research, which could lead to false match or false non-match.
AMIA submitted comments to HHS on the Common Format, Device or Medical/Surgical Supply, including HIT Devices. The comments address patient safety data collections and event reporting. Failures with HIT devices are different from those associated with other devices and warrant a distinct form and classification for reporting failures. AMIA submits […]
The current commercial health information technology (IT) arena encompasses a number of competing firms that provide electronic health applications to hospitals, clinical practices, and other healthcare-related entities. Such applications collect, store, and analyze patient information. Some vendors incorporate contract language whereby purchasers of health IT systems, such as hospitals and […]
AMIA comments on the HHS NPRM to modify HIPPA Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Act (HITECH) published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2010. The discussion focuses mainly on protecting the PHI of consumers by the way of business associates […]