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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Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) draft guidance “Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data in Clinical Trials and Clinical Studies for FDA-Regulated Medical Products.” As the leading organization of professionals working with healthcare data and protected health information (PHI), the American […]
On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we urge you to reject the inclusion of outdated rider language in Section 510 of the Fiscal Year 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS) Appropriations bill that prohibits the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) from […]
Thank you for the opportunity to submit comments to the National Security Division of the Department of Justice advanced notice for proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) join provisions regarding access to Americans’ bulk sensitive personal data and government-related data by countries of concern. As the leading organization of professionals working with healthcare data […]
AMIA appreciates ONC’s efforts to solicit feedback on data collection for future iterations of the United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI). AMIA reflected on USCDI v5 Draft to recommend edits to USCDI v5 final version. Below are the Data Classes and Elements AMIA provided feedback:
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The National Institute of Health (NIH) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to solicit public comments on the updated NIH Strategic Plan for Data Science, 2023-2028. AMIA commented on the appropriateness of the goals and where the association and its members could potentially partner with NIH.
AMIA’s 25x5 Task Force nominated Documentation Burden as a topic to be briefed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) in June 2022 to identify the need to better understand how co-production of documentation improvement efforts with patients and caregivers could be successful and to understand and develop […]
AMIA, along with more than 200 organizations, urge Congress to make permanent important telehealth flexibilities that were granted during the pandemic to continue supporting access to care for millions of Americans.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the proposed disincentives for information blocking. As the professional home of the leading experts in safe health exchange and interoperability, the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) appreciates the opportunity to serve as a resource to the Department. AMIA currently stands by our […]
This is the Department of Labor’s reply to our Occupational Code Assignment application for the “Clinical Informatics” occupation. This response was expected, given our ongoing discussion with DOL staff. AMIA looks forward to the Health Informatics Specialist’s code update in August 2024 and plans to continue pushing the DOL to […]
See AMIA’s comments to NIH responding to their request for information (RFI) on developing consent language for research using digital health technologies. The comments were required to be submitted via a structured form. AMIA’s comments focused on consent language being being accessible, particularly for those not immersed in technology jargon.