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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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.
Looking back, historians may point to 2023 as the year humans collectively began to take notice of large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) potential impact on society. Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and colleagues across the country have been thinking about it for more than two decades.
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It is 25x5’s stance that the below policy reforms are imperative to reducing onerous and redundant documentation burden, which is imperative to maintain the healthcare workforce and improve patient access to necessary medical care.
25x5 is a Task Force within the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) that works to reduce […]
It is 25x5’s position that prior authorization must be eliminated to reduce the required onerous documentation needed to support it, maintain the healthcare workforce, and improve patient access to necessary medical care. Prior authorization (PA) is a process used by health insurance companies, including Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, requiring clinicians […]
AMIA, along with 170 organizations, signed on in support of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 and encouraging both chambers of Congress to pass the bill. Attached are each of the letters to House and Senate leadership.