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AMIA Offers Input to ONC on Information Blocking
The following statement was released today by Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, regarding a letter to ONC about information blocking:
Information blocking is the absence of interoperability, and there are numerous reasons why information may not flow as intended. Some of these reasons are technical, others for business […]
AMIA Supports Draft Federal Data Strategy
As Health Goes Digital, Informatics Goes Professional
AMIA Pushes for Informatics Representation on Potential HHS Workgroup
In response to an HHS request for information on the creation of a new Healthcare Sector Innovation and Investment Workgroup, AMIA strongly recommended the inclusion of representatives of the health informatics community. Additionally, AMIA called for HHS to orient the Workgroup towards innovating and investing in areas that are strategically […]
AMIA Provides FDA Lit Review on Risk and Benefits of Medical Software
AMIA responded to an FDA request for input with a preliminary review of relevant research into the specific benefits and risks to health associated with software functions that the 21st Century Cures Act excluded from the definition of medical device. While some health IT applications to healthcare delivery have unambiguously […]
AMIA Urges CMS to Focus on Health IT Improvement Activities in Hospital Payment Rule
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 need to continue making progress on health IT adoption and use.