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AHIMA, AMIA, EHRA Release Preliminary Report About Operationalization of the Definition of Electronic Health Information

September 20, 2021

The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), and the Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA) announced today the release of a preliminary report that examines key issues related to the operationalization of the definitions of electronic health information (EHI) and designated record set (DRS). How

AMIA Applauds EHR Reporting Program Measures, Urges Additional Focus on Public Health and EHR Safety

September 14, 2021

In response to a request for public feedback on a set of draft developer-reported measures for the Electronic Health Record Reporting Program, AMIA recommended elevating an additional public health-focused measure to the first set of measures for the program. AMIA additionally recommended that and EHR safety measure that leverages […]

AMIA Calls for MIPS Focus on Certified Health IT, Public Health Measure Alignment in Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule

September 13, 2021

In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), AMIA continued to support the transition to the MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) reporting mechanism, while also calling on CMS to center the use of certified health IT in MVP design. AMIA also urged CMS to align Promoting Interoperability […]

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AMIA 2021 ARPA-H Statement from Gretchen Purcell Jackson

August 11, 2021

Dr. Collins, thank you for the opportunity to provide our ideas and perspectives on this important and exciting endeavor. I am Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Vice President and Chief Health and Science Officer at IBM Watson Health, as well as an Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics at Vanderbilt

AMIA Hails Public Health Proposals, Renews Call for Improvement Activities Option in Hospital Payment Rule

June 28, 2021

In comments submitted to CMS, AMIA applauded its proposal to require reporting of the four measures associated with the Public Health and Clinical Data Exchange Objective of the Promoting Interoperability Program. In responding to a request for information (RFI) on digital quality measures (dQMs), AMIA also reiterated its call for […]

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Lehmann & Rudkin are PINA’s First Annual Award Winners

May 27, 2021

At the 2021 Virtual Clinical Informatics Conference, the Physicians in AMIA (PINA) Community presented their first annual awards during the "PINA Year in Review." Chris Lehmann, MD, FAAP, FACMI, FIAHSI, of UT Southwestern, received the inaugural Physician Innovator of the Year award. Scott Rudkin, MD, MBA, of the University of

AMIA Calls for More Harmonization of Common Data Elements (CDEs) in NIH-funded Research

May 10, 2021

In comments submitted to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), AMIA pointed the overall lack of harmonization among available Common Data Elements (CDEs). AMIA urged NLM and NINDS to take the next step in its stewardship of the NIH CDE Repository […]

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AMIA Appoints Tanya Tolpegin, MBA, CAE, as New Chief Executive Officer

May 10, 2021

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced the appointment of Tanya Tolpegin, MBA, CAE, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Tolpegin was unanimously approved by the AMIA Board of Directors. She will begin her role June 21. AMIA formed an Executive Search Committee in the summer of 2020 and partnered

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