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We appreciate ONC taking into account our prior comments supporting enhanced harmonization of policies among agencies including the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). We also strongly support the use of updated vocabulary standards as found in […]

AMIA supports efforts by HHS to revise the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (“Privacy Rule”) under HIPAA and HITECH Act, to implement protections limiting uses and disclosures of protected health information (PHI) for certain purposes where the use or disclosure of information is about reproductive health care […]

AMIA, along with other organizations, urges Congress to fully fund the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) at the President’s proposed FY24 budget request of $103.6 million. ONC has long served as the key partner to public and […]

AMIA appreciates ONC’s efforts to solicit feedback on data collection for future iterations of USCDI. Overall, AMIA encourages ONC to ensure that USCDI will decrease burden with common elements for interoperable exchange. Increasing burden on clinical workflow will be a detriment to all stakeholders. We believe the lack of clear […]

AMIA appreciates the efforts of the Working Group and the Office of the Chief Statistician to improve the quality and usefulness of federal race and ethnicity data. The current (1997) race and ethnicity standards should be revised to capture data that reflect the diversity of the U.S. population more accurately […]