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Statement of Purpose In the past decade, health care has radically changed from a paper-based system to one that relies on technology to support all facets of health care delivery. This transformation has given rise to practitioners who need a skill set that goes beyond the clinical specialty in order [...]

AMIA was instrumental in the creation of the clinical informatics subspecialty (CIS), supports current and future CIS diplomates, and is actively working to advance the CIS. In May 2019, AMIA released the results of the first CIS practice analysis which include a data-driven description of CIS practice, published in the [...]

Informatics brings together large data sets, which provides enormous opportunities to improve people’s health. For Michael F. Chiang, MD, MA, professor of Ophthalmology and Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology at OHSU, informatics allows him to gather large data sets in ophthalmology through patients’ electronic health records to be a part [...]

Informatics is helping children with congenital heart disease and diabetes receive easier access to medical care through the comfort of their homes. For Natalie Pageler, MD, chief medical information officer at Stanford Children’s Health, informatics is critical to successfully integrating data into electronic health records. Pageler’s team developed an app [...]

Informatics allows pathologists to utilize big data from digital imaging, while continuously managing the system’s workflow. For Joel Saltz, MD, PhD, FACMI, chair of biomedical informatics at Stony Brook Medicine, informatics is critical to successfully develop methods of using technology to enhance cancer treatments. Saltz’s team was tasked with developing [...]

As part of AMIA's ongoing COVID-19 Webinar Series, we take another look at how the Clinical Research Informatics community is contributing to better understanding the clinical nature of the coronavirus. Members of the Accrual to Clinical Trials (ACT) network will present an overview of the existing network, which is funded [...]