AMIA strongly encouraged the Trump administration to leverage an existing strategy on Artificial Intelligence Research and Development (AI R&D), rather than begin from scratch. It additionally emphasized a need for federal investments in areas of strong societal importance not aimed at consumer markets, especially related to human-AI collaboration and the […]
In comments submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the AMIA questioned the constrained scope of the EHR Reporting Program, strongly recommending that it measure performance to improve CEHRT security, interoperability, and usability, and not be used simply to provide data for “acquisition decision makers.”
In response to the CMS CY2019 Physician Fee Schedule NPRM, AMIA applauded federal officials for aligning physician and hospital EHR requirements and advancing policies that further incentivize the adoption of health IT for patient care. AMIA also supported CMS efforts to reduce documentation burden through new options to use time […]