In response to a Request for Comment from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, AMIA urged the administration to seek harmonization of federal data privacy policies, while also ensuring that consumer access to and control over his or her data be the baseline for its policies.
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.”