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AMIA Supports CMS Efforts to Reduce Documentation Burden, Streamline MIPS and Advance Patient Data Access

September 10, 2018

Nation’s clinical informatics professionals call on CMS to leverage ‘passive data collection’ to improve clinical documentation using health IT (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded federal officials for aligning physician and hospital EHR requirements

For Your Informatics (FYI) Podcast

For Your Informatics: Episode 1 - Dr. Carol Friedman's Career Journe‪y‬

Carol Friedman is also the 2017 AMIA Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence winner, which is only awarded to the most distinguished informaticians. Dr. Friedman is recognized within the biomedical domain as an innovator in Natural Language Processing (NLP). She was the first researcher to demonstrate...

AMIA Supports Draft Federal Data Strategy

August 31, 2018

AMIA sent a set of recommendations to the federal government in late July, commenting on its Draft Federal Data Strategy. The nation’s health informatics professionals largely supported the Strategy, identifying ways it could help federal agencies improve data sharing and data availability for research and other supplemental purposes.

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AMIA Applauds ABPM Policy Change

August 16, 2018

On August 16, the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced a policy change, reducing the burden for diplomates recertifying in Clinical Informatics (CI). Effective January 1, 2019, CI diplomates certified by the ABPM will no longer be required to maintain their primary certification in order to recertify in their

AMIA Offers Input to ONC on Information Blocking

August 6, 2018

The following statement was released today by Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, regarding a letter to ONC about information blocking:

Information blocking is the absence of interoperability, and there are numerous reasons why information may not flow as intended. Some of these reasons are technical, others for business […]

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AMIA Supports Draft Federal Data Strategy

July 31, 2018

Investment in digital infrastructure and workforce are key to improving fed’s digital strategy, informatics professionals note BETHESDA, MD – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) sent a set of recommendations to the federal government last week, commenting on its Draft Federal Data Strategy. The nation’s health informatics professionals largely supported

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As Health Goes Digital, Informatics Goes Professional

July 16, 2018

AMIA recognizes excellence in the use of informatics in practice with new Fellows program BETHESDA, MD – The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) announced today the launch of the Fellow of AMIA (FAMIA) Applied Informatics Recognition Program – a new program meant to recognize members who apply informatics skills and

AMIA Pushes for Informatics Representation on Potential HHS Workgroup

July 11, 2018

In response to an HHS request for information on the creation of a new Healthcare Sector Innovation and Investment Workgroup, AMIA strongly recommended the inclusion of representatives of the health informatics community. Additionally, AMIA called for HHS to orient the Workgroup towards innovating and investing in areas that are strategically […]

AMIA Provides FDA Lit Review on Risk and Benefits of Medical Software

June 28, 2018

AMIA responded to an FDA request for input with a preliminary review of relevant research into the specific benefits and risks to health associated with software functions that the 21st Century Cures Act excluded from the definition of medical device. While some health IT applications to healthcare delivery have unambiguously […]

AMIA Urges CMS to Focus on Health IT Improvement Activities in Hospital Payment Rule

June 25, 2018

In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded federal officials for balancing burden reduction provisions with a need to continue making progress on health IT adoption and use.

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