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WIA Newsletter, October 2023
Stay up-to-date on the latest from the Women in AMIA community, and find out how you can connect at the 2023 Annual Symposium in New Orleans, November. 11-15, 2023.

The Washington Download - Vol. 8 Issue 22

AMIA Announces 2023 Leadership Award Recipients
New Fellows of the American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA) Honored for Achievements in Applied Clinical Informatics

The Washington Download - Vol. 8 Issue 21

Blueprints for Trust: Best Practices and Regulatory Pathways for Ethical AI in Healthcare Conference
Looking back, historians may point to 2023 as the year humans collectively began to take notice of large-scale artificial intelligence (AI) potential impact on society. Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and colleagues across the country have been thinking about it for more than two decades.
In collaboration […]
25x5 Policy Reforms to Reduce Documentation Burden
It is 25x5’s stance that the below policy reforms are imperative to reducing onerous and redundant documentation burden, which is imperative to maintain the healthcare workforce and improve patient access to necessary medical care.
25x5 is a Task Force within the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) that works to reduce […]
25x5 Recommendations to Reform Prior Authorization
It is 25x5’s position that prior authorization must be eliminated to reduce the required onerous documentation needed to support it, maintain the healthcare workforce, and improve patient access to necessary medical care. Prior authorization (PA) is a process used by health insurance companies, including Medicare Advantage (MA) plans, requiring clinicians […]
AMIA Supports Letter on Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023
AMIA, along with 170 organizations, signed on in support of the Telehealth Expansion Act of 2023 and encouraging both chambers of Congress to pass the bill. Attached are each of the letters to House and Senate leadership.