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An Open Letter from the American Medical Informatics Association and the American College of Medical Informatics Regarding Public Health Reporting Deficiencies During the COVID-19 Pandemic

July 19, 2020

As the number of Americans infected with the novel coronavirus edges closer to 100,000 per day, we must draw attention to a fundamental deficiency in our collective response to the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2: Policymakers at all levels of government – from local to state to federal – lack even the

AMIA Urges Congress to Improve National Data-Driven Public Health Surveillance Ecosystem

July 7, 2020

In response to a Senate HELP Committee white paper on preparing for the next pandemic, AMIA made several suggestions on ways Congress can improve the nation’s data-driven public health surveillance ecosystem. AMIA urged Congress to address limited connectivity between health care systems and public health systems for better surveillance and […]

AMIA Tells CMS to Orient Hospital Reporting Policies Towards Public Health

July 7, 2020

In comments filed with CMS last week, AMIA wrote that while it supports proposals to provide hospitals with flexibilities in how they comply with the Promoting Interoperability Program, it also strongly urges CMS to consider how it can leverage this and other programs to help mitigate and recover from the […]

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Announcing: AMIA 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium

June 30, 2020

After thoughtfully considering many different options and ideas, AMIA has made the decision to shift our live AMIA 2020 Annual Symposium to a virtual event. We know that many of our members and attendees work in health care environments and are directly impacted and involved in COVID-19 relief efforts. We

AMIA Response to OIG Information Blocking

June 22, 2020

In response to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the HHS Office of Inspector General, AMIA encouraged officials to finalize its policies on civil monetary penalties for information blocking with a “period of learning,” by establishing an effective date 60 days following publication of a final rule in the Federal […]

Announcing the AMIA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force

June 19, 2020

In the passing weeks, I have heard from many of you expressing urgent concerns about systemic racism in our society. I have heard your calls for a change in America, our informatics community, and our health care system. AMIA shares your concerns and your sense of urgency. We agree we

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AMIA Announces Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Task Force

June 19, 2020

This member-led initiative will guide the upcoming 2020-2025 Strategic Plan The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Board of Directors unanimously approved the creation of the AMIA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force to advise AMIA on specific, actionable steps to further address matters of racial diversity, equity and inclusion

For Your Informatics (FYI) Podcast

For Your Informatics: Episode 13 - Mentoring and Networking

Dr. Hongfang Liu's in informatics has resulted in informatics systems that unlock clinical information stored in clinical narratives. Her work accelerates the pace of knowledge discovery, implementation and delivery for improved health care. Dr. Liu's primary research is to facilitate the secondary...

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AMIA Statement on Racism

June 3, 2020

AMIA is an organization of more than 5,500 members who improve and advance health care every day as researchers, physicians, nurses, public health professionals, scientists. There is no place in our nation for racism and racial inequities. We know our community is hurting. There is a broken system in place

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