AMIA acknowledged NIST’s efforts to highlight the importance of usability testing for electronic health records (EHRs) through its issuance of the proposed guidance. AMIA expressed concerns about several aspects of the draft guidance including the following: a limited and narrow identification of EHR users; the need to consider more comprehensive […]
AMIA and its Nursing Informatics Working Group once again provided input to the National Quality Forum (NQF) during an open comment period to solicit input on NQF's Quality Data Model (QDM). In its comments, AMIA recognized the importance of having an information model that clearly defines concepts used in quality […]
This week AMIA submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to the a request for comments regarding Human Subject Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay, and Ambiguity for Investigators (aka "the Common Rule").
Click below to read AMIA's comments.
AMIA recently issued comments in response to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance on mobile medical applications. In the comments, AMIA president Ted Shortliffe noted, among other things, the need for additional clarification, definitions, terms, and terminology in the guidance. Click below to read AMIA's full comments.
In response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invitation AMIA participated in a public workshop on the FDA’s Draft Guidance on mobile medical applications. AMIA, the association for informatics professionals, made a presentation and participated in panel discussions that advised the FDA on how it should approach its […]
AMIA has commented on a recent HHS notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule's standard for accounting of disclosures of protected health information. The purpose of the modifications spelled out in the NPRM is, in part, to implement […]
AMIA President and CEO Ted Shortliffe sent a letter today to ONC director Farzad Mostashari and the leadership of all Regional Extension Centers (RECs) regarding a recent AMIA Board position paper on vendor agreements. Click below for a PDF copy of the letter.
AMIA submitted comments today on the proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
In the comments, AMIA president Ted Shortliffe asserts that ACOs, especially as enabled by the science of biomedical and health informatics and tools […]
Today, AMIA and its Nursing Informatics Working Group provided input to National Quality Forum (NQF) during an open comment period to solicit input on NQF's Quality Data Model (QDM). The QDM provides a way to describe clinical concepts in a standardized format so that those monitoring clinical performance and outcomes […]