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AMIA has been advocating for the Standard Occupational Code (SOC) Classification System to include a unique code relevant to medical informatics for a decade. The SOC Code is the United States’ Government’s system of classifying occupations.

The Lead Nurse Planner works collaboratively with the Director of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) to ensure the Accredited Provider Unit operates according to Accreditation Program criteria. Administrative functions of the Provider Unit, within the parameters established by AMIA, are the responsibility of the Lead Nurse Planner and the Director of [...]

AMIA Public Policy staff and leadership seek guidance from membership as to the top policy priorities for the organization. Currently, AMIA policy work is guided by the AMIA Public Policy Principles. These Principles, initially published in 2020, are living and are updated regularly. The Principles guide AMIA's reactive federal policy [...]

The AMIA Board of Directors is responsible for oversight for all official AMIA conferences to: Assure meetings are compatible with the content and strategic foci of the association including vision, mission, and values Ensure that the meetings are conducted in a fiscally responsible manner consistent with approved annual budget for [...]

May 19, 2023 | 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm OHDSI is an open science initiative that provides considerable opportunities to enhance an informatics training program. OHDSI covers a wide range of informatics topics such as working with EHR data, clinical terminologies, structuring data with SQL, learning about reproducible research, and [...]

June 5, 2023 | Virtual Time Event Presenter 11:00 a.m. Welcome - Sue Feldman, Chair Elect Academic Forum 11:05 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. AMIA Leadership: AMIA Board Structure Overview and AMIA Goals and Strategies With Respect to Academic Forum - Jeffrey Williamson, AMIA Senior Vice President of Education and Member [...]

Documentation burden is defined as “ the stress imposed by the excessive work required to generate clinical records of healthcare-related interactions, occurring as a result of the imbalance between the usability [of] and satisfaction [with] systems of health records keeping with clinical and regulatory demands of entering and consuming health [...]

Deputy Director Mr. Brendan O’Leary of the Digital Health Center of Excellence at the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health presented on the Clinical Decision Support Software, Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff. Deputy Director O’Leary provided a general overview of the CDS Guidance to educate [...]

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Inclusive language helps AMIA serve a diverse biomedical informatics community. By creating the Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines (ILCSG), AMIA intends to: respect the autonomy, dignity, and experiences of marginalized and historically excluded communities, incorporate [...]

Dear Colleagues, We invite you to participate in an important project aimed to reduce clinician burnout. As you are aware, clinician burnout is a significant problem in the healthcare industry, and we believe that electronic health record (EHR) systems can play an important role in reducing its scope by reducing [...]