The Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contributions in Informatics recognizes an individual that has made a significant singular contribution or series of contributions over the course of a career exemplifying the expertise, passion, and spirit that Dr. Detmer has for health policy.
Criteria
- Awarded to an individual at any stage of a career for contribution(s) to health policy in biomedical and health informatics.
- Contribution(s) should be conducted in accordance with the philosophy that all citizens and populations deserve a state-of-the-art health system that provides safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable health care services.
- Characteristics and achievements of the recipient should include one or more of the following accomplishments: Visionary leadership in the health policy realm; Action-oriented advocacy work producing a regional, national or global result; and Advancement to the domain health policy though-leadership generating a sustainable contribution to the health system.
- AMIA membership and ongoing commitment to the organization.
- Support of the organization’s mission by acting as a strong advocate for biomedical and health informatics in the public policy arena.
Recipients
2023
Dean Sittig, PhD, ACHIP, FAMIA, FACMI
Professor
UTHealth Health Science Center at Houston
2022
Andrew Gettinger, MD
2021
Theresa A. Cullen, MD, FAMIA, FACMI
2020
Sarah Collins Rossetti, RN, PhD, FACMI, FAMIA
2019
Carolyn Petersen, MS, MBI, FAMIA
2018
Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD
2017
Susan Hull, MSN, RN-BC, NEA-BC
2016
Mark Frisse, MD, MS, MBA
2015
John D. Halamka, MD, MS
2014
Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN
2013
Charles Safran, MD, FACMI
2012
Charles Friedman, PhD
2011
Julie McGowan, PhD
2010
David W. Bates, MD, MSc
2009
Paul C. Tang, MD, MS
2008
Don E. Detmer, MD, MA