Board of Directors Meeting Summaries

The AMIA Board of Directors meeting minute summaries are intended to inform the AMIA community of current business and activity undertaken by the board.

April 17, 2012—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:04 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved the white paper on the definition of biomedical informatics and specification of core competencies for graduate education in the discipline. The board received reports from Martha Adams on the working group steering committee, and briefly discussed the Academic Forum discussed the advanced interprofessional informatics certification task force consensus statement. The board also received a number of financial and operational reports. There being no further business, the call adjourned at 4:59 PM.

March 20, 2012—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board discussed the white paper on the definition of biomedical informatics and specification of core competencies for graduate education in the discipline, thanked Ted Shortliffe for his service, and welcomed Kevin Fickenscher as the new CEO. The board received reports from Heather Sobko on the membership and outreach committee, discussed JAMIA publishing models and overall strategic directions. The board also received a number of financial and operational reports. There being no further business, the call adjourned at 5:12 PM.

February 28, 2012—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved a new working group on Intensive Care Informatics. The board received reports from Gil Kuperman on strategic directions and Jaap Suermondt on educational program development. There being no further business, the call adjourned at 5:12 PM.

January 17, 2012—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:04 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved the 2012-2013 committee chairs, a new working group on Global Health Informatics and a new award on clinical research informatics. The board received a financial report from Karen Greenwood. The board received reports from Cindy Gadd on the interdisciplinary certification task force, Eta Berner on educational program development, Gil Kuperman on membership, and Blackford Middleton on the usability task force. Karen Greenwood reported that the members approved the changes to the AMIA bylaws. Gil Kuperman discussed changes in committee reporting and Neil Sarkar joined the board call to discuss the education committee charge. There being no further business, the call adjourned at 5:01 PM.

December 14, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved changes to the mission of the Career Center. The board approved the 2012 budget. The board received a report from Ted Shortliffe on the health policy meeting. The board applauded Nancy Lorenzi for her leadership and welcomed Gil Kuperman as the new board chair. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:45 PM.

November 15, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:07 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved changes to the white paper prepared by the Ethics Committee to the AMIA Code of Ethics. The board received a report from Scott Evans and Jeff Williamson on the annual symposium, from Ted Shortliffe on media activities and the clinical informatics subspecialty work. The board discussed the next draft of the 2012 budget. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:45 PM.

October 22, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 8:18 AM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board amended and approved the proposed changes to the bylaws which will be presented to the membership for vote. The board received a report on the conflict of interest process and a report on meeting statistics and programming. The board received a report from Ted Shortliffe on his activities including inter-organizational relationships, clinical informatics medical subspecialty, and membership activities. The board voted to sign-on to the CMSS Code and to publish the areas of disagreement between AMIA policies and the CMSS Code. The board received a policy update from Doug Peddicord and a report on JAMIA from Lucila Ohno-Machado. Cindy Gadd reviewed the work of the Advanced Interprofessional Informatics Certification Task Force, Atul Butte reviewed the work of the Sharing Knowledge through Meetings Task Force, Nancy Lorenzi reviewed the work of the International Task Force and the board voted to maintain the GHIP name but dissolve it as a wholly owned subsidiary. Eneida Mendonca reported on the Publications Committee Task Forces and the board acted to dissolve the journal eligible program and voted that they will not endorse outside journals. Nancy Lorenzi presented plaques to outgoing board members Atul Butte, Connie Delaney, and Student Working Group representative David Kaelber for their service to AMIA. The board went into executive session with Ted Shortliffe and Karen Greenwood at 2:00 PM.

September 20, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved changes to the limits of the D&O insurance, changes to the proposed bylaws regarding indemnification, and changes to the conflict of interest policy. The board received a report about the Executive Committee meeting, the conflict of interest process and current collection status. The board received a report from Ted Shortliffe on the CMSS Code of Ethics. The board offered several suggestions about changes to the CMSS website that needed to be made before AMIA could endorse the Code. The board also received updates from Karen Greenwood on the annual symposium and current 2011 financial forecast. . There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:02 PM.

August 16, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members, called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved the 2011 signature award winners and changes to the governance and committee manuals. The board received a report from Lucila Ohno-Machado on JAMIA, Ted Shortliffe on ABMS, and Karen Greenwood on the annual symposium and current 2011 financial forecast. Karen Greenwood reported that the 2011 board slate was approved (Secretary: John Holmes and Chris Lehmann; Treasurer: Sarah Ingersoll and Steve Labkoff; Directors: R. Scott Evans, Cindy Gadd, Brian Gugerty, Marty LaVenture, Eneida Mendonca, Blackford Middleton, Neil Sarkar, and Jaap Suermondt) as was the ACMI bylaw changes. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:02 PM.

June 21, 2011—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members, called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved the 2010 audit report, the new governance and committee manuals, and the 2010 health policy meeting paper. The board received a report from Ted Shortliffe, a preliminary report on the May financials and a report on the Annual Symposium programming. Jeff Williamson reported on the results of the Academic Forum Executive Committee election congratulating Stuart Speedie, Cindy Gadd, Bonnie Westra, and Harold Lehmann. John Holmes discussed GHIP strategic planning work and the submission of the HIBBs report. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:02 PM.

May 24, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 8:37 AM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved a new Regional Informatics Action Working Group. The board received a report on PHI meeting statistics and programming and viewed the programmatic written report from the national office. The board received a report from Ted Shortliffe on his activities, corporate development, the new website, and membership activities. The board received a financial report from Scott Evans. Karen Greenwood reviewed the 2011 financial forecast that the board discussed. The board discussed the strategic realignment work and tasked the Executive Committee to develop an initial list of 2012 program priorities for the board to review. Atul Butte reviewed the work of the Sharing Knowledge through Meetings Task Force and the board voted to put the spring educational event on hiatus in 2012 until a full report from the task force is received and discussed by the board. The board welcomed Lucila Ohno-Machado to the meeting who presented a report for JAMIA along with several action items for discussion. The board congratulated Lucila on her leadership of JAMIA. The board discussed the new governance and committee manuals and made several suggestions for changes which Karen Greenwood will incorporate. Nancy Lorenzi reviewed the AMIA message guide and the board approved a resolution to honor Willie Clark on his retirement. Tom Payne and Helen Burstin reviewed the GHIP task force work and the board discussed the lessons learned. The staff and non-voting members were excused at 2:56 PM and the board went into executive session.

April 19, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members, called the meeting to order at 4:04 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved the Academic Forum policies and procedures with minor revisions and requested a report from the Academic Forum at the October meeting. The board received a preliminary report on the March financials. Nancy Lorenzi reported that the leadership meeting of AMIA and AHIMA focused on mutually agreed definitions each group would post on their websites. Reports were also received about PHI registration, the membership program developed for the ONC university-based programs, and GHIP’s strategic planning. The board received a report on the addition of a discounted publication offering to Applied Clinical Informatics. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:53 PM.

March 15, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members, called the meeting to order at 4:03 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved the GHIP policies and procedures manual. The board received an update about registration and programming at the Public Health Informatics meeting and an update on the CDC cooperative agreement and the addition of a new workshop on the implications for meaningful use (delivered once in Atlanta and then again in Orlando during the PHI meeting). Nancy Lorenzi reported that the chairs of the 2012 translational science summits were approved—Michael Kahn for CRI and Nigam Shah for TBI. The board went into executive session with Ted Shortliffe and Karen Greenwood at 4:42 PM.

February 15, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members, called the meeting to order at 4:04 PM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved the update to AMIA’s conflict of interest policy. The board approved the 2011-2012 policy priorities. The board received an updated 2010 year-end financial report, an update about registration and programming at the Summits on Translational Science and Public Health Informatics meetings, and an update on the ABPM work on subspecialty certification. The board received a report on the ACPE partnership project, a report on next steps for continuing our involvement on the IOM/RWJF Future of Nursing project, and an update about the new website. Nancy Lorenzi also reported that a new task force on sharing AMIA’s knowledge was formed and charged with conceptualizing a holistic approach to sharing informatics knowledge through our meetings. The task force will deliver an interim report to the board in July. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:03 PM.

January 18, 2011—Nancy Lorenzi welcomed the board members, called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM and welcomed Eneida Mendonca and Tom Payne to their first board meeting. Eneida had been elected by email vote to fill the open board seat. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board discussed the recommendation from the conflict of interest task force to update AMIA’s conflict of interest policies and suggested several modifications to the document. The board received a preliminary December financial report, a report from members of the JAMIA management committee, and an update about registration and programming at the Summits on Translational Science and Public Health Informatics meetings. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4:59 PM.