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.

March 19, 2013—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 the proposal to form a Mid-Atlantic Chapter. The board received a President’s report from Kevin Fickenscher and an update on JAMIA’s open access task force. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:52 PM.

February 19, 2013—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:04 PM. Margo Edmunds and Doug Peddicord joined the board meeting to discuss the work of the Public Policy Committee. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board received a President’s report from Kevin Fickenscher, an update on the Industry Advisory Council retreat from Ross Martin. The board received a report from the Executive Committee about strategic planning. The board approved Bonnie Westra as the Chair of the AMIA 2014 scientific program committee and Rachel Richesson (CRI) and Joshua Denny (TBI) as the co-chairs of the 2014 Summits on Translational Science. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:50 PM.

January 15, 2013—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:02 PM. Joyce Mitchell joined the board meeting to discuss the resolution to the AMA House of Delegates regarding genetic variant data that AMIA was asked to endorse. The board asked the Public Policy Committee and the Ethics Committee to further discuss the request. Jessie Tenenbaum and Elmer Bernstam, co-chairs of the Joint Summits on Translational Science joined the board meeting to discuss member community questions about TBI and CRI. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board approved Michael Weiner to fill the vacant board director position. The board approved the charter of the Affiliation, Structure and Membership Engagement Task Force. The board received a report from Jeff Williamson on ACMI and a President’s report from Kevin Fickenscher. The board received a report from the Executive Committee about Philadelphia regional activities and CCIO Task Force. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:57 PM.

December 18, 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. Ms. Greenwood reported on the Annual Symposium and presented the 2013 budget. Gil thanked the Finance Committee for joining the board meeting to discuss the 2013 budget. The board approved the 2013 budget. The board received a President’s report from Kevin Fickenscher. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 6:00 PM.

November 3, 2012—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 8:12 AM. Minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board received a report from Jeff Williamson on the Annual Symposium. The board received a report from Kevin Fickenscher on his activities including inter-organizational relationships, clinical informatics medical subspecialty, iHealth and membership activities. The board discussed the request from the Clinical Information Systems Working Group to develop a white paper on the role of a chief clinical informatics officer. The board received a report from Nancy Roderer chair of the JAMIA Open Access Task Force and a report from Lucila Ohno-Machado JAMIA Editor. The board discussed the strategic plan prioritization report and the exercise in synchronizing our thinking on the directions we want to take in 2013. Ms. Greenwood discussed the 2013 priorities noting their alignment with next year’s budget and gave a brief budget overviewing noting that the Finance Committee will be reviewing the budget during their committee meeting as well. A final budget will be presented at the December meeting. Michael Shabot joined the board meeting to discuss the National Partnerships for Patients. Paulina Sockolow presented the results of the Student Engagement Task Force and the board asked her to work with the Membership and Outreach Committee to prioritize the recommendations. Reports were also received from the Advanced Interprofessional Informatics Task Force, and the AMIA-ACM Task Force. Gil Kuperman presented gifts to outgoing board members Eta Berner, Jim Cimino, Nancy Lorenzi, and Bonnie Westra for their service to AMIA. The board went into executive session with Kevin Fickenscher at 4:20 PM.

October 16, 2012—Gil Kuperman welcomed the board members and called the meeting to order at 4:05 PM. Karen Greenwood notes that the winners of the 2012 signature awards had been approved, the Deloitte health informatics maturity survey and minutes from the previous meeting were reviewed and approved. The board received an update from Blackford Middleton on the usability task force and the board voted to endorse the report and its recommendations. Gil Kuperman provided an update on the strategic planning process and member town halls. There being no further business, the call adjourned at 4:57 PM.