AMIA 2011 Annual Symposium October 22-26, 2011

Improving Health: Informatics and IT Changing the World

The AMIA Annual Symposium is the world’s most comprehensive annual meeting on biomedical and health informatics. The Annual Symposium venue is the Washington Hilton, Washington, DC.

AMIA 2011 Panels

Clinical Decision Support, Outcomes, and Patient Safety

Infobuttons for Clinical Decision Support
Author: Strasberg Howard, Del Fiol Guilherme, Yosick Tom, Curtis Clayton

International Perspectives on Patient Safety and Health Information Technology
Author: Kaushal Rainu, Sittig Dean, Blumenthal David, Patrick Jon

Legal and Ethical Issues of Computer Decision Support and Order-Sets
Author: Koppel Ross, Daniel Jodi, Hoffman Sharona, Zych Ed, Boehne Jennifer, Kaplan Bonnie

Lessons from Evaluating the Implementation of New Informatics in an Integrated Healthcare Delivery System: The Veterans Health Administration
Author: Perrin Ruth, Hynes Denise, Goldstein Mary, Achtmeyer Carol, Young Alexander

International perspectives on evaluating large-scale community-based health information technology projects
Author: Honour Melissa, Kern Lisa, Dullabh Prashila, Bainbridge Michael

Clinical Research Informatics

What is the Role of Electronic Health Records in Clinical Trials?
Author: Cantor Michael, Friedman Charles, Kush Rebecca, Kamauu Aaron, Rocca Mitra

Cross-Boundary Collaboration on Secondary Use of Healthcare Data for Clinical Research
Author: Cai Zhaohui, Brownstein John, Robison Reid, Yeatman Timothy, Weatherall James

Designs and Implementations of Informatics Platforms for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Author: Hazlehurst Brian, Sittig Dean, Murphy Shawn, Brown Jeffrey, Rosenman Marc

The Open Source Software Development Process in the Community for Informatics for Integrating Biology and the Bedside (i2b2)
Author: Murphy Shawn, Mendis Michael, McGow Charles, McMurry Andrew

Clinical Workflow and Human Factors

Visualizing Change: The Role of Data Visualization in Health I.T.
Author: Hesse Bradford, Shneiderman Ben, Kreuter Matthew, Rabin Borsika

The Role of Usability, Workflow, and Patient-Centered Cognitive Support in improving Health Information Technology
Author: Zhang Jiajie, Walji Muhammad, Butler Keith, Xiao Yan, Haselkorn Mark

Dimensions of Handoff Communication and Documentation: Implications for Patient Safety
Author: Abraham Joanna, Kaufman David, Reddy Madhu, Koppel Ross, Staggers Nancy

Consumer Informatics and Multimedia PHRs

The Role of the Clinician in a Patient Power Context
Author: Safran Charles, Slack Warner, Brennan Patti, Okun Sally, deBronkart Dave

Data Integration and Exchange

Allergies - Issues Related to Interoperability for Patient Care and Research
Author: Ayres Elaine, Leftwich Russell, Huff Stanley, Cimino James, Jaffe Charles

Evaluating HIE Systems: Understanding the Elephant by Examining Each Body Part
Author: Ozkaynak Mustafa, Ancker Jessica, Vest Joshua, La Venture Martin, Ross Stephen

Data Mining, NLP, Information Extraction

Shared Annotated Resources for the Clinical Domain
Author: Savova Guergana, Chapman Wendy, Elhadad Noemie, Palmer Martha

Can Network Visualization and Analysis Accelerate Medical Discoveries? Theoretical, Applied, and Funding Perspectives
Author: Bhavnani Suresh, Bassler Kevin, Sarkar Indra, Gundlapalli Adi, Shaikh Abdul

Advances in Clinical Question Answering: Watson meets Healthcare
Author: Hurdle John, Savova Guergana, Kohn Martin, Cimino James, Cohen Aaron, Demner-Fushman Dina, Nielsen Rodney, Patrick Jon, Yu Hong

EHRs and Achieving Meaningful Use

Meaningful Evaluation of Large-scale Health Informatics Interventions
Author: Hibberd Ralph, Barber Nick, Takian Amirhossein, Sheikh Aziz

Quality Reporting from Health Information Technology: Challenges, Opportunities and Insights
Author: Kern Lisa, Tang Paul, Weiner Jonathan, Honour Melissa

Using EHRs to Transform Clinical Care: Successfully Implemented\r\nInnovations That Go Beyond the Established Uses of EHRs
Author: Compton-Phillips Amy, Kanter Michael, Goldstein Mary, Sands Daniel

Successes and Pains in Moving Towards Meaningful Use
Author: Morgan Stephen, Weiner Mark, Bates David, Fleming Neil

Global eHealth

Global Public Health Grid: Value proposition, Roadmap and Use Cases
Author: Mirza Muzna, Kratz Mary, Gundlapa lliAdi, Kumar Vibha

Imaging Informatics

Secondary Use of Medical Images: Opportunities for Informatics
Author: Hsu William, Xu Ye, Grasso Michael, Rubin Daniel

Informatics Education and Workforce Development

Outlook for Student Informaticists in the Era of HITECH
Author: Sockolow Paulina, Dalrymple Prudence, Fridsma Douglas, Kaelber David, Underwood Charlene

Education for the Clinical Informatics Subspecialist
Author: Hersh William, Munger Ben, Friedman Charles, Gardner Reed

Interactive Systems

Tablets in Healthcare: Not Just for Pills Anymore
Author: Feldman Henry, Nathanson Larry, Halamka John, Meyers Janet

Four Steps to Using Research Networking Effectively at Your Institution
Author: Weber Griffin, Meeks Eric, Yuan Leslie, Chatterjee Anirvan

Policy and Ethical Issues

The IOM Future of Nursing Report: Informatics Implications
Author: Westra Bonnie, Alexander Dana, Bolla Yvette, Delaney Connie, Bakken Suzanne, Kennedy Rosemary

Terminology and Standards

SNOMED CT Quality Assurance: What's Critical for Users?
Author: Rector Alan, Musen Mark, Huff Stanley, Bodenreider Olivier, Geller James

Privacy Standards: Looking Beyond the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Author: Vinterbo Staal, Malin Bradley, El Emam Khaled, Murphy Shawn, Sweeney Latanya

Translational Bioinformatics and Biomedicine

In silico approaches to drug discovery
Author: Lu Zhiyong, Agarwal Pankaj, Bryant Steven, Wu Thomas