AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium Call for Participation
SAVE THE DATES: The AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium Call for Participation submission site will be live on February 14. Submission deadline is March 14, 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. Bookmark www.amia.org/amia2013. Guidelines and specifications will be posted on this page. (Reminder: Renew membership to continue receiving regular AMIA 2013 Symposium e-news notifications.)
McCormick and Gugerty author new book
Two AMIA members, Kathleen A. McCormick, PhD, RN and Brian Gugerty, DNS, RN, are authors of a new book titled “Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA® Healthcare IT Technician & HIT Pro™ Certifications” published by McGraw-Hill. The 800-page book is a resource for IT professionals new to healthcare and clinicians wanting to know more about HIT. Objectives for all six ONC HIT Pro certification exams are covered.
Nineteen AMIA members contributed to the Exam Guide: Kathleen A. McCormick, Brian Gugerty, Janet Marchibroda, Andre Kushniruk, Julia Adler-Milstein, Elizabeth Borycki, Dave deBronkart, Floyd Eisenberg, Greg Forzley, John Glaser, Judy Murphy, Sheila Ochylski, Marc Overhage, Thomas Payne, Joyce Sensmeier, Michael Stearns, Kimberly Baldwin-Streid Reich, Kenneth W. Goodman and J. Michael Kramer. The book is available through online retailers including Booksamillion.
JAMIA Journal Club Free Webinar February 7
Join Editor-in-Chief Lucila Ohno-Machado and author Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Utah School of Medicine.
Topic: Clinical decision support for genetically guided personalized medicine: a systematic review
Date: February 7, 3:00 p.m. EDT
Register today! (100 seats) members and non-members welcome
(AMIA membership or subscription to JAMIA is required to view the paper immediately. An unlocked version will be posted to this page http://www.amia.org/journal-club prior to the webinar.
AMIA Invited to Present on HITPC MU Hearings
On February 13 the HIT Policy Committee’s Meaningful Use Workgroup and Certification and Adoption Workgroup will hold a public hearing on Clinical Documentation. The information from this hearing will inform deliberations on Stage 3 of Meaningful Use. Gil Kuperman, MD, PhD, AMIA, Board Chair, and S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, will open the hearing with a summary of the AMIA December 2011 Invitational Public Policy meeting which focused on Clinical Data Capture and Documentation. More information about HITPC. AMIA 2011 Policy Meeting. AMIA Final Report including findings and recommendations.
This is your LAST regular AMIA e-News if you have NOT renewed your membership for 2013. Grace period ends January 31.
Note: 2013 membership is required for continued access to JAMIA Online, Working Groups, AMIA communities and the member directory.
Registration open for Joint Summits on Translational Science TBI-CRI
March 18-22, San Francisco Register online! Early bird deadline is February 7.
Tutorials are on Monday, March 18, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. $95 members/ $150 non-members CME=3 (Tutorial fees are in addition to the registration rate.)
T-1 Introduction to Translational Bioinformatics
T-2 Using Ontologies for Data-driven Medicine
T-3 Research Informatics: From Lab to Laptop
T-4 Part A How to Write a Grant
T-4 Part B Mock Grant Review/Study Session
TBI Panels CRI Panels Keynote Speakers Schedule-at-a-Glance
Hotel Registration: Click to reserve your room online.The room rate is $214 plus tax per night single/double. Hotel information Please refer to AMIA-American Medical Informatics Association to receive the group rate.
Harvard Leadership Strategies for
Information Technology in Health Care
February 3 – 8 (Modules 1 & 2) and May 13 – 17 (Modules 3 & 4), Boston
(Participants must attend both February and May sessions to complete the course)
AMIA members are directing the modules for the Harvard School of Public Health course. The program provides health care leaders with the knowledge necessary to effectively design, develop, and deploy health information technology to improve health care delivery.
Module 1: Electronic Health Records – Directed by: John Halamka, CIO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Module 2: IT Strategy and Governance – Directed by: John Glaser, CEO of Siemens Healthcare Health Services Business Unit
Module 3: Maximizing Quality & Safety Gains from EHRs – Directed by: Tejal Gandhi, Chief Quality and Safety Officer at Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
Module 4: Clinical Informatics Strategy – Directed by: Blackford Middleton, Course Director; Clinical Informatics Research & Development at Partners HealthCare System, Inc.
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Clinical Informatics Subspecialty Certification Exam Date Oct. 7 - 18, 2013
The first examination for certification in the subspecialty of Clinical Informatics will be offered from October 7-18, 2013. The online application will be available from March 1, 2013 through June 1, 2013 on the ABPM website at www.theabpm.org. Admission requirements PDF.
Sign up to receive AMIA Clinical Informatics Subspecialty Certification Exam Preparation Program information.
10x10 Virtual Courses
Coming up! More information and registration.
January 28 – Survey of the Field of Health Informatics, Kansas University Medical Center. Description.
March 12 – The Role of IT in Healthcare Delivery, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Description.
Apr. 3. Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informatics, OHSU. Description.
Working Group Webinars
Feb. 12 PHI-WG – Data Needs of the Recent Meningitis Event
Speakers: J. Todd Weber, MD, Incident Manager, CDC Response to Multistate Outbreak of Fungal Meningitis and Other Infections Chief, Prevention and Response Branch, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Janet J Hamilton, MPH, Disease Control and Health Protection Bureau of Epidemiology, Florida Department of Health
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 12, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EST
Sign Up today. Limited seats.
Feb. 14 EVAL-WG – Computerized Provider Documentation: Evaluating Implications for Healthcare Practice, Quality, and Research
Speaker: S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, FACMI, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics Vanderbilt University
Date: Thursday , Feb . 14, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST
Sign up today. Limited seats.
Call for Participation ONC Structured Data Capture (SDC) Initiative
ONC’s Office of the Chief Scientist together with the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) invite you to join the S&I Framework’s new Structured Data Capture (SDC) Initiative. The Structured Data Capture (SDC) Initiative will develop and validate a standards based data architecture so that a structured set of data can be accessed from EHRs and be stored for existing EHR. Learn more about the initiative and register to be a participant on the S&I Framework.
FCC to Award up to $400M for Rural Telemedicine
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will award up to $400 million annually under its new Healthcare Connect Fund to accelerate development of broadband networks supporting rural telemedicine and access to health records.
AcademyHealth Introduces New eGems Journal
eGEMs (Generating Evidence & Methods to improve patient outcomes) is an open access journal focused on using electronic clinical data to advance research and quality improvement, with the overall goal of improving patient and community outcomes.
Issue Themes: Methods, Informatics, Governance and Learning Health System.
DHHS Announces New HIPAA Rules
DHHS released updates to HIPAA privacy and security rules. The rule has an effective date of March 26, 2013 with compliance required 180 days later on September 23, 2013. Public inspection copy of the Final Rule.
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