AMIA e-News 2.7.13 - Face of AMIA Polun Chang/HL7 CQI-WG/Clancy/Summits Itinerary Planner

Faces of AMIA

“I successfully design(ed) a set of principles to make a complex documentation on hand held devices easily used by our nurses.”

AMIA Welcomes New Board Member, Dr. Michael S. Weiner

Dr. Weiner is currently the Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at the Department of Defense/Department of Veterans Affairs Interagency Program Office (DoD/VA IPO).  In this capacity, he is responsible for overseeing the development and deployment of the next generation Integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR) system. He is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and is board certified Internal Medicine physician. Dr. Weiner also holds a masters degree in Management and a masters degree in Information Systems Technology from George Washington University. More …
 

AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium Call for Participation

The submission site will be live on February 14. Guidelines and specifications are posted on this page. Submission deadline is March 14, 11:59 p.m. EST.

Webinar February 14:  Authoring Scholarly Submissions for AMIA's Annual Symposium

Speaker: Patricia Dykes, DNSc, RN, FACMI, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Sr. Nurse Scientist, Program Director, Nursing Research, Center for Nursing Excellence
Date: Thursday, February 14, 2013  Time:   2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST
 
Space is limited. Reserve today. www3.gotomeeting.com/register/178356142 After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Carolyn M. Clancy, MD, to step down from AHRQ

Dr. Carolyn Clancy announced that she will step down as director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality after 10 years of service. As director of the lead agency for health services research, Dr. Clancy has been a tireless advocate for the use of evidence in policymaking. She launched the first annual report to Congress on health care disparities and health care quality, led the development of the Affordable Care Act’s National Quality Strategy, and collaborated with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to launch the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) provisions on assessing children’s quality of care. A clinician and health services researcher, Dr. Clancy has been a key voice on the importance of building the data infrastructure to conduct HSR. She has also been been an AMIA member and a vigorous advocate for informatics and the AMIA mission. By offering her time and valuable experience she has contributed significantly to the community.

John C. Joe reappointed to Texas Institute of Health Care Quality and Efficiency Board of Directors

Joint Summits on Translational Science March 18-22, San Francisco

 Itinerary Planner is live. Early Bird Deadline is Feb 7. Members Save $200

•  New! Silver Medallion Poster Framing    

• Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions  
• 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.

iDASH Summer Research Internship – Biomedical Informatics

iDASH (Integrating Data for Analysis, Anonymization, and SHaring) is a National Center for Biomedical Computing at the University of San Diego, supported by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research. Summer research internships in biomedical informatics.  Applications must be received by Friday, February 22, 2013, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

National Marfan Foundation Launches Early Investigator Grant Program

NMF is expanding its Research Grant Program with a new Early Investigator Grant Program for researchers beginning their independent career who are studying any or all disciplines related to Marfan syndrome and related disorders. The Foundation will award three $75,000 two-year grant awards annually. The submission deadline is April 15, 2013 and proposals on basic, clinical and translational studies are welcome. More details

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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 Board Review Course information.

International 10x10 Virtual Courses

In i10x10 news … the Hong Kong i10x10 just graduated 18 individuals from the February through September 2012 course, and the Spanish 10x10 course (Argentina) graduated 16 individuals from the August through December 2012 course. The total number of i10x10 graduates since 2008 is 397.

AMIA 10x10 with University of Minnesota School of Nursing

UMN’s contribution to the 10x10 program is a course directed to both a generic overview of nursing and health informatics and the specific application of information and communication technologies in the clinical area.  The primary focus is on the analysis, modeling, standardization, development and deployment of the electronic health record and safe exchange of patient data.  Register now!  Course begins April 1, 2013.

Medical Library Association (MLA) One Health, May 3–8, 2013, Boston

Explore the global interdependency of health information at a federated international meeting, incorporating MLA '13, the 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), the 7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), and the 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference. Non-MLA members, who are AMIA members, may register at discounted rates.  Speakers include

• Laurie Garrett, senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations and bestselling author of The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance and Betrayal of Trust:  The Collapse of Global Public Health.
• Joanne Gard Marshall, AHIP, FMLA, alumni distinguished professor, School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and producer of the “Rochester Study”, the highly cited report on the impact of the hospital library on clinical decision making.
• Sheila Davis, director of global nursing at Partners in Health (PIH), and clinical assistant professor in the School of Nursing at the MGH Institute of Health Professions

Correction

The 1.24.13 edition of AMIA e-News highlighted a new book authored by two AMIA members, Kathleen A. McCormick, PhD, RN  and Brian Gugerty, DNS, RN,  “Healthcare Information Technology Exam Guide for CompTIA® Healthcare IT Technician & HIT Pro™ Certifications.” Nineteen AMIA members contributed to the Exam Guide and three AMIA member contributors were omitted: Kimberly Baldwin-Streid Reich, Kenneth W. Goodman and J. Michael Kramer. AMIA regrets the error.
 

AMIA Scientific Program Committee Leaders for 2014

Congratulations to Bonnie Westra, PhD, RN, FAAN Chair, SPC for AMIA 2014 Annual Symposium, November 15 - 19, Washington, D.C.
 
The 2014 Joint Summits on Translational Science Co-Chairs are Joshua Denny, MD, MS, TBI-SPC and Rachel Richesson, PhD, MPH, CRI-SPC.

ACMI Executive Committee Elected

ACMI members begin the Winter Symposium Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 7-10, with the addition of a new slate of leaders.
 
The following Fellows have been elected to the Executive Committee of ACMI:
 
Term: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014
President-elect: Suzanne Bakken, RN, DNSc., FACMI
Treasurer: Wendy W. Chapman, PhD, FACMI
Secretary: Patricia C. Dykes, DNSc., MA, RN, FACMI
Member-at-Large: Titus K. Schleyer, DMD, PhD, FACMI
Member-at-Large: Kevin B. Johnson, MD, MS, FACMI
 
These individuals join colleagues on the Executive Committee:
Term: January 1, 2013 - December 31, 2014
President: Alexa T. McCray, PhD, FACMI
Past-President: James J. Cimino, MD, FACMI
 
Term: January 1, 2012 - December 31, 2013
Member-at-Large: Cynthia S. Gadd, PhD, FACMI
Member-at-Large: Judith J. Warren, RN, PhD, FACMI

Working Group Webinars

Feb. 12  PHI-WG – Data Needs of the Recent Meningitis Event

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

Date: Thursday, Feb. 14, 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EST Sign up today. Limited seats.

Policy Updates

AMIA Releases Report on EHR Usability

AMIA’s position paper entitled “AMIA Board Position Paper, Enhancing patient safety and quality of care by improving the usability of electronic health record systems: recommendations from AMIA” has been published.    

AMIA Submits Comments to ONC about HIT Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan

On February 4, 2013, AMIA’ submitted comments to ONC regarding their proposed Health Information Technology Patient Safety Action & Surveillance Plan.

Kaiser Foundation Publishes a Primer on U.S. Engagement in Global Health

A  Kaiser Foundation primer provides a comprehensive overview of the U.S. government’s engagement in global health issues, including a look at the federal programs that support these efforts.

Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project Survey

Pew has released a new survey.  “Tracking for Health.” Pew Internet and American Life Project.

HL7 Forms New Clinical Quality Information Work Group (CQI WG).  The mission of the CQI WG is to create and maintain information technology standards in support of improving health care quality, including clinical care, and to foster collaboration between quality measurement, outcomes and improvement stakeholders.  The CQI WG will coordinate with other HL7 Work Groups to encourage the development and use of standards that include elements that can and will be used to evaluate the success of interoperability efforts.

Calendar

Save the Date

February 7-10             ACMI Winter Symposium, San Juan, Puerto Rico
March 18-22               Summits on Translational Science TBI and CRI, San Francisco                                
November 16-20          AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium, Washington, D.C.
January 30 - February 1, 2014    iHealth 2014 Conference, Orlando