AMIA 2013 Symposium Registration is Open!
For the true early birds! AMIA 2013, November 16 - 20, Washington D.C., registration is now open. Tutorials will be available in mid-summer and can be added to a registration at any time. The early bird deadline is August 29. Use the official hashtag #AMIA2013 to share this news.
"Symposium submissions topped 950 with an excellent cross-section of works spanning the 19 program theme categories. We are working on the details of the newest addition to the Symposium, a Student Design competition," said John H. Holmes, PhD, Chair, Scientific Program Committee.
Correction: Judy Ozbolt chairs ONC Panel on eHealth
In the 3.21.13 edition of e-News, Judy Ozbolt was incorrectly identified in an item about an ONC report on eHealth. The item should have been reported as follows:
Engaging patients and lay caregivers in managing their own health promises better collaboration with clinicians and better health outcomes. Informatics tools can support personal health monitoring and management and communication with clinicians. Like all powerful interventions, however, the rise of consumer eHealth carries risks. A work group commissioned by ONC and chaired by ACMI Fellows Judy Ozbolt, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI, FAIMBE, (also a former President of ACMI and nursing informatics pioneer), and Danny Sands, MD, MPH, FACMI, has examined the risks and benefits of consumer eHealth and identified questions for research and strategies clinicians can use today to avoid or mitigate adverse unintended consequences and optimize the benefits of consumer eHealth. The full report is entitled Building Better Consumer eHealth: Summary Report of Consumer eHealth Unintended Consequences Work Group.
AMIA President and CEO, authors new book
Kevin M. Fickenscher, MD, is the author of a new book released in March 2013, Toto’s Reflections: The Leadership Lessons from The Wizard of Oz. As a leader of complex organizations, Dr. Fickenscher brings his unique understanding of leadership through the voice of Toto, the only individual—aside from Dorothy—who experienced all of the events in Oz. The book is available through Barnes & Noble, Amazon and Outskirts Press.
Featured Discount Publications for Members
AMIA regular and student members receive an amazing benefit each year from a number of publishers when they purchase select journals and other subscriptions through AMIA. Prices for these publications are deeply discounted off the published rates. All publication discounts available to members can be found here www.amia.org/member-discount-publications. Two featured journals include:
Applied Clinical Informatics Journal 
Publishers Price: $35.51
AMIA Member Price: $33.00 (online only)
In the rapidly evolving field of health information technology, researchers and institutions must share information and learn from experiences to avoid costly mistakes and assure patient safety. Applied Clinical Informatics (ACI) is multidisciplinary publication that spans the fields of clinical medicine, informatics theory, and information technology, as applied to real-world applications. ACI focuses on tasks of visionary design, logistics of system deployment, and translation of lessons learned into practical solutions. ACI provides rapid and rigorous scientific review of manuscripts that address the pragmatic aspects of informatics application design, development, and deployment.
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
Publishers Price: $310.00
AMIA Member Price: $105.00
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine publishes original articles from a wide variety of interdisciplinary perspectives concerning the theory and practice of artificial intelligence (AI) in medicine, human biology, and health care. Particular attention is given to: AI-based clinical decision making, medical knowledge engineering, knowledge-based and agent-based systems, computational intelligence in bio- and clinical medicine, intelligent medical information systems, AI in medical education, intelligent devices and instruments, automated reasoning and metareasoning in medicine, methodological, philosophical, ethical, and social issues of AI in medicine.
Call for Papers: Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Special Issue of the Journal of Biomedical Informatics on Evolutionary Computation (papers due June 15, 2013)
Guest editors: John H. Holmes, PhD and Jason H. Moore, PhD
Special Issue on Informatics Methods in Medical Privacy (papers due August 1, 2013)
Guest editors: Aris Gkoulalas-Divanis, PhS, Grigorios Loukides, PhD, Li Siong, PhD, and Jimeng Sun, PhD
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April Webinars: AMIA Webinar Education Center
Bookmark: amia.org/education/webinars Free for AMIA members. $50 for non-members
April 9
Topic: Immunization Decision Support
Date: Tuesday, April 9 Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. EDT
Speakers:
Stuart T. Weinberg, MD, FAAP, Project Director, Outpatient Whiteboard; Technical Director, Immunization Registry Project; Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Stuart Myerburg, JD, Health Scientist, Informatics; Immunization Information Systems Support Branch; National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Disease; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bill Adams, MD, Director of BU-CTSI Clinical Research Informatics; Director of Child Health Informatics; Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine
April 16
Topic: A Proposal for National Policy Supporting Secure Access to Person-specific Health Data for Quality Life-giving Research
Date: Tuesday, April 16 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT
Speaker: Don E. Detmer, MD, MA, FACS, FACMI, Professor Emeritus and Professor of Medical Education in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia and Visiting Professor at CHIME, University College of London Video: Morris F. Collen Award 2010 JAMIA article
April 17
Topic: Round Two: A Discussion-based, Follow-up on Computerized Provider Documentation
Date: Wednesday, April 17 Time: 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
Speaker: S. Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, FACMI, Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
April 23
Topic: TIGER (Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform) Demonstration of the Virtual Learning Environment
Date: Tuesday, April 23 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. EDT
Speaker: Sally Schlak, RN, MBA – Senior Director, The TIGER Initiative Foundation
AMIA Submits Comments to NIH on Big Data
AMIA recently submitted comments in response to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Request for Information entitled ”Training Needs in Response to Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Initiative (NOT-HG-13-003)”.
AMIA comments. NIH’s original
request for information.
AMIA Supports BPC Collaboration on HIT and Patient Safety
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) has recently undertaken a five-month collaborative effort drawing and developed a set of principles and recommendations for assuring patient safety in health IT, which was released through the report,
An Oversight Framework for Assuring Patient Safety in Health Information Technology. The project was undertaken in part in response to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act of 2012 which calls for the DHHS to develop—within 18 months—a proposed strategy and recommendations for a risk-based regulatory framework for health IT that promotes innovation, protects patient safety, and avoids regulatory duplication.
AMIA Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter Reception at CHOP meeting
AMIA is on the rise with the announcement of a new Mid-Atlantic Chapter providing the first regional membership opportunity for informatics professionals and students. The inaugural chapter event kicks-off Friday, April 26, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia 6th Annual Healthcare Informatics Symposium.
Kick-off reception: Friday, April 26 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
RSVP by April 18
Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown
201 North 17th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
OHSU Spring 2013 course began April 3rd, space still available!
The goal of the AMIA-OHSU 10x10 course is to provide a detailed overview of biomedical and health informatics to those who will work at the interface of healthcare and information technology (IT). The course also aims to provide an entry point for those wishing further study (and/or career development) in the field. It provides a broad understanding of the field from the vantage point of those who implement, lead, and develop IT solutions for improving health, healthcare, public health, and biomedical research. Claim up to 46.5 CME’s with this course, register today!
Also available through the 10x10 program:
Nursing Informatics – University of Minnesota School of Nursing – course began April 3, space still available
Nutrition Informatics – OHSU in conjunction with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – begins May 8
Survey of Biomedical Informatics – Nova Southeastern University – begins May 13
Patient Safety and HIT – University of Illinois Chicago – begins June 7
Register today and claim CME/CE credits.
View course descriptions and register for 10x10 courses.
Public Policy Updates
ASCO Announces CancerLinQ Database
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) unveiled a prototype of a cancer database, known as
CancerLinQ, that will assess "de-identified" information gathered from 100,000 breast cancer patients.
NAQC Releases White Paper on Nursing Role in Patient Engagement
IOM Releases Workshop Summary: Sharing Clinical Research Data
The IOM hosted a workshop to explore the benefits of sharing clinical research data, the barriers to such sharing, and strategies to address these barriers to facilitate the development of safe, effective therapeutics and diagnostics. As follow up to this workshop the
IOM is in the process of developing a consensus study that will focus on the open availability and use of clinical trial data.
NQF Opens Comment Period on Common Format for Safety Reporting
AHRQ has revised and refined the Common Formats for acute care hospitals that are now available as Version 1.2. Through the NQF commenting tool, NQF will receive and review comments on the current version, providing recommendations to AHRQ for further refinement of the Common Formats.
Comments can be submitted starting April 10. NQF will continue to accept comments on Common Formats Version 1.2 until a new version is posted.
CMS Launches Online Tool To Aid Research on Chronic Conditions
CMS announced the launch of the
Medicare Chronic Conditions Dashboard, a new online tool to help researchers access federal data on Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic conditions.
ONC Releases Report on Care Transitions
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June 7 -9 Clinical Informatics Board Review Course, Philadelphia, PA
August 9 - 11 Clinical Informatics Board Review Course, Portland, OR
September 9 - 11 Clinical Informatics Board Review Course, Rosemont, IL (Chicagoland area)
November 16 - 20 AMIA 2013 Annual Symposium, Washington, D.C.
Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2014 iHealth 2014 Conference, Orlando
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