e-News 7.5.12 - Patricia Abbott/CAMDA Big Data/CBM editor/Dr. Safran/HFES/RFC AMIA strategic

“It’s moving out of the acute care model and back to the home … and that’s where nursing has always been …”

AMIA member, Patricia Abbott, PhD, RN, successfully chaired the 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics 2012 in Montreal which drew 590+ participants from six continents, and countries as distant as Turkey, Qatar, Saudia Arabia, Taiwan, China, Russia, Ghana, Oman, New Zealand, Italy, Finland, Chile and Uruguay. Abbott is the Associate Professor & Co-Director of the PAO/WHO Center for Knowledge Management, Johns Hopkins Schools of Nursing & Medicine. She is featured in book / photojournalism event called the American Nurse Project.

Don’t miss this trilogy of videos showcasing her knowledge and passion:  Informatics, Telehealth and Intervention; Handheld Computing in Hospitals; and Healthcare is Going Home
 

AMIA co-sponsors CAMDA 2012: Challenges of Big Data

11th Annual Conference on the Critical Assessment of Massive Data Analysis
Long Beach, California, July 13 - 14

AMIA member, Simon Lin, MD, Director of Biomedical Informatics, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation will co-chair the conference with David P. Kreil, PhD, WWTF Chair of Bioinformatics, Boku University, Vienna, Austria and Joaquín Dopazo, PhD, scientific director of CIPF, Valencia, Spain.

The 2012 CAMDA conference will highlight the crossroads between medical informatics, translational bioinformatics and computational biology. Details of two keynotes, Dr. Olga Troyanskaya of Princeton University and Dr. Weida Tong of FDA, and ten talks are available at www.camda.info.

Tracks

• The TGP dataset from the Japanese Toxicogenomics Project of 21,000 microarrays
• The Pharmacogenomics dataset of 38 human genomes from KPGP

AMIA Welcomes Academic Forum Members

The Academic Forum launched in 2006 and is comprised of 30 full programs, 11 emerging programs and 2 affiliates. Members support the proliferation of informatics as an academic enterprise and gather in full for an annual conference and at the Annual Symposium. To join the Academic Forum please contact Wanda Sheridan wanda@amia.org.

University of Pittsburgh is a returning member. Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD, is the Chair of Department of Biomedical Informatics and Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Pathology, Information Sciences, Telecommunications. UPSM has an extensive informatics education program including. Masters Degree (MS) in Biomedical Informatics; Doctoral Degree (PhD) in Biomedical Informatics; MS or PhD in Intelligent Systems - BMI Track; MD/PhD in Biomedical Informatics; Non-degree Postdoctoral Training; Certificate in Biomedical Informatics. YouTube video on UPSM informatics program.


Duke University School of Nursing is new to the Academic Forum. Duke offers an MSN Informatics Specialty degree and a Graduate Certificate in informatics.
It is a distance-based program that uses both synchronous and asynchronous teaching methods for nurses and other health-related professionals. Informatics Lead Faculty: Constance M. Johnson, PhD, MS, RN, Associate Professor

JAMIA Journal Club Free Webinar

Save the Date: August 2, 3:00 p.m. EST. Free registration! AMIA members and non-members are welcome to participate.

Charles Safran on the Imperative of Big Data in Public Health Transformation

Tune in to experience Charles Safran, MD's Big Data framework -- Volume, Velocity, Variety, Value, Visualization, Vitality and Veritas. This is a 45 minute presentation posted on Brian Ahiers, Health IT, Healthcare Reform and Gov 2.0 blog. Dr. Safran is Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School. He is the past President and Chairman of AMIA.

AMIA Submits Comments to ONC about the NwHIN

AMIA responded to ONC’s Request for Information (RFI) regarding the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN): Conditions for Trusted Exchange. Since this is an RFI, we will have another opportunity to provide comments on the topic when ONC issues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). For the NPRM, we hope to engage even more AMIA members to participate in the importance of the commenting process, given the significance of rulemaking on this topic. Review AMIA’s comments. If you are interested in volunteering to help respond to the future NPRM, please contact Meryl Bloomrosen at: Meryl@amia.org.

HFES Call for Proposals

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care: Advancing the Cause
March 11-13, 2013 Baltimore, Maryland

invites submissions of health-care ergonomics and human factors research, case history, methods, application guidelines, best practices, or user requirements for lecture and poster.

Call for Proposals deadline September 10, 2012.

Tracks

• Patient and Health-Care Provider Safety
• Health-Care Information Technology
• Medical Device Design
• NEW! Operating Room Arena

Long-Term Care Providers Release Health IT Roadmap

AMIA member, Judy Murphy, RN, Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT spoke at the Long-Term and Post-Acute Care (LTPAC) Health IT Summit. Information Week covered the event and LTPAC released its Health IT roadmap.

Also in Information Week … in case you missed it … John Halamka, MD, MS, to leave Harvard Medical School CIO post.

Computers in Biology and Medicine seeks Editor‐in‐Chief

The ideal candidate holds a PhD and a solid track record of academic publications. Having an international profile and reputation, s/he will have established networks and prior experience working on peer‐reviewed journals, either in an editorial capacity or as a reviewer, demonstrating sound scientific judgment. The position is not restricted by geographical location and co‐editorship will also be considered. Editorial responsibility begins in 2013 with preliminary transition work in 4Q of 2012. Visit www.computersinbiologyandmedicine.com

Request for Comments: AMIA Strategic Assessment and Planning

AMIA has retained AMMR, a strategic consulting partner to assist the AMIA leadership and the Strategic Planning and Assessment Team. AMMR is gathering input from leaders, members and other stakeholders.

Deadline: August 10, 2012

Send responses to the AMMR consultant facilitation team.

Question 1: What are the key one or two trends that you see affecting AMIA or the informatics field over the next 3-5 years?

Question 2: What do you see as the one or two key issues that AMIA must address in the future if we are to be successful in assisting our members succeed?

NIH Announces Funding Opportunity 2013 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards

The deadline for submitting Transformative Research Project applications is September 21with Letters of Intent due by August 21. See the instructions in the RFA-RM-12-017. Additional information, including Frequently Asked Questions about the Transformative Research Projects Program. Send questions to Transformative_Awards@mail.nih.gov.

OCR Releases HIPAA Privacy & Security Audit Program Protocol

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, requires HHS to provide for periodic audits to ensure covered entities and business associates are complying with the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and Breach Notification standards. OCR piloted a program to perform 115 audits of covered entities to assess privacy and security compliance. Audits conducted during the pilot phase began November 2011 and concluded in December 2012. More information

GAO Report Criticizes DHHS

A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report charges that the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) has not properly safeguarded the privacy and security of personal health information when electronic prescribing data is used for secondary purposes.

Selected Resources for Information about Health Care Reform

• American Public Health Association
• Commonwealth Fund Health Reform Resource Center
• Kaiser Family Foundation Health Reform Source
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners
• National Conference of State Legislatures

10x10 Nursing Informatics 56.18 ANC credits/67.4 MBN credits available

University of Minnesota School of Nursing 10x10 Course Bonnie L. Westra, PhD, RN, FAAN is an Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Nursing Informatics and serves as the Director of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing 10x10 offering. Dr. Westra is a member of the AMIA Board of Directors and the AMIA Nursing Informatics Working Group, as well as co-chair of the Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI). She sits on the Minnesota eHealth Advisory Committee and co-chaired the Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records. Her research focuses on standardized terminologies and secondary analysis of EHR data with an emphasis on improving the health of older adults in the community.

The UMN School of Nursing 10x10 course focuses on the analysis, modeling, standardization and development and deployment of the electronic health record and safe exchange of patient data. The course examines the implications of informatics for practice, including nursing, public health and healthcare in general.

10x10 Virtual Course Schedule July – August

REGISTER TODAY … earn valuable CMEs

July 9           Nursing Informatics – University of Minnesota School of Nursing                    
                    56.18 ANC credits/67.4 MBN credits available

July 23         Healthcare Interface Design – University of Texas Health Science Center     
                   (CMEs currently not available)

July 25         Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informatics – OHSU
                   56 Category 1 AMA PRA credits available

August 20    Survey of Biomedical Informatics – Nova Southeastern University
                   48 CME credits available

August 23    Information Technology in Healthcare Delivery – U. of Ala. Birmingham 
                   48 CME/ANCC credits available

August 27    Survey Course of the Field of Health Informatics – Kansas University
                   45 AMA Category 1 CME credits available

Nominations: AMIA Signature Awards due July 12

AMIA requests nominations for the AMIA New Investigator Award, the Virginia K. Saba Informatics Award, the Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contributions in Informatics and the Donald A.B. Lindberg Award for Innovation in Informatics.These awards are part of the AMIA Signature Awards program designed to highlight individuals whose work has embodied the innovative spirit of informatics and created lasting effects by transforming both the health care system and biomedical research. AMIA Signature Awards provide a path of recognition for the immeasurable talent its membership holds by showcasing their rich history of achievement.

Submit nominations to Jeff Williamson, AMIA Vice President of Education and Academic Affairs, jeff@amia.org by July 12. Submit only one nomination letter per candidate. More than one individual can co-sign a nomination letter when appropriate.

Award winners will be announced prior to the AMIA 2012 Annual Symposium. More details on criteria.

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Calendar

July 23
10x10 with University of Texas Health Science Center

July 25
10x10 with Oregon Health and Science University

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November 3-7, 2012   AMIA 2012 Annual Symposium, Chicago - Registration is open.

March 18-22, 2013     Summits on Translational Science CRI and TBI, San Francisco