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AMIA and Philips Healthcare will hold a free webinar titled, “Decision Support and the soul of a (nearly perfect) machine,” at 11 a.m. (EST), Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. It will be presented by Dr. Joe Frassica, Philips’ Chief Medical Information Officer and senior consultant at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
Decision support brings with it the potential to make a significant positive impact on health care by providing timely guidance to clinicians who are immersed in the everyday work of caring for patients. Yet the uptake and acceptance of decision support tools developed to aid clinicians in their work has been extremely slow and in some cases painful.
Join this hour-long webinar to examine the limits of human perception and cognition, which successful decision support systems seek to augment. Also outlined will be some of the strengths of the human brain, which differentiate it from the machines that seek to support it. We will review the underpinnings of successful decision-support systems with reference to knowledge developed in other high-stress environments. Also outlined will be an expanded definition of clinical decision support in the context of work on predictive algorithms, which are aimed at augmenting the clinical intuition of bedside caregivers. To register, click here.
The Nursing Informatics Working Group (NIWG) is presenting an educational webinar titled, “Designing a Comprehensive Career Ladder for the Future Health IT Workforce,” from 3 to 4 p.m. (EST) Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011. The presenters will share a career ladder developed from the ONC and DoL initiatives, suggest future directions that should be addressed, and recommend both academic and industry approaches to maximize individual career potential and career satisfaction. Panelists include Juliana J. Brixey, PhD, MPH, RN; Susan H. Fenton, PhD, RHIA; Leanne H. Field, PhD; James P. Turley, PhD, RN; and Carla Tyson-Howard, EdD, MHA, RHIA. The webinar is open to AMIA members only. To register, click here.
Your submissions to the 2012 Joint Summits on Translational Science, March 19-23, 2012, in San Francisco are welcome up until 11:59 pm on Aug. 19, 2011. The Joint Summits include the Summit on Translational Bioinformatics (TBI), which opens the Joint Summits, followed by the Summit on Clinical Research Informatics (CRI). Both are held at the Parc 55 Hotel.
The TBI Scientific Planning Committee looks forward to proposals on innovative data-centric approaches that compute on large amounts of data to discover patterns and to make clinically relevant predictions that are the forte of Translational Bioinformatics. Changes in public policy, the availability of large datasets from multiple molecular level measurements, and increasing electronic heath record (EHR) adoption, recent advances in natural language processing, access to vast computing infrastructure, sophisticated ontologies, data-mining and machine learning tools have all converged to enable Big Data mining in Translational Bioinformatics. Four tracks will cover research that takes the field from base pairs to bedside, with an emphasis on clinical implications of mining massive data-sets, and bridging the latest multimodal measurement technologies with large amounts of healthcare data. See more detail by clicking here.
The CRI Scientific Planning Committee looks forward to submissions that showcase leading-edge innovative methods and technologies that focus on accelerating all phases of translational science, including the study of conceptual design and simulation, patient identification and recruitment, data collection, integration and visualization, and data analysis, dissemination and knowledge transfer. Submissions from across the CRI community are welcome to present the broad range of activities addressing translational research informatics needs. See by clicking here.
While paper proposals are due August 19, 2011, panels, posters, and podium abstract proposals are due October 21, 2011. Find details on submission types by clicking here. Back to top
AMIA’s CMIO Boot Camp is an intensive program for CMIOs and CNIOs that addresses the challenges clinicians face in selecting and implementing EHR systems. Scheduled for Sept. 7–10, 2011, in Houston, AMIA’s CMIO Boot Camp provides all the briefing material, best practices, experiential knowledge and expertise to support clinical leaders as they prepare to lead health delivery organizations to meaningful use of electronic health records.
"CMIOs are in high demand - driven by the needs of meaningful use, accountable care organizations, patient-centered medical homes, and other health reform initiatives,” observes Boot Camp faculty member Paul Tang, MD, MS, Vice President, Chief Innovation and Technology Officer at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF), and Consulting Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. “AMIA's CMIO Boot Camp provides an excellent opportunity to learn skills and gain knowledge about practical topics in a case-based curriculum. In this CMIO/CNIO-only course, networking with peers on actual problems is another rich benefit of participation. Intact groups have found the course extremely helpful back home,” adds Dr. Tang.
If you have taken this course, please forward this item to colleagues or associates whom you think would benefit from the Boot Camp. Only 50 people can take the course at a time. CME is offered. Hotel reservations received after 5 p.m. (CST) Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011 are subject to availability and prevailing rates. To register, click here. If you need additional information, e-mail lisa@amia.org
Register now for the eighth offering of the University of Alabama Birmingham’s 10x10 course that begins Aug. 25, 2011.
The UAB 10x10 course, taught by Dr. Eta S. Berner, professor in the Health Informatics at University of Alabama at Birmingham, will explore the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in healthcare delivery, including their role in improving its quality, safety and efficiency. The course also touches on historical antecedents of the present use of ICT, as well as the current and likely future uses of healthcare ICT. Students will discuss the organizational (intra and inter-organizational) and financial context in planning, implementing and evaluating health care ICT. The UAB course provides information on the legal and ethical context for the management and use of health care ICT. Please visit: http://www.amia.org/education/academic-and-training-programs/10x10-unive..., to register for the UAB course.
Also available from the AMIA 10x10 program: • 10x10 with Kansas University – course begins Aug. 29, 2011 • 10x10 with University of Minnesota School of Nursing – course begins Oct. 10, 2011
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public comments on the metadata standards recommended by the HIT Standards Committee. The standards under consideration relate to patient identity metadata, provenance metadata and privacy metadata. The public comment period closes Sept. 23, 2011. Click here for complete details.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced results from the initial Physician Group Practice (PGP) Demonstration, a partnership with physician group practices that aims to better coordinate care across different settings, leading to improved quality and cost savings. According to CMS, after five years the demonstration has shown positive results, including significant progress in areas of both quality improvement and savings in Medicare expenditures. The lessons learned from this demonstration helped shape the Accountable Care Organization (ACO) model put forth by the Affordable Care Act. Click here to read CMS's related news release.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should gather the information needed to develop a new regulatory framework to replace the 35-year-old 510(k) clearance process for medical devices, a report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) says. The reports states that the current 510(k) process lacks the legal basis to be a reliable premarket screen of the safety and effectiveness of moderate-risk Class II devices and cannot be transformed into one. The IOM says that FDA's finite resources would be better invested in developing a new framework that uses both premarket clearance and improved postmarket surveillance of device performance to provide reasonable assurance of device safety and effectiveness.
Meanwhile, the FDA recently hosted a webinar on "Home Use of Medical Devices." The 30-minute webinar featured Mary Brady, a Senior Policy Analyst in the Office of the Center Director, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, who discussed what the FDA is doing to address the increased use of medical devices in the home. She also talked briefly about the new technology that is focusing on self-care and self-monitoring. Click here to view an archived copy of the webinar.
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) announced a request for applications (RFA) for a series of grants for pilot projects that will assist PCORI in establishing national priorities for research, support the development of novel methods or the collection of preliminary data that can be used to advance the field of patient-centered outcomes research, and inform the development of a future PCORI research agenda. Click here for more information.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced plans to issue multiple contracts to meet its Virtual Data Center (VDC) needs. The primary objective of the VDC is to provide the Information Technology (IT) infrastructure and services to operate CMS business systems and to safeguard its data. CMS will conduct an Industry Day Webinar Oct. 14, 2011, to provide more information to interested parties. Click here for complete details.
The National Research Council is hosting a public discussion on a recently released report titled, "Health Care Comes Home: The Human Factors." The event is set to occur Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the National Academies’ Keck Building in Washington, D.C. Click here for more information about the report and here to register for the event.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the initial public draft of Special Publication 800-53, Appendix J, Privacy Control Catalog. Privacy and security controls in federal information systems, programs and organizations are complementary and mutually reinforcing in trying to achieve the privacy and security objectives of organizations. Appendix J, Privacy Control Catalog, is a new addition to NIST’s family of standards and guidelines that will be incorporated into the 2011 update to Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, projected for release in December 2011. The public comment period for Appendix J ends Sept. 2, 2011. Click here for more information.
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• How do I review my membership status? Log in at AMIA.org. Click Member Profile in the login box. When you reach the “My Information” page, select “My Transactions” on the left-hand menu. Your membership’s start and expiration dates will appear there. Past invoices and paid balances are also visible here.
• How do I join a Working Group? To join one of AMIA’s 23 working groups, log in at AMIA.org and click Member Profile in the login box. When you reach the “My Information” page of my.amia.org, scroll to the bottom and click the plus sign for Working Groups to find the group(s) you wish to join. You may join as many Working Groups as you like. Descriptions of each are online at http://www.amia.org/programs/working-groups.
Calling student members: AMIA student members who would like to participate in the Annual Symposium student volunteer program need to apply by Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The Symposium offers students valuable networking and educational opportunities. Not only will you meet VIPs from the informatics world, but you will also have the chance to mingle with other students, attend tutorials and sessions for free, and get a behind-the-scenes look at how an AMIA meeting runs. To apply, click here. All applicants will be notified of volunteer decisions on Monday, August 29, 2011.
Aug. 19
Joint Summits Paper Proposals deadline
Aug. 26-27
5th International Symposium on Human Factors Engineering in Health Informatics, Trondheim, Norway
Aug. 28-31
23rd Medical Informatics Europe Conference, Oslo, Norway
Sept. 1
JAMIA Journal Club Webinar, 3 p.m. ET
Sept. 7-10
CMIO Boot Camp, Houston
Sept. 15
Abstracts Deadline for the American Telemedicine Association Meeting and Exposition
Oct. 6
AMIA 2011 Advance Registration deadline
Oct. 6
JAMIA Journal Club Webinar, 3 p.m. ET
Oct. 21
Joint Summits Panels, Poster, Podium Abstract Proposals deadline
Oct. 22-26
AMIA's 35th Annual Symposium on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Washington, DC
Nov. 3
JAMIA Journal Club Webinar, 3 p.m. ET
Dec. 6
JAMIA Journal Club Webinar, 3 p.m. ET
Dec. 16
Joint Summits Journal Submissions deadline
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