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 Attend the AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science, March 19-23, in San Francisco. This year, the Summits offer four pre-conference educational tutorials taught by experts in an inclusive and congenial group environment. Tutorials are an excellent way to enhance your knowledge through information taught by leaders in the field of TBI/CRI. This year’s tutorials include: We are also excited to announce a featured CRI panel: “Natural Language Processing for Clinical and Translational Research.” This panel will discuss utilities of NLP in clinical and translational research and efforts in tackling NLP interoperability issues. View the CRI Schedule at-a-glance.
 Participants in the University of Kansas’ 10x10 will develop and demonstrate a practical, innovative small-group information technology (IT) project and present it in a face-to-face session at the AMIA 2012 Fall conference. This University of Kansas 10x10 course, which begins Jan. 30, is a web-based, virtual class that provides a broad survey of health informatics focused on five themes: health informatics foundations; clinical decision support; human/organizational factors; public health informatics and current issues in health informatics including best practices. The intended audience includes clinicians, public health practitioners and researchers, IT professionals, and others interested in the field of health informatics. Sign up now by clicking here.
Also available through the 10x10 Program:
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University of Utah’s Public Health Informatics 10x10 Course begins Feb. 1
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10x10 with UAB – Course begins March 1
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10x10 with OHSU – Course begins March 28
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10x10 with OHSU in conjunction with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics – Course begins April 25.
To view full course descriptions or to register, click here.
The Jan. 23, 2012 issue of the Wall Street Journal contained two articles arguing opposing views on whether patients should have unique identification numbers for medical records. Readers are invited to vote on whether they think identification numbers are necessary. Read the Article and Vote.
The Pharmacy e-Health Information Technology Collaborative released a whitepaper: “The Roadmap for Pharmacy Health Information Technology Integration in U.S. Health Care.” The Roadmap formalizes the priorities of the pharmacy profession in relation to HIT for the next four years to guarantee that electronic health records facilitate safe and effective medication use. It also provides guidance to provider organizations, policymakers, vendors, payers and other stakeholders involved in the integration of pharmacy HIT into the national HIT infrastructure. Read the Roadmap.
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The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) released the first draft of its “National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda.” The report, which is open for comment, will be used to guide funding announcements for comparative clinical effectiveness research that will give patients and those who care for them the ability to make better-informed health decisions. Read the Report. PCORI will hold a National Patient and Stakeholder Dialogue on the first draft Feb. 27.
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GAO Reviews NQF Work on Performance Measures
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report discussing the National Quality Forum’s (NQF) progress on contracts awarded under the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The four-year contract calls for the NQF to perform various activities related to health care quality measurements. Read the Report.
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Fact Sheets on State Efforts to Implement Health Information Exchanges Available
The Kaiser Family Foundation released fact sheets that review states' progress in establishing health insurance exchanges, which are required to be fully operational by January 1, 2014 in compliance with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Read the Report.
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AMIA Announces Its Roster of 2012-2013 Committee Chairs
On behalf of the Board of Directors, we are excited to announce your new committee chairs for the 2012-2013 term. These individuals join those already serving in continuing leadership positions in our meetings and affiliate activities.
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Audit - Justin Starren
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Awards - Dominik Aronsky
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Education - Neil Sarkar
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Ethics - Ken Goodman
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Finance and Investment - Steve Labkoff
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Industry Advisory Council - Howard Strasberg
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International Affairs Committee - John Holmes and Patti Abbott
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Membership and Outreach - Heather Sobko
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Nominating & Signature Awards (AEC) – Nancy Lorenzi
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Public Policy Committee - Margo Edmunds
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Publications & 10x10 Course Review - Eneida Mendonca
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Working Group Steering - Martha Adams
2013 AMIA meetings
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Annual Symposium - John Holmes
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CRI Summit - Elmer Bernstam
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TBI Summit - Jessie Tenenbaum
 Boston-based Recombinant Data joined AMIA as a 2012 Corporate Member. Recombinant provides leading-edge data warehousing and clinical intelligence solutions to healthcare providers, academic medical centers and life science researchers to deliver higher quality outcomes, accelerate personalized medicine and lower costs. The company’s team of industry veterans is focused on improving the flow of reliable data to power clinical and research applications in a secure, compliant environment. Learn more about Recombinant Data. Back to top
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