11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics Kicks-Off June 23-27 in Montreal
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10x10 Biomedical and Health Informatics for Emergency MDs and RNs
Last days to register. Course begins June 27!
This 10x10 Oregon Health and Science University in conjunction with ACEP virtual course is tailored to emergency physicians and other emergency personnel. It culminates in an in-person session at the 2012 Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Denver, Colo., October 7 from 9:00 - 3:00 p.m. Earn up to 56 CME/ 56 ACEP specific Category I credits.
The goal of the AMIA-OHSU 10x10 program is to provide a detailed overview of biomedical and health informatics and an entry point for those wishing further study (and/or career development). The course 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.
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
Dana Alexander Named American Nurses Foundation Board Trustee
AMIA member,
Dana Alexander, MSN, MBA, FHIMSS, RN, FAAN, was named to the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) Board of Trustees. ANF is the charitable and philanthropic arm of the American Nurses Association. She is the Vice President Integrated Care Delivery & Chief Nursing Officer, GE Healthcare IT Solutions. Dana Alexander guides nursing strategy across all GE Healthcare companies.
GE Healthcare is an AMIA Corporate Partner.
NQF Quality Model call for Public Comment
The National Quality Forum has announced its call for
public comment on the NQF Quality Model. QDM Update and QDM Style Guide PDFs are downloadable. Closing date July 16.
Kenneth D. Mandl and Isaac S. Kohane
Perspective: Escaping the EHR Trap — The Future of Health IT
The AMIA members,
Kenneth D. Mandl MD, MPH and
Isaac S. Kohane MD, PhD,
co-authored an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Mandl is the Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Intelligent Health Laboratory at the Children's Hospital Informatics Program, Boston. Dr. Kohane is Director of the Children's Hospital Informatics Program and is the Henderson Professor of Pediatrics and Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard Medical School (HMS). He is also co-director of the HMS Center for Biomedical Informatics and Director of the HMS Countway Library of Medicine.The authors are the principal investigators of the Harvard SHARP project, called
SMART. The project focuses on interoperable data and apps that can be used across a wide and universal platform (architecture). The platform and apps provide choices for clinicians and medical facilities.
JAMIA paper on SMART.
Carolyn Peterson, member of the
Ethical, Legal and Social Issues Working Group (ELSI-WG) recently shared the editorial via the WG list server.
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Daniel Z. Sands Keynote: Engaging Patients through Technology
Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH, FACMI 2003 and AMIA member, is Director, Healthcare and Medical Informatics, Internet Business Solutions Group, Cisco Systems. View his content-rich keynote address on "Engaging Patients Through Technology" delivered at the South West LHIN Quality Symposium, May 31, Stratford, Ontario.
Check out the YouTube video. (One hour runtime.)
ACMI Fellow Latanya Sweeney and theDataMap™ Project
Have you heard of
theDataMap™ Project and Harvard’s
Data Privacy Lab?
Latanya Sweeney, PhD,
FACMI 2006 and Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has been researching ways to gather detailed knowledge of flows of personal health information in the United States. She is the creator of theDataMap™ Project and director of the Data Privacy Lab. theDataMap™ is an online portal for documenting flows of personal data. The goal is to produce a detailed description of personal data flows in the U.S. More details
Bloomberg Tech Blog article.
AMIA Board Chair participates in White House Meeting on
HIEs, Usability, CDSS and Workforce
On June 19, AMIA Board Chair,
Gil Kuperman, MD, attended a special White House meeting, “Discussion on Health Information Technology and Improving Care Quality and Patient Health.” The 200 invite-only attendees represented a cross-section of the healthcare field and included physicians, providers, vendors and government officials.
Dr. Kuperman commented, “It is clear ONC is seeking to identify the real world challenges and the effective solutions to EHR implementation. The comments were especially insightful and a lot of time was spent on HIE. There are lots of models out there. Paying for outcomes will help to accelerate progress, as will having rules of the road for privacy and trust.There is a sincere interest on the part of ONC to know what has been accomplished, what challenges remain and what local lessons have been learned that could be promulgated throughout the system. We don’t have a systematic way to share these lessons. If everyone knew what everybody else knew, we’d have many of these problems solved.”
The meeting featured brief remarks by panelists and an open group discussion. Panelists included Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; Ted Chan, MD Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Medical Director, US San Diego Hillcrest and La Jolla Medical Centers; Greg Wolverton, FHIMSS, CIO, ARCare; and Mike Zaroukian, MD, Vice President and CMIO, Sparrow Health System, Professor of Medicine, Michigan State University. Opening and closing remarks were offered by Cecilia Munoz, Director White House Domestic Policy Council and Liz Fowler, Special Assistant to the President for Healthcare & Economic Policy, White House National Economic Council, respectively.
Other AMIA members present at the meeting were
Michael Shabot, MD ;
Lawrence Garber, MD and
Christopher Chute, MD, Dr. P.H. William Bria, MD, President,
AMDIS was also present.
AHRQ Releases Report on Health IT Hazard Software
A
new report from AHRQ describes the development and testing of the Health IT Hazard Manager, a software tool that will alert users to potential health IT-related patient safety events. This project focused on developing and testing a software tool to capture and manage information about prospectively-identified health information technology (IT) hazards, before they have the potential to cause harm.
ONC Unveils Standards Framework for Clinical Decision Support Tools
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has announced the launch of a new standards and interoperability framework -- called
Health eDecisions -- aimed at building consensus on standards for clinical decision support systems.
OCR Releases Findings from Privacy and Security Audits
The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) completed its initial privacy and security audits in March. At a recent OCR and National Institute of Standards and Technology conference,
OCR provided some official details. Other
presentations from the conference are also available.
Nominations: AMIA Board of Directors 2012 Deadline July 3
Are you ready and willing to serve the Association, its members and the profession? The Nominating Committee of AMIA welcomes nominations for five positions: Board Chair and four Directors. Experienced, thoughtful, forward-thinking individuals with diverse experience are sought for volunteer leadership.
Members are encouraged to self-nominate or advance names of eligible candidates for positions by July 3.
The nomination process is open to all regular AMIA members. The Board plays a crucial leadership role determining governance, program and policy directives. Send nominations to Kristin Schelin, AMIA Director of Operations and Programs,
kristin@amia.org.
More information on criteria.
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
June 23-27
NI2012 in Montreal
June 27
10x10 with OHSU and American College of Emergency Physicians
July 23
10x10 with University of Texas Health Science Center
July 25
10x10 with Oregon Health and Science University
Save the Date
November 3-7, 2012 AMIA 2012 Annual Symposium, Chicago
March 18-22, 2013 Summits on Translational Science CRI and TBI, San Francisco
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