Who is David Bates?
He’s one of a kind … an informatics expert and a world-class birder.
David Bates, MD, MSc is the the newest Face of AMIA! Dr. Bates is a Stanford, Johns Hopkins and Harvard alum. One of his most important papers is
"Effect of computerized physician order entry and a team intervention on prevention of serious medication errors."
“My biggest passion outside of work is
birding. I’ve seen more than 6,000 of the world’s 10,000 species of birds, which has taken me all over the world. I also love hiking, climbing, extreme skiing, whitewater rafting, travel and
duplicate bridge.”
ACPE and AMIA Team Up to Present CME Eligible Virtual Courses
AMIA has a beneficial
educational multimedia partnership with the American College of Physician Executives. AMIA subject matter experts developed nearly half of the offered content. Learn about the InterAct and Interact Express CME eligible courses anchored by AMIA expert leaders. ACPE offers the
Health IT Leadership Certificate Program.
A sampling of courses includes:
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Informatics and Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records Edward Shortliffe, MD, PhD
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Patient Safety and the Electronic Health Record David Bates, MD, MSc
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Electronic Prescribing David Bates, MD, MSc
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Clinical Decision Support Gilad Kuperman, MD, PhD
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Leadership in Complex Organizations Don Detmer, MD, MA
Nominations for 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.
ONC Nominations to the HITSC and HITPC: due June 11
ONC is seeking nominations to the Health Information Technology Standards and Policy Committees. All nominations must be submitted by June 11. For detailed instructions on submitting applications, please refer to the
Federal Register Notice. More about the
ONC Federal Advisory Committees.
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Nominations to the HITSC are being accepted for 10 representative members
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Nominations to the HITPC are being accepted for one of the three members appointed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
AMIA Member Comments Requested for NwHIN: due June 29
ONC has extended the comment period for the Nationwide Health Information Network: Conditions for Trusted Exchange Request for Information (RFI) until to June 29. AMIA invites members to contribute to AMIA’s official response by contacting any of the WGs, ACMI, the Industry Advisory Council, and/or the Academic Forum public policy liaisons.
Submit personal comments to the RFI. Questions? Contact Meryl Bloomrosen, AMIA’s VP for Public Policy at
meryl@amia.org.
Call for Papers: Special Section on Patient Centered E-Health (PCEH), Communications of the Association for Information Systems
The guest editors are
E. Vance Wilson, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, School of Business, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Special Interest Group on IT in
Healthcare (SIG-Health), Association for Information Systems and
Diane Strong, Professor, WPI.
Dr. Wilson is an AMIA member and member of CHI and POI working groups. He participates primarily in the AMIA-affiliated Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH). “In the Information Systems research community we have a strong interest in supporting consumer web applications and other forms of e-commerce, so it's natural for us to orient toward patient-centered aspects of healthcare informatics. The CFP is directed toward bringing together researchers from all relevant fields to address emerging services, applications and portals designed to connect patients with their healthcare providers,” said Dr. Wilson.
Deadline: October 1. Submit abstract for comment by June 30 (recommended but not required).
10x10 Virtual Course Biomedical and Health Informatics for Emergency Physicians
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at Oregon Health and Science University in conjunction with ACEP directs the
10x10 emergency medicine course tailored to emergency physicians, nurses and other emergency personnel. It culminates in an in-person session at the 2012 Scientific Assembly of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Denver from October 8-11.
Register now! Course begins June 27.
Also offered through the 10x10 program:
Coming soon – Nova Southeastern University, Kansas University Medical Center and UAB August courses!
AHRQ Releases Clinical Decision-Support Systems Study
An AHRQ-funded Annals of Internal Medicine article
Effect of Clinical Decision-Support Systems: A Systematic Review found that clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are effective in improving health care process measures across diverse settings, and that limited evidence is available about the impact on clinical and economic outcome measures. This article expands on an evidence report from AHRQ, titled
Enabling Health Care Decisionmaking through Health Information Technology (Health IT), which discusses features key to successful implementation of CDSSs.
Fresh Fickenscher Files Blog
AMIA President and CEO, Dr. Kevin Fickenscher, blogs bi-weekly on
The Fickenscher Files.This week’s round-up: Information Chaos in Primary Care, The Romney Medical Plan, HealthCare Cost Institute.Foodies check out the Weekly Whisk. Follow Dr. Kevin @MDKev
Grant Notice: Coordinating Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation has joined with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and The John A. Hartford Foundation to support the creation of a national
Coordinating Center for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice, announced last week by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The four foundations will provide the Center with up to $8.6 million in grants over five years. HRSA is currently accepting proposals from academic sites around the United States that are interested in hosting the center.
Nominations: Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciences due August 15
The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) is
accepting nominations for the first Lurie Prize in the Biomedical Sciences, an annual award recognizing outstanding achievement by a young scientist in biomedical research.
Corrections:
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In the 5.31.12 edition of AMIA e-News the 2012 European Summit on Trustworthy Reuse of Health Data story item omitted a co-chair. The proceedings were co-chaired by Steven E. Labkoff, MD, Head, Strategic Programs, Research & Development Information at AstraZeneca; and AMIA Finance and Investment Committee Chair, and Charles Safran, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and past President and Chairman of AMIA.
Call for Papers: MEDINFO 2013
World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics: Conducting medical informatics by Converging technologies, Conveying sciences and Connecting people
Copenhagen, Denmark, August 20 – 23, 2013. Paper, Student Paper, and Poster Submissions: December 10, 2012. Acceptance Notifications: March 30, 2013
Call for Papers: Journal of Biomedical Informatics
Special Issue topic:
Biomedical Information through the Implementation of Social Media Environments. Deadline: October 1, 2012
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Calendar
June 18
AMIA 2012 registration opens! AMIA 2012, November 3-7, Chicago
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
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March 18-22, 2013 Summits on Translational Science CRI and TBI, San Francisco
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