 NIST Taps AMIA Members to Assist with Usability Workshop The National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) hosted a workshop on May 22 designing EHRs with a user-centered approach.NIST reached out to AMIA and its members for technical assistance with the program. Several AMIA members presented at the meeting and facilitated the breakout sessions, including: AMIA Partners with Cerner Physician Community Conference AMIA is a content partner for the Cerner Physician Community Conference, May 23-24 in Kansas City, Mo. Cerner is well known for its leadership in healthcare information technology and clinical decision support. Two AMIA members are highlighted on the program.  Joan S. Ash, PhD, MLS, MBA Professor and Vice-Chair
Informatics School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University
Addressing the Unintended Consequences and Safety Risks of Health Information Systems  Meghan Dierks, MD, FACS Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Usability in Healthcare IT: Human-Technology as Co-Agents AMIA Academic Forum Sixth Annual Conference  The 6th Annual AMIA Academic Forum Conference kicks-off May 23-24 in Minneapolis. Topics covered include The Industry Perspective on Biomedical and Health Informatics Training–Models for Academic-Industry Collaboration; Engaging with Health Professions Schools; Policy Action for BMI Education; Basic Statistics Report; and Innovations in Informatics Education. Fifty participants are expected at the host site, the University of Minnesota Institute for Health Informatics.
AMIA Submits Comments About ICD-10 Delay AMIA submitted comments in response to the proposed rule to delay ICD-10 Implementation. While AMIA noted its acceptance of the delay, DHHS was urged to undertake a number of activities to address known implementation challenges and stakeholder concerns. ICD-10 addresses Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Medical Data Code Sets.
Patient Safety and HIT 10x10 Virtual Course  Held in partnership with the University of Illinois at Chicago, Patient Safety and HIT begins May 25 and there is still time to register. The course follows the success of 2011’s UIC 10x10 offering that focused on HIT and electronic health records systems through the lens of the 2009 federal stimulus package. Patient Safety and HIT10x10 focuses on implications to patient safety as the nation successfully implements the EHR in its inpatient, ambulatory and physician office sites. Upcoming 10x10 programs
- June 27 10x10 with Oregon Health and Science University in conjunction with
the American College of Emergency Physicians - July 9 10x10 with University of Minnesota School of Nursing
- July 23 10x10 with University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- July 25 10x10 with Oregon Health and Science University
JAMIA Journal Club Free Webinar June 7  Join Editor-in-Chief Lucila Ohno-Machado and guest author Jeffrey L. Schnipper, MD, MPH, with Partners Healthcare System, online to discuss: “Effects of an online personal health record on medication accuracy and safety: a cluster-randomized trial.” To register and view archived presentations on the JAMIA Journal Club homepage, click here, AMIA members and non-members alike are welcome to participate! Save the Date: June 7 at 3:00 p.m. EST. Free registration! HHS Launches the Health System Measurement Project HHS launches the Health System Measurement Project  The Health System Measurement Project tracks government data on critical U.S. health system indicators.The website presents national trend data as well as detailed views broken out by population characteristics such as age, sex, income level and insurance coverage status.
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Calendar May 25
10x10 with University of Illinois at Chicago
June 7
JAMIA Journal Club Webinar
June 18
AMIA 2012 registration opens!
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
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March 18-22, 2013 Summits on Translational Science CRI and TBI, San Francisco
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