AMIA is proud to announce that registration for the 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics, taking place in Montreal, Canada, June 23-27, 2012, is now open. The meeting is one of the most important activities of the International Medical Informatics Association - Nursing Informatics Special Interest Group (IMIA/NI-SIG) and is held every third year to promote all aspects of nursing and health informatics globally. AMIA welcomes a solid roster of influential nursing and nursing informatics organizations that have already joined as Collaborating Organizations to expand our promotion and marketing of the meeting. NI2012 is a rare opportunity to network with nurses, midwives, care-givers and scientists from around the globe. We anticipate over 800 attendees at NI2012 and would love for you to attend. Click here to register.
Update your knowledge on the analysis, modeling, standardization, development and deployment of EHRs and the safe exchange of patient data by taking the University of Minnesota School of Nursing 10x10 course beginning Jan. 9, 2012. The course is designed to provide a generic overview of nursing and health informatics, and the specific application of information and communication technologies in the clinical area. Register now and you will receive a complimentary AMIA membership for 2012, which includes access to JAMIA. Registration also entitles you to claim ANCC and/or MBN credits, and attendance at the in-person course session during the AMIA 2012 Symposium in Chicago. Also available through the 10x10 program:
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10x10 with The Ohio State University (OSU) – Introduction to Clinical Research Informatics – begins January 6, 2012.
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10x10 with University of Minnesota School of Nursing (UMN) – Interprofessional Informatics – begins January 9, 2012.
Register for any of these courses and also view full course descriptions, which describe the content of the courses and the differences among them, by clicking here.Back to top
JAMIA Editor-in-Chief Lucila Ohno-Machado will discuss the article, The effectiveness of integrated health information technologies across the phases of medication management: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials, with its author, Ann McKibbon, BSc, MLS, PhD, associate professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University, during a free webinar Dec. 1.
Dr. McKibbon’s article appears in Vol. 18, Issue 5 of JAMIA, the peer-reviewed research journal that reports on what’s happening in informatics in biomedicine and health six times a year and daily online. The webinar begins at 3 p.m. (EST), Tuesday, Dec. 1, and is open to AMIA members and non-members.
Participation is free, but you must register in advance. To register and view archived presentations on the JAMIA Journal Club homepage, click here.
AMIA is co-sponsoring the Translational Bioinformatics Conference 2011 currently underway in Seoul, Korea. The conference highlights the multi-disciplinary nature of the field and provides an opportunity to bring together translational bioinformatics researchers to exchange ideas. Click here to read more.
The Institute of Medicine’s anticipated report, “Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care,” was released this week. The report was commissioned by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which had requested an evaluation of safety concerns in conjunction with recommendations on improved, safer patient care through the use of health IT. The document contains recommendations to improve transparency in the reporting of health IT safety incidents and to enhance monitoring of health IT products. To view the report, click here. For a summary, click here.
AMIA and its Nursing Informatics Working Group (NIWG) provided input to the National Quality Forum (NQF) during an open comment period to solicit input on NQF's Quality Data Model (QDM). Click here to view AMIA’s statements.
The Office of the National Coordinator will host a summit Nov. 16-18 in Washington for program participants. Two days will be reserved for grantees of government funding, while the third day will be open to all stakeholders. Click here for more information and to register.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued a draft road map for cloud computing that includes a list of high-priority needs designed to "accelerate U.S. government adoption" and to foster innovation. For more information, click here.
Results of the 2011 AMIA Board of Directors election were announced at the State of the Association meeting at the recent AMIA Annual Symposium. Members will assume their roles in January 2012. Congratulations to the new and re-elected Board members!
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Secretary - Chris Lehmann
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Treasurer - Sarah Ingersoll
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Directors - Scott Evans, Cindy Gadd, Eneida Mendonca, Blackford Middleton
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New Student WG Representative - Paulina Sockolow
30 Day Open Comment Period on Proposed Changes to AMIA Bylaws The 30 Day Open Comment Period begins today for the proposed changes to AMIA’s Bylaws to align them with AMIA’s revised strategic plan. One of the major objectives identified in AMIA’s Realigned Strategic Plan was the need to reconfigure AMIA’s bylaws and standard operating procedures to support a more streamlined and nimble organization. The new version removes many operational details and instead incorporates these details into handbooks and manuals that can be easily updated as the organization evolves. Comments on the new version will be taken for 30 days and then a membership vote will be held. Click here for more information.
Jim Cimino, MD, FACMI, president of the American College of Medical Informatics, welcomed 21 esteemed new Fellows to the College during a ceremony at AMIA’s Annual Symposium held in Washington recently. The new Fellows are:
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Elske Ammenwerth, DrSc, University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (Austria)
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George Demiris PhD, University of Washington
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Dina Demner-Fushman, MD, PhD, National Library of Medicine, NIH
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Patricia C. Dykes, DNSc, RN, Partners Healthcare, Boston
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Gunther Eysenbach, MD, MPH, University Health Network (Canada)
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Marcelo Fiszman, MD, PhD, National Library of Medicine, NIH
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Isabelle Guyon, PhD, independent consultant, Berkeley, California
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Ira J. Kalet, PhD, University of Washington
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Andrew S. Kanter, MD, MPH, Columbia University
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Martin LaVenture, PhD, Minnesota Department of Health
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Bradley A. Malin, PhD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Victor Maojo, MD, PhD, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)
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Yehoshua Perl, PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology
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Wanda Pratt, PhD, University of Washington
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Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quiros, MD, MSc, Hospital Italiano DE BS AS (Argentina)
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Samuel Trent Rosenbloom, MD, MPH, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
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Mark Weiner, MD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
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Charlene R. Weir, PhD, University of Utah
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Bonnie L. Westra, PhD, RN, University of Minnesota School of Nursing
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Fred Wolf, PhD, University of Washington
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Qing Zeng-Treitler PhD, University of Utah.
JAMIA Special Focus on Biomedical Data Privacy
- novel computational and policy approaches to biomedical data privacy protection when used and disclosed for secondary purposes;
- review papers on the state-of-the-art in privacy protection with practical applications to biomedical data;
- case studies on privacy respective clinical research and public health architectures already in deployment;
- perspective papers from leaders in this field about the present state and future of privacy protection in clinical and biomedical data (from the perspective of challenges and opportunities).
General Information about the journal can be found by clicking here, and information about the special issue can be directed to Brad Malin via e-mail at b.malin@vanderbilt.edu
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) announced an Aligning Forces for Quality (AF4Q) $100,000 “app challenge” – a competition among technology developers to create easy-to-use online tools that help consumers find information on the quality of their local physicians and hospitals. Developers are challenged to create applications for various devices including smartphones or iPads that will allow consumers to easily access and experience comparative information about the quality of care provided in various regions of the country. Data to fuel the app will come from RWJF’s Aligning Forces for Quality initiative, the Foundation’s signature effort to improve the quality of health care in 16 targeted communities nationwide. The developer of the winning app will receive $100,000. The second place winner will receive $25,000, and the third place winner will be awarded $5,000. Winners will be announced in June 2012. Developers can learn more and register to enter the challenge, by clicking here. The deadline for entry submission for phase one is Dec. 31.
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) are inviting college students to build interdisciplinary teams to create health apps as part of the “Go Viral to Improve Health: Health Data Collegiate Challenge.” A total of $10,000 in prizes will be available to the student teams who develop the best new health apps. Team registration is open until February 10, 2012. For more information, click here.
Dec. 16
Joint Summits Journal Submissions deadline
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