Annual Symposium Opens Sunday, Oct. 22!
Get ready for the most robust Symposium in AMIA's 35-year history! 100 sessions, three keynoters, hundreds of posters! There is a rich mix of science, practice, methods and tutorial-style information packed into this meeting. Take a look at the final onsite program online – you can download the pdf on the meeting site by clicking here. Would you like to have the Annual Symposium onsite program right in the palm of your hand? You will access the print program with some enhanced content as well.
Use the tools to quickly page through the table of contents, find keynote presentations, scientific sessions, and more!
Access the URL from your laptop, and you can share pages on Facebook and Twitter by using tools at the top of the book!
If you have extra time at the Symposium, consider volunteering at the AMIA booth on the Exhibition Hall floor. Sign up using this doodle.
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While you’re in Washington for AMIA’s 35 th Annual Symposium, why not brush-up on the regulatory system by attending, "Policy 101: What Public Policy Is and How to Help Shape It," Monday, Oct. 24, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Panelists include David Bates, chair of AMIA's Public Policy Committee; Meryl Bloomrosen, AMIA’s vice president for public policy and government relations; and Doug Peddicord, of Washington Health Strategies Group. The session will provide information about the processes of health policy development and implementation, and an overview of federal and state regulatory programs that impact the healthcare industry, and biomedical and health informatics. Speakers will present the big picture of federal budgeting, its players and the formal and informal budget processes.
The session also will provide pointers for communicating effectively with decision-makers.Click here to find the session on the AMIA 2011 program.
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Trey Ideker, PhD, will speak on Monday, March 19. Dr. Ideker is a pioneer in using genome-scale measurements to construct network models of cellular processes and disease. He’s recognized by the International Society for Computational Biology for outstanding contributions to the field. Dr. Ideker is the division chief of medical genetics at University of California San Diego School (UCSD) of Medicine.>
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Howard J. Jacob, PhD, will speak on Tuesday, March 20. Dr. Jacob is known for his success using genome sequencing to identify a casual mutation that led to treatment of a 6-year-old boy with an extreme form of inflammatory bowel disease. He is the director, Human and Molecular Genetics Center and professor of physiology and pediatrics at Medical College and Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.
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Robert M. Califf, MD, will speak on “Bridge Day,” Wednesday, March 21. Dr. Califf has led some of the best-known clinical trials and health outcomes studies in cardiovascular medicine and has published more than 1,000 peer-reviewed original articles in collaboration with his colleagues. He’s the vice chancellor for clinical research at Duke University’s Translational Medicine Institute, and professor of medicine in the institute’s division of cardiology. To read more about the speakers, click here.
10x10 with OHSU Offers Overview of HIT Sector
Health Information Technology professionals who seek a detailed overview of biomedical and health informatics should consider registering for the OHSU 10x10 course, which begins Nov. 30.
The course aims to provide an entry point for those wishing further study (and/or career development). It provides a broad understanding from the vantage point of those who implement, lead, and develop IT solutions for improving health, healthcare, public health, and biomedical research.
Also available through the 10x10 program:
- 10x10 with The Ohio State University (OSU) – CRI course – begins Jan. 6.
- 10x10 with University of Minnesota School of Nursing (UMN) – Nursing Informatics course – begins Jan. 9.
- 10x10 with Kansas University (KUMC) – begins Jan. 30.
- 10x10 with The University of Utah – Public Health Informatics course – begins Feb. 1 10x10 with University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) – course begins March 1.
Join Editor-in-Chief Lucila Ohno-Machado and guest authors Russ Altman, MD, PhD, professor of bioengineering, genetics and medicine, director, Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Stanford University; and Nicholas Tatonetti, Stanford University, School of Medicine, for an online discussion of: A novel signal detection algorithm for identifying hidden drug-drug interactions in adverse event reports. The webinar is Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. EST. Dr. Altman’s and Mr. Tatonetti’s article appears in the 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 is free, but you must register in advance. To register and view archived presentations on the JAMIA Journal Club homepage, click here. AMIA members and non-members are welcome to participate, and to earn CME credit.
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NCVHS: ONC Metadata Rulemaking Process is Premature
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) recently sent a letter to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) saying it is "premature to start the rulemaking process for metadata standards without having a better understanding of the current level of maturity of those standards, assessment of the degree to which they have been tested or even used in the industry, a careful analysis of possible unintended consequences, and, more importantly, a policy framework that defines their use." ONC released its advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on “Metadata Standards to Support Nationwide Electronic Health Information Exchange” in August 2011. Click here to read the ANPRM or here to read NCVHS's full comments.
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IOM Issues Report on Public Engagement in Clinical Trials
The Institute of Medicine IOM recently released a new workshopsummary titled, " Public Engagement and Clinical Trials: New Models and Disruptive Technologies." IOM's Forum on Drug Discovery, Development and Translation, in collaboration with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, held a workshop in June, to engage stakeholders and experts in a discussion about possible solutions to improve public engagement in clinical trials. Click here for more information
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The U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) recently released a new fact sheet summarizing grant awards for simulation research projects funded in fiscal year 2011. In 2011, AHRQ funded 11 multi-year demonstration grants to evaluate the use and effectiveness of various simulation approaches and the role they can play in improving the safety and quality of health care delivery. Grant research topics include simulations of cardiac surgery, pediatric resuscitation methods, steps to recognize sepsis and techniques for teaching femoral arterial access used for coronary artery stent placement. Click here for more information.
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The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Innovation Center announced the formation of the Innovation Advisors Program, designed to support testing a new models of care delivery, and to work with local organizations and groups to drive delivery system reforms, and gather new ideas for possible testing or diffusion. The Innovation Advisors Program consists of face-to-face national and regional meetings, training sessions, seminars, presentations by subject matter experts and individual coaching. Innovation Advisors will partake in a dialogue between their home organization and the Innovation Center. A fellowship stipend of up to $20,000 is available to support the activities of individuals selected for the program. Applications are due Nov. 15. Additional information can be located by clicking here. CMS is expected to select about 200 people to participate.
Six Nurse Informaticians Inducted Into Nursing Fellowship
Six nurse informaticians, all leaders in nursing informatics, will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) as Fellows, Saturday evening, Oct. 15, at the annual AAN Meeting and Conference. The new AAN Fellows are recognized for their individual accomplishments within the nursing profession and for their contributions to transforming health care through design of electronic health record systems that support nursing workflow, critical decision support and best practices. The new AAN Fellows are:
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Dana Alexander, RN, MSN, MBA, Vice President and Chief Nursing Officer, GE Healthcare IT Solutions. Leverages professional nursing practice knowledge and health system operational experience to develop strategic planning initiatives and redesign healthcare processes.
- Gregory L. Alexander PhD, RN--Associate Professor, University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing. Research focus: gero-informatics and national standards initiatives, information technology innovations to assess, monitor, and improve the health of older adults.
- Thomas R. Clancy, PhD, RN--Clinical Professor and Assistant Dean, University of Minnesota School of Nursing. Specializes in the use of analytical and simulation models as tools to predict return on investment measures for new medical devices and information technology prior to their use in a healthcare setting.
- Karen A. Monsen, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota School of Nursing and Director of the Omaha System Partnership for Knowledge Discovery and Health Care Quality. Expertise is in public health nursing and nursing informatics; her research includes theory-based analysis, data mining, and longitudinal analysis.
- Judy Murphy, BSN, RN, FACMI, Vice President, Information Technology, Aurora Health Care, Wisconsin. Publishes and lectures nationally and internationally on system implementation methodologies, automated clinical documentation, and the use of technology to support evidence-based practice.
- Hyeoun-Ae Park, PhD, RN, College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea Involved in development of an enterprise EMR system and development of standard vocabulary for nursing records for the Bundang Seoul National University Hospital, a tertiary teaching hospital in Korea.
To learn more, click here.
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Three suites are reserved during the Symposium for members who would like to network or hold meetings in a relaxed, casual setting. The suites, open from Sunday, Oct. 23 through Tuesday, Oct. 25, are sponsored by the AMIA Working Groups and the AMIA Membership Committee. Each Working Group will be assigned a time slot, so if you’d like to meet people active in a particular WG, mark your schedule to visit during the appropriate time. Use the suites to hold discussions with your mentor or mentee, new members, prospective employees, potential AMIA members, or simply to discuss activities for 2012. You can find an updated listing of all hospitality suites by clicking here. For more information, please contact Rob Rader at rob@amia.org.
Editor’s Note: Due to AMIA’s 35th Annual Symposium, E-News will not be published Thursday, Oct. 27. Please look for our next edition of E-News Thursday, Nov. 3..
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