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The deadline extension for submission of papers, posters, proposed panels or workshops in advance of the 11th International Congress on Nursing Informatics (NI 2012) ends at 11:59 pm EDT, Monday, Sept. 12. All submissions should be made through the submission site.
This global informatics conference, to convene June 23-27 in Montreal, is the world’s leading gathering for professionals interested in the use of informatics and health information technology.
The NI 2012 Scientific Planning Committee is interested in receiving proposals about what is really working in the applied setting, whether it is a hospital or a bush clinic. The Committee members are eager to hear from nurses, midwives, community health workers and public health workers. The NI Congress is held every three years and attracts a broad swath of professionals from dozens of countries. For more information on the global conference, click here.
September 28 is the last day to secure AMIA 2011 registration rates at the host hotel: the Washington Hilton. You may register online or call to reserve: 202-483-3000. Be sure to mention the AMIA group code for best rates: “AMI”. Reservations received after Sept. 28, or after the AMIA block is filled (whichever comes first) are subject to availability and prevailing rates. Don’t miss out on the AMIA block rate! Reserve today by clicking here.
The host hotel is in a popular enclave of Washington, DC—Dupont Circle. Replete with historic buildings, chic restaurants and walkable side streets, the Washington Hilton is in the midst of it all.
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Professionals searching for an overview of biomedical and health informatics should register for the Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) 10x10 course taught by William Hersh, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology at the OHSU School of Medicine. The Introduction to Biomedical and Health Informatics 10x10 course begins Nov. 30. Students will gain 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. The course also aims to provide an entry point for those wishing further study (and/or career development) in the field. Register now and secure your spot in this sought-after original 10x10 course.
Also available through the 10x10 program:
• 10x10 with University of Minnesota School of Nursing course begins Oct. 10.
• Registration will open soon for The Ohio State University’s Clinical Research Informatics 10x10 course, which begins Jan. 6.
AMIA served as the U.S. convener of the ARGOS project, an EU-U.S. collaborative project established and funded by the European Commission to advance transatlantic collaboration on eHealth. ARGOS was led by Principal Investigators Professor Georges De Moor, EuroRec Institute for Health Records, Saint-Chamond, France; and Nancy M. Lorenzi, PhD, professor of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and chair of the AMIA Board. A new book has emerged from the project, newly available online. The volume is a collection of policy briefs written by stakeholders in the EU–U.S. partnership, including Dr. Lorenzi, who authored two of the briefs.
“Though the ARGOS project has concluded, we look forward to continued collaboration with our EU colleagues and to new initiatives that may continue collaborative policy discussions in an even broader forum,” Dr. Lorenzi said.
Abstracts and downloadable pdfs of each of the above briefs, plus subject and author indices can be located by clicking here.
AMIA is currently seeking input from members on three government notices of proposed rule-making:
• The Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) proposed rule-making on the Metadata Standards. The deadline for comments is Sept. 23. Click here to learn more.
• FDA’s Proposed Guidance for Mobile Medical Applications. The deadline is Oct. 19. Click here for more information.
• "Human Subjects Research Protections: Enhancing Protections for Research Subjects and Reducing Burden, Delay and Ambiguity for Investigators" from the Department of Health and Human Services. The deadline is Oct. 26. Click here for more information.
For questions or to submit your input, please contact Meryl Bloomrosen: meryl@amia.org
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced new funding to implement health information technology in rural areas of the country. Rural health networks will receive more than $11.9 million to support adoption of health IT and certified electronic health records (EHR). The funding will also help rural health networks’ participating eligible providers qualify for Medicare and Medicaid EHR incentive payments being administered by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Click here for more details.
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A new paper published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that physician practices that use electronic health records had significantly higher achievement and improvement in meeting standards of care and outcomes in diabetes than practices using paper records. The research involved more than 27,000 adults with diabetes who received care in 46 practices across the Cleveland metro area. The authors are all participants in Better Health Greater Cleveland, a regional collaborative supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other sources. Click here to read more.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently published a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued as part of the NIH Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Opportunity Network. The FOA encourages research grant applications that propose to increase understanding of the basic cognitive, affective, motivational and social processes that underlie decision making across the lifespan. This includes an appreciation of the interactions among the psychological, neurobiological and behavioral processes in decision making. It also includes consideration of the mediating and/or moderating influences of genetics, physiology, the social environment and culture. Click here for more information.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), along with a number of other partners, launched a new effort to raise public awareness about what people can do to identify and get better health care. The "Care About Your Care" initiative is a month-long project to encourage all Americans to seek and get the best care possible. Click here for more information.
Ross Koppel, chair of AMIA’s Evaluation Working Group, weighed in on Google’s decision to drop its electronic personal health record (PHR) service on the medical information resource called KevinMD. Read Dr. Koppel’s article by clicking here.
Have you found a couple of shortcuts online at AMIA.org by now? Here are a few to get you going:
1. There’s a new link to “MyAmia” on the top of the portal now, above the AMIA logo and log-in box. Once you’re logged in, you can perform a variety of tasks online: register for meetings, change your password, access the membership directory or order discounted publications.
2. “Share” any pages on AMIA.org by selecting your favorite social media site from the menu that appears when you point your mouse to the +Share button on any page of the site. You can Tweet, e-mail or share links far and wide.
3. Submit an event to the AMIA calendar. Share meetings you find useful—new partnerships might emerge!
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AMIA 2011 Advance Registration deadline
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AMIA's 35th Annual Symposium on Biomedical and Health Informatics, Washington, DC
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