AMIA in the News: 2010
Mary Stevens
Sep 1, 2010
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has launched a non-profit, wholly owned subsidiary organization, called the Global Health Informatics Partnership (GHIP), to serve as an...
Nancy Volkers
Jul 30, 2010
Like many people in the early 1990s, Lynn Bry -- then a student in the M.D.-Ph.D. program at Washington University in St. Louis -- didn't know much about computers.
May 27, 2010
Don Detmer discusses the aims of the AMIA Global Partnership Program (AMIA GPP). This is an initiative of the American Medical Informatics Association in collaboration with the International Medical...
May 27, 2010
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) board of directors has selected Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, as the new editor-in-chief of Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association...
Kate Ackerman
May 14, 2010
Personal health records often are touted as a way to engage patients by giving them control over their own health care. However, it turns out that personal health records might not be so personal.
Apr 21, 2010
The HIT Policy Committee, a federal advisory board, has approved a number of recommendations for increasing oversight of the safety of electronic health records.
Apr 21, 2010
Targeted deployment of health analytics, or business intelligence applications, could improve patient outcomes, increase safety, enhance operational efficiency
Apr 7, 2010
An elderly woman suspected of having a stroke arrives confused at the emergency room. The physician uses the basic information she is able to provide to access the critical medical history that will...
Mar 19, 2010
For translational medicine to succeed, biomedical informaticians need to be part of the team, Indra Neil Sarkar from the University of Vermont's College of Medicine wrote in a paper published in the...
Mar 10, 2010
$19.2 billion of stimulus funds have been set aside for doctors and hospitals making the switch to electronic health records. An update on progress to date and why some practitioners are – for...
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