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Nov 11, 2010
"Hold harmless" clauses in health information technology contracts that absolve vendors of errors or defects in their software are unethical, according to a position paper of the American...
Nov 10, 2010
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has adopted recommendations for new practices targeting the reduction or elimination of tensions that mar relationships between health IT vendors...
Nov 7, 2010
If you are looking for a career that offers stability, flexibility and advancement, consider the growing field of medical informatics. Medical informaticians apply the principles of computer and...
Sep 15, 2010
In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Mayo physicians showed how EMRs were able to help them determine the genetic variants that make certain people...
Sep 8, 2010
Scientific research published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) reports on a study of genetic variants that influence human susceptibility...
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.
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