Policy 101: What Public Policy Is and How to Help Shape It

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.

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