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CMS Can Go Further in Addressing Documentation Burden, Leveraging New MIPS Participation Paradigm, AMIA Says
October 2, 2019
Nation’s clinical informatics professionals urges CMS to orient MVPs towards outcomes of interoperability In comments submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) largely supported proposals to amend some documentation requirements and create a new participation pathway for the Merit-based Incentive Payment
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AMIA Statement on HIT Provider Group Letter to Senate HELP Committee
September 20, 2019
The following statement was released today by Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, President and CEO, AMIA regarding a letter to the HELP Committee: The rules proposed by ONC are an important step towards empowering patients and improving interoperability. The use of more modern, more accurate standards and the
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AMIA Statement on HIT Provider Group Letter to Senate Energy and Commerce Committee
September 20, 2019
The following statement was released today by Douglas B. Fridsma, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, President and CEO, AMIA regarding a letter to the Energy and Commerce Committee: The rules proposed by ONC are an important step towards empowering patients and improving interoperability. The use of more modern, more accurate standards
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September 19, 2019
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JAMIA Publishes Special Issue, Highlighting Informatics Studies That Address Health Disparities
August 19, 2019
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) published a health equity Special Issue in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association’s ( JAMIA), “ Health Informatics and Health Equity: Improving our Reach and Impact.” This Special Issue, featuring 23 articles, highlights health informatics research that focuses on marginalized and underserved
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AMIA Urges Detailed Implementation Plan as Part of TEFCA Next Steps
June 17, 2019
Nation’s clinical informatics professionals support Draft 2 of TEFCA, while recommending modifications to improve stakeholder participation (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) largely supported several key changes in the Trusted Exchange Framework
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AMIA Supports, Encourages Further Refinement of FDA AI/Machine Learning Regulatory Framework
June 5, 2019
Informatics experts commend FDA for leading a much-needed conversation on the emerging and highly-important topic BETHESDA, MD – In comments submitted this week to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the nation’s informatics professionals applauded the agency for developing a regulatory Modification Framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML)-based
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AMIA Recommends 'Phased Approach' to Payer API Requirements
June 4, 2019
Informatics experts call for new Innovation Center funding models to foster the growth of advanced clinical informatics professionals and Board-certified Clinical Informaticians BETHESDA, MD – In comments submitted today to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the nation’s informatics professionals recommended a phased approach for making payer and
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AMIA Calls on ONC to ‘Flip the Paradigm’ of Data Access with Cures Act Implementation
May 23, 2019
Nation’s clinical informatics professionals also urge ONC to protect patient privacy and security in emerging API-driven environment (BETHESDA, MD) — In comments submitted to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) applauded ONC on its thoughtful and faithful translation of
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AMIA Urges Feds to Think Beyond Traditional Care Boundaries for ‘Future Vision’ of Interoperability
March 15, 2019
Nation’s clinical informatics professionals highlight patient-generated health data, a need for infrastructure and governance frameworks for interoperability In comments submitted last week to the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program (NITRD), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) supported their future vision for interoperability among