Position Paper Resources

Ensuring safe, effective use of health IT and EHRs

• AMIA Comments on EHR Certification and Meaningful Use to the HIT Policy Committee
• AMIA Comments to ONC on Meaningful Use Stage 2
• AMIA Comments on Meaningful Use

Evolution of Clinical Decision Support

• AMIA FDA presentation (Sept. 2011)
• CDS Roadmap
• AHRQ Town Hall Meeting paper
• Commonwealth fund report

Impact of Health IT on Patient Safety and Quality of Care

• AMIA Testimony to HIT Policy Committee on Patient Safety and HIT
• AMIA Comments on eMeasures, submitted to National Quality Forum (NQF) 
• The Informatics Opportunities at the Intersection of Patient Safety and Clinical Informatics

Informatics as a Profession - Training, Education, and Competencies

• AMIA NIWG Submits Comments to IOM/RWJF Meeting on the Future of Nursing Education
• AMIA/ARGOS Project Workforce Paper

Informatics Research and Funding

• AMIA Identifies Areas to Strengthen Federal Health IT Strategic Plan

General Background Resources

2011 AMIA Capitol Hill Day Issue Briefs

• What is Informatics?
• Clinical Decision Support
• Work Force
• Access to Data
• Factors Influencing Successful Health Information Technology Implementation

AMIA Invitational Policy Meeting Reports/Papers

• 2009:  Anticipating and Addressing Unintended Consequences of Health Information Technology and Policy
• 2008:  Informatics, evidence-based care, and research; implications for national policy
• 2007:  Advancing the Framework: Use of Health Data
• 2006:  Establishing the Framework for the Secondary Use of Personal Health Information

AMIA Testifies before ONC's Privacy & Security Tiger Team

• Testimony of AMIA member Brad Malin

AMIA comments to ONC on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Report

• AMIA comments on PCAST report

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