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Dear Ms. Tavenner,
On behalf of AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request...
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April 22, 2013
February 4, 2013
Re: ONC’s Request for Comments (RFC) about the Proposed Health IT Patient Safety Action and Surveillance Plan
Dear Dr. Mostashari:
On behalf of AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-...
January 14, 2013
September 21, 2012
Dear Ms. Roper,
On behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for information (RFI). AMIA thanks the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department) and the Agency for Health...
September 7, 2012
Dear Dr. Buehler,
On behalf of AMIA (the American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for comments. AMIA thanks the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...
August 10, 2012
The draft plan establishes PHSIPO's vision, identifies key priorities, and defines strategies to advance the science and practice of public health surveillance and informatics.
July 20, 2012
The Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005 (Patient Safety Act), Public Law 109–41,42 U.S.C. 299b–21–b–26, provides for the formation of Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs), which collect, aggregate, and analyze confidential information regarding the quality...
July 16, 2012
The Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI) submit ted a letter of support for the comments developed by the AMIA Nursing Informatics (NI) Working Group (NIWG) to the National Quality Forum (NQF) on the Quality Data Model (QDM).
July 10, 2012
Quality measurement is a critical element of the strategy to improve the quality of care delivered in the U.S. health care system. Until recently, quality measurement relied almost exclusively on the use of electronic claims data, manual chart abstraction, and patient surveys. However, there has...
June 29, 2012
Dear Mr. Posnack: On behalf of AMIA (the American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for information (RFI). AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics and is dedicated to the development and...
May 17, 2012
Re: 45 CFR Part 162 [CMS–0040–P] RIN 0938–AQ13Administrative Simplification: Adoption of a Standard for a Unique Health Plan Identifier; Addition to the National Provider Identifier Requirements; and a Change to the Compliance Date for ICD–10–CM and ICD–10...
May 7, 2012
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 200 Independence Ave, SW Washington, DC
Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator and Chief Operating Officer Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services 7500 Security...
May 7, 2012
Farzad Mostashari, MD
Office of the National Coordinator
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Washington, DC 20201
Re: Health Information Technology: Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic...
March 16, 2012
AMIA and the NIWG submitted comments in response to the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute’s (PCORI’s) request for comments about its draft National Priorities for Research and Research Agenda. PCORI was created to fund research that will give patients, caregivers, and...
November 10, 2011
AMIA acknowledged NIST’s efforts to highlight the importance of usability testing for electronic health records (EHRs) through its issuance of the proposed guidance. AMIA expressed concerns about several aspects of the draft guidance including the following: a limited and narrow...
November 7, 2011
AMIA and its Nursing Informatics Working Group once again provided input to the National Quality Forum (NQF) during an open comment period to solicit input on NQF's Quality Data Model (QDM). In its comments, AMIA recognized the importance of having an information model that clearly defines...
October 25, 2011
This week AMIA submitted comments to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in response to the a request for comments regarding Human Subject Research Protections:...
October 19, 2011
AMIA recently issued comments in response to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) draft guidance on mobile medical applications. In the comments, AMIA president Ted Shortliffe noted,...
September 13, 2011
In response to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) invitation AMIA participated in a public workshop on the FDA’s Draft Guidance on mobile medical applications. AMIA,...
August 1, 2011
AMIA has commented on a recent HHS notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to modify the Health Insurance Portability and...
June 6, 2011
AMIA submitted comments today on the proposed rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Medicare Shared Savings Program: Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs).
In the comments, AMIA...
May 26, 2011
Today, AMIA and its Nursing Informatics Working Group provided input to National Quality Forum (NQF) during an open comment period to solicit input on NQF's Quality Data Model (QDM). The QDM provides a way to describe clinical concepts in a standardized format so that those monitoring clinical...
May 6, 2011
AMIA has weighed in on the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan in response to the HHS Office of the National Coordinator’s (ONC) call for comments on the overarching strategy for realizing health IT goals set forth by the U.S. Congress and the Administration. AMIA states in its comments to...
April 1, 2011
Dear eMeasure Format Review Panel:
On behalf of AMIA (the American Medical Informatics Association), we are pleased to submit these comments to help inform your important discussions. AMIA is an unbiased, authoritative source within the informatics community and the healthcare industry....
March 17, 2011
AMIA submitted comments recently to the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in response to their request for public comments on the latest draft of the Institute's strategic plan. The association's comments were informed by AMIA's Nursing Informatics Working Group (NIWG), which...
March 7, 2011
Re: Request for Information Regarding the Effectiveness of Federal Agency Participation in Standardization in Select Technology Sectors for the National Science and Technology Council‘s Sub-Committee on Standardization.
Dear Dr. Gallagher:
On behalf of AMIA, I am pleased to...
February 26, 2011
Dear Dr. Seidman:
On behalf of AMIA (the American Medical Informatics Association), I am pleased to submit these comments in response to the above-referenced request for comment (RFC). AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health informatics and is dedicated to the development...
January 19, 2011
Re: Request for Information Regarding the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) Report Entitled "Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path Forward"
Dear Mr. Posnack,
On...
December 10, 2010
AMIA comments to ONC on consumer’s privacy and security of Personal Health Records. AMIA discusses the benefits and risks to consumers of PHRs and other points.
November 23, 2010
AMIA submitted comments to HHS on the Common Format, Device or Medical/Surgical Supply, including HIT Devices. The comments address patient safety data collections and event reporting. Failures with HIT devices are different from those associated with other devices and warrant a distinct form...
November 12, 2010
The current commercial health information technology (IT) arena encompasses a number of competing firms that provide electronic health applications to hospitals, clinical practices, and other healthcare-related entities. Such applications collect, store, and analyze patient information. Some...
September 13, 2010
AMIA comments on the HHS NPRM to modify HIPPA Privacy, Security and Enforcement Rules under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Act (HITECH) published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2010. The discussion focuses mainly on protecting the PHI of consumers by the way of...
May 29, 2010
AMIA comments to DEA on E-Prescribing Controlled Substances which would revise the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (Controlled Substances Act, or CSA) and the related regulations to allow healthcare providers to write prescriptions for controlled substances...
May 10, 2010
AMIA comments on the proposed establishment of the Certification Programs for health information technology (HIT). AMIA agrees with the distinction between “testing” and “certification,” and support the use of the International Organization for Standard (ISO) and the...
March 15, 2010
AMIA offers comments to ONC on Health Information Technology: Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology. AMIA finds absence of detail in the certification criteria and to include directions for testing will ensure...
March 10, 2010
AMIA comments on the proposed rule which implements the initial stage of incentive funding for meaningful use (MU) of certified EHR technology. AMIA strongly believes that three principles are essential to achieving meaningful use of certified EHR technology: 1) we must invest in people, as well...
February 25, 2010
AMIA’s testimony to the HIT Policy Committee, Adoption/Certification Workgroup, discusses potential unintended consequences of health information technology (HIT) and HIT policy, as well as effective options for addressing them. AMIA and its task force offer several recommendations that...
February 10, 2010
AMIA NIWG submits statement to the Institute of Medicine (IOM) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the future of nursing. NIWG recognizes the importance of increasing the nursing workforce and to prepare them to meet the educational challenges of implementing HIT on a grand...
December 24, 2009
AMIA comments on the interim final rule, which amends the enforcement regulations promulgated under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) to conform to the revisions made pursuant to the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH...
December 4, 2009
AMIA comments on the proposed rule to the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA). AMIA supports the inclusion in the HIPAA Privacy Rule to prohibit against the use of genetic information for underwriting purposes. Covered entities (CE) would use genetic information only to...
October 22, 2009
AMIA comments on the Breach Notification for Unsecured Protected Health Information Interim final rule. AMIA supports ARRA’s definition of breach but offers suggestions for amendment. The comment also discusses the kinds of triggers the notification obligation CEs have to determine in...
May 20, 2009
AMIA comments on the “Guidance Specifying the Technologies and Methodologies That Render Protected Health Information Unusable, Unreadable, or Indecipherable to Unauthorized Individuals for Purposes of the Breach Notification Requirements under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...
January 1, 2008
AMIA and AHIMA advocate empowering individuals to manage their healthcare through the use of a personal health record (PHR). The PHR is a tool for collecting, tracking and sharing important, up-to-date information about an individual’s health or the health of someone in their care. Using a...
January 1, 2008
The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) and the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) have a long history of working to protect the confidentiality of individuals’ health information and to promote fair information practices. Public confidence that privacy...
January 1, 2008
Summary Position on Adoption of ICD-10 (pdf)- a joint statement with the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
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