Policy News

The news items below highlight U.S. federal activity in support of informatics areas that AMIA advocates. They are aggregated for the benefit of AMIA members and others interested in informatics policy.

  • FY 2014 President's Budget for HHS
    April 19, 2013
    The Department of Health and Human Services has unveiled its proposed budget for the 2014 fiscal year. The proposed 2014 budget for the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information...
  • PCORI to Host Roundtable on Comparative Effectiveness Research.
    April 19, 2013
    On Tuesday, April 23, PCORI will host a roundtable discussion on how to create a national data infrastructure to support high-quality patient-centered CER. A webcast will be available for those who...
  • OIG to amend safe harbor, anti-kickback
    April 19, 2013
     The Office of Inspector General has proposed three significant changes to safe harbor regulations pertaining to electronic health record services. These amendments include updating the...
  • ONC Launches a Web Site for Public Comments
    April 19, 2013
    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has launched PlanningRoom, a new Web site to foster public comment as the agency updates the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan.
  • ASCO Announces CancerLinQ Database
    April 19, 2013
    The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) unveiled a prototype of a cancer database, known as CancerLinQ, that will assess "de-identified" information gathered from 100,000 breast...
  • NAQC Releases White Paper on Nursing Role in Patient Engagement
    April 19, 2013
     The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care (NAQC) has released a white paper entitled, “Fostering Successful Patient and Family Engagement: Nursing's Critical Role”. The document can...
  • NQF Opens Comment Period on Common Format for Safety Reporting
    April 19, 2013
    AHRQ has revised and refined the Common Formats for acute care hospitals that are now available as Version 1.2. Through the NQF commenting tool, NQF will receive and review comments on the current...
  • EU and US Cooperation in eHealth and Health IT
    April 19, 2013
     The European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have agreed...
  • The Prize: Empowering Personal Healthcare
    April 19, 2013
     The Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE is a $10 million global competition to stimulate innovation and integration of precision diagnostic technologies, making reliable health diagnoses available...
  • ONC Releases Report on Care Transitions
    April 19, 2013
     ONC and CMS have released a report on progress of grantees with grantees in four states that have been focusing long-term or post-acute care settings. The report is entitled, “Improving...
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