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.

  • FOA to Reduce Health Disparities
    March 12, 2013
     NIH issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (RFA-EB-13-002) seeking SBIR grant applications to develop medical technologies aimed at reducing disparities in achieving healthcare access...
  • Commonwealth Fund Accepting LOIs
    March 12, 2013
     The Patient-Centered Coordinated Care Program, an initiative of the New York City-based Commonwealth Fund is accepting Letters of Inquiry (LOI) for projects designed to improve the quality of...
  • New HITPC and HITSC Members
    March 4, 2013
     ONC announced the retuning and new members of the Health IT Policy and Standards Committees. You can find the list of new members in the release.
  • NSF-NIH Interagency Initiative: Smart and Connected Health
    March 1, 2013
    The Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have identified Smart and Connected Health as a program focus. In particular, the...
  • IOM Launches New Roundtable on Population Health Improvement
    March 1, 2013
    Building on previous studies that show many factors beyond medical care affect people's health, the Institute of Medicine has established the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement to explore...
  • NeHC and ONC Announce National HIE Governance Forum
    March 1, 2013
    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) and National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) invite eligible organizations to participate in the new National HIE Governance Forum. The Forum...
  • Proposed Policy Targets Dual Use Research of Concern
    March 1, 2013
    Dual use research of concern (DURC) is life sciences research that has the potential to provide knowledge, information, products, or technologies that can be misused so as to pose a threat to public...
  • ONC Releases Reports on HIE
    February 8, 2013
    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has published research that aims to help providers and professionals better understand several high-impact services that can sustain health...
  • The HIT Policy Committee is forming a new workgroup on Accountable Care and Health IT
    February 8, 2013
     HIT Policy Committee's Accountable Care Workgroup will be charged with making recommendations on how HHS policies and programs can advance the evolution of a health IT infrastructure that...
  • AHRQ Seeks Nominations for Work Groups to Develop and Improve Quality Indicators
    February 8, 2013
    The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is now taking nominations for its contracted workgroups focused on to developing and improving quality indicators. Those who are selected will...
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