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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.

PCORI Announces Workshops

August 30, 2012

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) will host three workshops in Washington, D.C., this fall as part of its effort to engage patients and other health care stakeholders as...
World Economic Forum Announces 23 Most Innovative Startups "Technology Pioneers 2013"

August 30, 2012

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging business, political, academic and other leaders of society to...
FCC “mHealth Task Force” Releases Recommendations

August 30, 2012

Earlier this year, the FCC convened a summit with industry leaders to discuss opportunities to accelerate the adoption and use of mobile health care technologies. Participants formed an "mHealth...
White House Announces Innovation Fellows

August 23, 2012

US Chief Technology Officer Todd Park announced the first class of “Presidential Innovation Fellows” who have agreed to spend six months in Washington to work on five high-impact projects...
FDA Releases a Proposed Rule for Medical Device Tracking System

August 6, 2012

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a proposed rule to require that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier, or UDI. The FDA is also...
AHRQ Releases Handbook on Interactive Preventive Health Records

August 6, 2012

A new handbook from AHRQ offers practical guidance on the implementation of interactive preventive health records (IPHRs). Based on the lessons learned from implementation using electronic health...
CDC Releases Report on Public Health Surveillance and HIT

July 27, 2012

The report outlines the CDC's vision for public health surveillance in the 21st Century and notes that public health surveillance evolved to cover much more than infectious diseases, as have...
GAO Releases Report On Use of Electronic Records

July 26, 2012

The Government Accountability Office released new information Thursday about the use of electronic health records (EHR). Medicare has been offering extra payments to urge doctors and hospitals to...
AHRQ Seeks Comments on Ways to Improve Quality Measurement through Health IT

July 20, 2012

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking comment on ways to improve quality measurement through health IT. AHRQ has issued a Request for Information (RFI), “Request for...
IOM Workshop on Educating for Practice

July 17, 2012

On August 29-30, 2012, the Global Forum will be holding its first public workshop, which will serve to establish an orientation for the Global Forum's future work. The workshop panels and...

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