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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.

AHRQ Releases Toolsets to Help Pharmacists and Physicians Implement E-Prescribing

June 21, 2012

Two toolsets, one for physicians in small practices and one for independent pharmacies, for supporting e-prescribing implementation are now available from the Agency for Healthcare Research and...
MedPAC Releases Reports to the Congress

June 21, 2012

MedPAC has released its June 2012 Report to Congress. In addition, they have issued several Fact Sheets including MedPAC's mandated report on serving rural Medicare beneficiaries and MedPAC's...
NIH Launches Online Resource to Address Emerging Public Health Challenges

June 20, 2012

A web-based interactive anthology will provide psychologists, economists, anthropologists, sociologists and other scientists with the latest research methods and tools. The web-based resource called...
NIH Convenes Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership

June 20, 2012

OMOP is a multi-year research initiative managed by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) that has developed a network of administrative claims and electronic health records...
ONC Unveils Standards Framework for Clinical Decision Support Tools

June 20, 2012

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has announced the launch of a new standards and interoperability framework -- called Health eDecisions -- aimed at building consensus on standards...
OCR Releases Findings from Privacy and Security Audits

June 19, 2012

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) completed its initial privacy and security audits in March. At a recent OCR and National Institute of Standards and Technology conference, OCR provided some official...
IOM Announces Workshop On The Role of Telehealth In An Evolving Health Care Environment

June 12, 2012

This Institute of Medicine (IOM) workshop will be held on August 8-9, 2012 at the NAS Building in Washington, DC. This workshop will revolve around the potential for telehealth to serve...
IOM Releases a CEO Checklist for High-Value Health Care

June 12, 2012

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently released an IOM Discussion Paper. The paper offers the personal views and experiences (with supportive case material) of the authors, and presents what they'...
FCC Hosts mHealth Summit

June 6, 2012

FCC Chairman Genachowski hosted a discussion at the Commission’s headquarters with private, academic, and government leaders in wireless health technology to discuss the promise of mobile...
CMS Announces Data and Information Initiative

June 5, 2012

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a new data and information initiative as part of the agency’s evolution from a fee-for-service based payer to a value-based...

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