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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 Seeks Volunteers for ICD-10 Workgroups

June 4, 2012

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality is seeking volunteers to serve on one of about 10 workgroups to advise on converting AHRQ Quality Indicators from ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM/PCS. The...
OCR Issues Memo on Patients' Legal Rights To Access Health Data

May 30, 2012

HHS' Office for Civil Rights has released a memo and a Youtube video to help patients understand their legal right to access their health information. See: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/...
Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) and Mobile Medical Apps

May 30, 2012

The Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) authorizes FDA to collect fees from companies that produce certain human drug and biological products. PDUFA must be reauthorized in 2012. The House and...
FCC Approves Use Of Spectrum For Wireless Medical Networks

May 24, 2012

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted rules and formally approved the use of 40 MHz of spectrum (from 2360 to 2400 MHz) on a secondary basis that will enable the use of Medical Body...
Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People

May 23, 2012

The White House launched a new initiative titled “Digital Government: Building a 21st Century Platform to Better Serve the American People” which seeks to deliver government services on wireless...
NSF-NIH BIGDATA initiative

April 27, 2012

NSF and NIH will be hosting a webinar for people interested in applying for the recent NSF-NIH BIGDATA initiative entitled “Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science and...
Senator Whitehouse Releases Report on ACA and HIT

April 4, 2012

According to a report for the Senate Committee of Health Education Labor if the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the entire Accountable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional it would also hamper health...
Congress Sends Letter to FDA and FCC about Wireless Health and Medical Apps

April 3, 2012

Six members of the US House of Representatives sent a letter to the FDA and FCC that explains the importance of wireless health devices and medical apps, cautions against slow and inconsistent...
Obama Administration Unveils “Big Data” Initiative

April 2, 2012

The Obama administration announced a new initiative designed to harness massive amounts of information -- including health care data. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP)...
Enhanced Health IT teaching materials available

April 2, 2012

ONC announced that an enhanced set of 20 curriculum components is now available to the public at no cost, including all institutions of higher education nationwide and internationally. To obtain the...

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