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AMIA aims to lead the way in transforming health care through trusted science, education, and the practice of informatics. AMIA connects a broad community of professionals and students interested in informatics. AMIA is the bridge for knowledge and collaboration across a continuum, from basic and applied research to the consumer and public health arenas. AMIA actively supports five domains:
They show strong support for collaboration across regions and networks.

AMIA Supports Goals of ONC Trusted Exchange Framework, New Data Policy

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

Informatics Professionals See Potential for New Paradigm for Our National Health IT Infrastructure

(BETHESDA, MD) – In a pair of comments filed today with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) supports the federal government goals to harmonize network-to-network exchange and establish a new mechanism to develop and disseminate national data policy. The nation’s informatics professionals urged federal officials to develop a comprehensive timeline, which includes establishment of pilots for specific aspects of the TEFCA, and they challenged ONC to establish a “share first, structure later” data policy, so that important data elements are not trapped behind siloed systems.

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