Announcements

The AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit submission deadline is EARLY this year!  DO NOT MISS IT!  Bioinformatics, Clinical Research, Implementation, Data Science.

There's still time to register.

Today's JAMIA Journal Club features Co-author Benjamin Goldstein discussing "Designing risk prediction models for ambulatory no-shows across different specialties and clinics." [Abstract]

July 12, 3 – 4 PM ET

Register here.

We will be closed for the holiday. We wish you a safe and fun holiday.

We will reopen on July 5.

Got research? Bioinformatics? Clinical Research?Implementation? Data Science?  Submissions for the AMIA 2019 Informatics Summit (TBICRI) are due soon.  Papers, podium abstracts, posters, panels, ignite-style talks, system demonstrations, and workshops.

INFORMATICS EDUCATORS FORUM
June 19-21, New Orleans, LA
 
ATTENTION INFORMATICS EDUCATORS - register now for the AMIA 2018 Informatics Educators Forum. Join over 200 attendees from the top informatics programs in the country at the ONLY conference specifically dedicated to informatics educators. Visit the meeting website.

These articles either reference JAMIA or are directly related to JAMIA content:

1.     Summer-born puppies are more prone to heart disease, Penn study finds
Michael Tanenbaum
Philly Voice
May 21, 2018

2.     Doctors' EHR frustration can influence patient satisfaction, study finds
Meg Bryant
Healthcare DIVE
May 22, 2018
 
3.     Health Information Exchanges Improve Both Care and Costs, Review Finds
Ryan Black
Healthcare Analytics News
May 30, 2018 

4.     EHR usability, safety issues demonstrate need for pharmacist involvement
Terri D’Arrigo
Pharmacy Today
May 31, 2018 

5.     Health information exchanges cut costs, excess imaging
Thomas Dworetzsky
HealthCareBusiness Daily News
May 31, 2018

6.     Physicians unhappy with EHRs may have unhappy patients, too
Scott Rupp
MultiBriefs
June 1, 2018

May 24 deadline: The AMIA 2019 Informatics Summit Scientific Program Committee (SPC) Leadership is seeking AMIA members who are interested in joining the Scientific Program Committee. Need experts in Translational Bioinformatics, Clinical Research, Implementation and Data Science.

May 10th - Discovering foodborne illness in online restaurant reviews - An exciting JAMIA Journal Club (JJC) webinar presented by Katelynn Devinney, MPH.

JJC is always free for members. For this webinar, it's also free to your colleagues who are NOT AMIA members. Invite them to register today! Give them a peek inside what AMIA has to offer year round!

Register TODAY and send along the free registration for colleagues and supervisors.

There's more value to completing your profile than just to see your smiling face! You can see your AMIA colleagues but they can't see you? Is something wrong with this picture?

Mentorship, building a network, and displaying warmth - All require an updated bio and a photo.  When your fellow AMIA community members are seeking a mentor/mentee, or they want to build your network using the member directory, make sure the sun shines on YOU!  

An invisible image or bio can mean a missed opportunity!

Note: Should your blank photo be an intentional choice, we respect your decision.

The National Evaluation System for Health Technology Coordinating Center (NESTcc) is seeking experts to participate in two subcommittees:

• Data Quality Subcommittee
• Methods Subcommittee

If you submit an application, or if miss the deadline, please let Jeff Smith know via direct email jsmith@amia.org.

Another awesome product from AMIA! JAMIA Open is a new Gold Open Access scholarly publication.

"JAMIA Open reflects AMIA’s commitment to Gold Open Access journal publishing,” said Peter Embi, MD, MS, FACMI, Chair, AMIA Board of Directors.

The Spring JAMIA Open issue’s first articles are posted. New articles will be posted on a rolling basis.

As @Jeff Smith mentioned, AHRQ was going to be working on Patient-Reported Outcome (PRO) measures in 2018.

They have a 4-question Request for Information open through April 2. Please use the link "AMIA Online Form."  

It shouldn't take more than a few minutes to complete, so please consider helping AHRQ understand your experience with PROs within the next few days.

 AMIA online form

The AHRQ RFI is available here: http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2018-02-28/pdf/2018-04050.pdf 

AMIA will transmit any information we receive on April 2. Please feel free re-post this information in other forums as you see fit.

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Testify! Testify! Testify! We frequently hear this term in the news but let's apply it to the value you see in the working groups in which you're a member. 

We're looking for testimonials to encourage members to join one or two and help nonmembers understand the value of working groups. Please send your testimonial to me! In doing so, you agree that AMIA staff can use your testimonial for marketing purposes.

Thank you!

Catherine Craven and Kirk Phillips, two of several volunteer members who have been diligently working on providing working group leadership teams with a governance manual and best practices guide.

Approved by the AMIA Board in Nov. 2017, this manual is the first of two manuals to support working group leadership teams.

There are three 10x10 courses scheduled in April. Learn more by clicking on the title of each course:

Principles of Pharmacogenomics
10x10 with Stanford University - April 2, 2018

Introduction to Biomedical & Health Informatics
10x10 with OHSU - April 4, 2018

Interprofessional Informatics
10x10 with University of Minnesota School of Nursing - April 6, 2018

Looking for working group successes? Read them in eNews! First up - MHI-WG publishes a paper in the Oxford Academic Journal. 

If you missed it, dig it out of your inbox and see working groups in action!

March 8- 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm ET.

Lead author Jason Walonoski presents the JAMIA article: "Synthea: An approach, method, and software mechanism for generating synthetic patients and the synthetic electronic health care record."

Learn how to:

• Utilize synthetic patient data for research or projects where "realistic but not real" data are sufficient for study objectives
• Appreciate the benefits of synthetic data and how they may be used for non-clinical secondary use

Due Friday March 2, biomedical informatics trainees are needed for positions on the Student Editorial Board (SEB). The JAMIA SEB was created in 2003, and has provided outstanding informatics trainees with opportunities to receive in-depth exposure to the peer-review process and the operation of a scientific journal.

Jeff Smith, VP of Public Policy, AMIA will facilitate a Twitter Town Hall, asking you questions and providing information on Public Policy. 

Tweet and re-tweet!

The first in the "Max Out your Membership" series, It's Your Network, delves into the methods used to build your network. Hosted by Rob Rader and sponsored by Navigate AMIA.

Navigate AMIA takes to Twitter for a Town Hall on Public Policy. #AMIACHAT Jeff Smith, VP of Public Policy, AMIA, will tweet about ​trends in health informatics and health IT, including policy drivers and industry activities to watch this year.

We hope to "tweet" you there! Tell your colleagues! It's open to members and nonmembers.

Translational, Clinical Research, Implementation, and Data Science --all great tracks in the AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit, March 12-15, San Francisco. Keynote is Lesley Curtis, PhDm Professor of Medicine; Interim Chair, Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine; Director, Center for Pragmatic Health Systems Research, Duke Clinical Research Institute

Not renewed for 2018?  Please renew by January 31 to retain access to your benefits. 

Need help? Contact Member Services at 301-657-1291, option 1.

The AMIA 2018 Annual Symposium “Data, Technology, and Innovation for Better Health” will consider poster, podium abstract, regular paper, student paper, panel, demonstration, and workshop submissions that showcase the latest innovations from the community of biomedical informatics researchers and practitioners.

Don't lose access to the member directory, working groups, discussion forums, committees, and mentorship program!

You have until the end of this month before access to these and all other benefits come to an end. Please renew. We need you!

Go to AMIA Central (located on the red navigation bar) and click on the "Renew" button. And, remember to select your gender along the way!

On January 8 at 2:00 p.m. EST, Brian Chapman, PhD, Program Chair for the AMIA 2018 Informatics Educators Forum, will be sharing tips for successful submissions during a LIVE webinar. Brian's goal is to help you improve your chances of having your submission accepted.

Brian will be answering questions during the webinar. To make sure yours get answered, submit some questions in advance. Simply register FIRST, then send an email to jeff@amia.org with the subject line: "IEF 2018 Webinar Question."  Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to get the scoop on making your submission shine!

We've had so many calls about registering for the AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit that we're opening registration early! Come to San Francisco, March 12 -15, for the best in Summit content: Translational, Clinical Research, Implementation and Data Science.

Scholarship | Leadership | Professional Advancement
AMIA 2018 Informatics Educators Forum (formerly iNSpire) is accepting submissions!  Don't miss the January 16 deadline.

Please claim CME/CE/CNE/MOC-II credits for AMIA 2017 by December 15, 2017.

We’ve been contacted by a few AMIA members about email solicitation messages that say external vendors have obtained AMIA’s Annual Symposium registration list. Please know AMIA will NEVER sell or distribute your information. A legal cease and desist letter has been sent to the SPAM perpetrator. If you receive a message of this nature, please delete it. Your information is always kept privately within AMIA. DELETE SPAM.

Today, AMIA, launched JAMIA Open, a new Gold Open Access scholarly publication jamiaopen.org. JAMIA Open is a sibling publication to JAMIA. Neil Sarkar, PhD, MLIS, FACMI, is the editor.  JAMIA Open will include expanded publication formats, such as short application notes and database notes. Dr. Sarkar intends to engage readers with the introduction of “living papers” — which include interactive components such as embedded live code. A signature element in JAMIA Open’s format will be the inclusion of patient/community abstracts accompanying each article, written in language to convey to non-informatics audiences what the research means and how it could be important to care.