Announcements

New Theme Added: CANCER INFORMATICS
Applications of informatics in the entire cancer care and research continuum including prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, recovery/survivorship and end-of-life care. Submissions may address problems ranging from molecules (e.g., molecular predictive or prognostic biomarkers) to populations (e.g., strategies for early detection in a population). Additional examples of relevant topics include, but are not limited to, informatics insights and applications to identify and reduce disparities in cancer outcomes, to monitor and improve care quality, to develop and train a cancer informatics workforce, to incorporate patient-generated data, and to facilitate cancer data interoperability and secondary use.

Deadline is February 25. Direct questions to Michael F. Chiang, MD, JAMIA Associate Editor, chiangm@ohsu.edu

The deadline for submissions is Wednesday, March 13

TERMINATIONS begin Feb 1. Keep your uninterrupted access to JAMIA, ACI, AMIA Connect, member rates for meetings, webinars, and proceedings.

Presenter: George Hripcsak -- Effect of vocabulary mapping for conditions on phenotype cohorts

Deadline: January 15, 2019. Learn more about the AMIA 2018 Informatics Educators Forum call for participation. Four thematic sections include Collaborations and Interdisciplinarity Education,  Curriculum and Program Management, Professional Development and Training, Strategies for Teaching and Learning,

The hotel room block is filling quickly. Register for the AMIA 2018 Annual Symposium.  Special event tickets will not be available onsite so don't forget to add the Carnival Networking event and the Awards Gala to your registration.

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.

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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.