CEO of medical informatics group steps down
Douglas Fridsma, CEO of the American Medical Informatics Association, resigned on January 1. He had led the organization for five years.
OpenNotes and AMIA join forces to improve patient access to health records
Through the new collaboration, which was announced during this year's AMIA Annual Symposium, OpenNotes and the American Medical Informatics Association want to give patients better access to their provider's clinical notes.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
What’s best way of regulating digital health software as medical device? FDA seeks answers with pre-certification program
The FDA is seeking nine companies for a pilot of its pre-certification program accepting applications from companies developing digital health software as a medical device set to kick off September 1.
Medical informatics pros offer prescriptions to improve EHRs
Clinical notes take a lot of time and often are not all that effective in capturing the patient story.
New NLM chief wants to focus on data, consumer friendliness
Patricia Flatley Brennan officially took the reins of the National Library of Medicine just two months ago, and already the veteran nursing informatics specialist is putting her stamp on the federal agency.
AMIA panel: ResearchKit maturing, ResearchStack catching up
What the two platforms are doing are opening up components of clinical trial recruitment, data collection and participant retention to wide audiences of people with specific healthcare conditions.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
What’s on the minds of medical informatics leaders?
"A clinician can influence one patient. An informatician can influence hundreds of thousands."
This week on MedHeads: AMIA and what’s next with digital health and patient engagement
Progress in tackling patient engagement and digital health growth continue, and Neil Versel shares what insights came out of this year's AMIA conference.