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American Medical Informatics
Association (AMIA) Submits Comments to Hit Policy Committee
About Meaningful Use and Electronic Health Record Certification
Other topics:
Patient
Deductible Data,
Intensity-Modulated
Radiotherapy (IMRT),
Medical
Informatics Major
PRNewswire
July 15, 2009
BETHESDA, Md., -- The American Medical Informatics Association
(AMIA) announced today that it had submitted additional written
comments to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) and the
HIT Policy Committee about meaningful use and electronic health
record certification. The HIT Policy Committee and its
Certification/Adoption Workgroup is meeting and holding public
hearings in Washington, D.C. on July 14-16, 2009. |
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Dr. Ted Shortliffe, AMIA's
President and CEO, stated, "Considerations related to
functionality and attributes of EHRs and how they are
implemented will be critical to the successful implementation
and use of these systems." As we note in our formal comments,
"Certifying an EHR does not necessarily equate with effectively
using the system's available functions nor does implementation
of a certified product necessarily achieve or ensure actual
changes in either clinical practice or patient outcomes. The
potentially transformative power of EHRs rests with the
increased availability of data in order to enhance clinical and
preventive care, knowledge building, and evidence creation. The
motivation lies with what the technology can and must do for the
nation's health and healthcare-not with the technology itself."
AMIA stresses the following key points:
* EHRs are an evolving technology, with good applications
currently available but substantial improvements and enhanced
functionality are anticipated
* The current certification approach and processes are not
sufficient
* EHR certification should focus on process and care
improvements over time
* No EHRs should be certified that are incapable of evolving
into more robust versions
* Certification should work towards evidence-based standards for
EHRs implementations
* Continued research and evaluation are needed to determine
those EHR functions and capabilities that will assure value and
benefits
Julie McGowan, PhD, Chairperson of AMIA's Public Policy
Committee added that, "The work of the HIT Policy Committee is
increasingly critical as more and more providers respond to the
financial pressures and incentives to adopt electronic health
records. AMIA and its members are especially interested in
helping assure that the Committee considers the increasing body
of knowledge, evidence, and experience that already exists about
the use and application of health information technology and
informatics to improve the quality of healthcare."
The full text of AMIA's comments is available at:
http://www.amia.org/public_policy
About AMIA
AMIA is the professional home for biomedical and health
informatics. AMIA is dedicated to promoting the effective
organization, analysis, management, and use of information in
health care in support of patient care, public health, teaching,
research, administration, and related policy. AMIA's 4,000
members advance the use of health information technology in
clinical care and clinical research, personal health management,
public health/population, and translational science with the
ultimate objective of improving health. Complete information
about AMIA is available at: www.amia.org.
Media Contact: Whitney Kuhn
301-657-1291 ext. 105
whitney@amia.org
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