American Medical Informatics Association

American Medical Informatics Association
"AMIA" in black letters except for the "I", which is in red, with white background
Abbreviation AMIA
Motto The professional home for biomedical and health informatics
Formation 1989, merger of NGOs incorporated in 1972
Type NGO
Legal status NPO
Purpose Professional association
Headquarters Bethesda, MD
Membership
 4,000
Official language
 English
President
 Kevin Fickenscher
Key people
 Gilad J. Kuperman, Chair of the Board of Directors
Main organ
 Assembly
Website http://www.amia.org

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), is an American non-profit organization dedicated to the development and application of biomedical and health informatics in the support of patient care, teaching, research, and health care administration.

History

AMIA is the official United States representative to the International Medical Informatics Association. It has grown to more than 4,000 members from 42 countries worldwide. Together, these members represent all basic, applied, and clinical interests in health care information technology. It publishes the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

AMIA is a professional scientific association that was formed by the merger of three organizations in 1988: the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI); the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI); and the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care (SCAMC).

Founding

AMIA was founded in 1989 by the merger of three organizations:

Leadership

The first President and CEO of AMIA was Don E. Detmer. He was succeeded in July 2009 by Edward H. Shortliffe. In March 2012, he was succeeded by Kevin Fickenscher.

Membership

AMIA membership is open to individuals, institutions, and corporations. Members include physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, clinicians, health information technology professionals, computer and information scientists, biomedical engineers, consultants and industry representatives, medical librarians, academic researchers and educators, and advanced students pursuing a career in clinical informatics or health information technology.

Meetings and education

AMIA annually holds the following meetings:[1]

Working and special interest groups

AMIA includes a number of working groups:

See also

References

  1. ↑ AMIA meetings

External links