Abstract Body: In future years, 2019 will be viewed as a transformative year for Health Informatics Policy. In the span of 9 months, the administration birthed a comprehensive strategy to reduce health IT-related burden, established long-sought policies for a nationwide “network of networks,” and identified polices to make patient data available through APIs “without special effort.” …And that was just one office inside HHS!

To get caught up on all the rest that happened across the Executive Branch and Congress in 2019, and to discuss what lies ahead for Health Informatics Policy in 2020 and beyond, join AMIA Public Policy leaders for another installment of “Informatics Inside the Beltway,” Annual Symposium Edition. We’ll consider new policies from NIH, new projects at AHRQ, the fate of PCORI, and the future of consumer data privacy in Congress, among other topics.

Authors:

Jeffery Smith (Presenter)
AMIA

Joseph Kannry (Presenter)
Mount Sinai Medical Center