2014 AMIA Annual Symposium

The 2014 AMIA Annual Symposium is just around the corner. There were more than 1080 submissions this year, the most ever submitted to AMIA. We continue the tradition of having scientific papers, posters, demonstrations, tutorials, and symposia to share cutting edge knowledge with participants. This year we have expanded the working group symposia which provide an opportunity for networking and the sharing of specialty knowledge between AMIA members. We have two exciting keynote speakers: Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD is a leader in NIH and PCORI's patient-centered outcomes research and Karen DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc is the new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. There are new features this year as well. We have added interactive panels with the goal of engaging the audience in the discussion and debate of various topics or encouraging them to contribute ideas for advancing work in a particular area. Panelists will have 5 min each to present their points of view on controversial topics, and then will engage the audience …