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Group on Information Resources (GIR)

The AAMC's Group on Information Resources (GIR) promotes excellence in the application and integration of information resources in academic medicine. In an age when Health Information Technology is a strategic asset, GIR's research, development, and policy-setting on information resources, informatics, educational technology, infrastructure, standards, and related science and technology is vital to the advancement of medical teaching institutions. Learn more about GIR>>

Health Information Technology News

AAMC Comments on Proposed Definition of Meaningful Use
(PDF, 5 pages)

First Look at Meaningful Use
(Health Data Management, June 16th, 2009)

Health Information Technology Resources
A comprehensive collection of all the latest legislative and regulatory information regarding the HIT provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Acts (ARRA).

Other Industry News

UC San Diego School of Medicine Appoints Founding Chief of New Division of Biomedical Informatics
(UC San Diego News Center, June 29, 2009)

Microsoft Unveils New Research Tools at Its Annual TechFair
(Health Data Management, June 26, 2009)

Comment: The missing pieces in meaningful use
(Government Health IT, June 25, 2009)

Stolen laptops a 'warning'
(Calgary Herald, June 25, 2009)

Need to Learn Medicine? There's an App for That
(The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 25, 2009)

One-on-one With NYU Langone Medical Center
CIO Paul Conocenti, Part III
(Healthcare Informatics)

More Industry News >>

GIR News and Updates

Encryption Survey: The GIR Security Work Group Needs Your Help!
Please take the time to fill out this Encryption Survey, by July 3rd, 2009.

AAMC News and Updates

AAMC Comment Letter to HIT Policy Committee Regarding First Draft Definition of Meaningful Use (PDF, 5 pages)

July Issue of Academic Medicine Now Available

Member Profile

Dartmouth Medical School, a private medical university, and its GIR members.

Viewpoint

The MedBuiquitous Specification for Virtual Patient: A Tool to Facilitate Sharing Is Nearing Readiness, by Susan Albright, Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase

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