GIR News and Updates
Call for Proposal Deadline
The GIR/GBA/GIP Spring Meeting Planning Committee is
soliciting proposals for presentations for the 2010
Joint Spring Meeting. Instructions for submitting presentation
proposals can be found here.
Proposals are due by Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
Information Technology in Medical Schools Survey Now
Open
The GIR survey on Information
Technology in Medical Schools is Now open. To access
the survey please use your AAMC login. For assistance
with your login or password please contact Bridgette
Waldron at bwaldron@aamc.org. The survey closes December
9, 2009.
Call For Proposals -
GIR/GIP/GBA Joint Meeting
Proposals are now being accepted for sessions to be
held at the joint spring meeting of the Group on Information
Resources, Group on Institutional Planning, and the
Group on Business Affairs. View
guidelines or submit a proposal
Industry News
Leadership
Isn't About You (Harvard Business Publishing
- November 17, 2009)
Security
Vendors Take Aim at HITECH Act for Healthcare IT Overhaul (IT Jungle.com - November 17, 2009)
Privacy
Breach Rules Require Practices to Report Only Harm Done (American Medical News - November 16, 2009)
Can
Consultants Save Universities? (The Chronicle
of Higher Education - November 16, 2009)
Internet2
and Partners Showcase Breakthrough Cyberinfrastructure
To Support Science at SC09 (Internet2.edu - November
16, 2009)
A
Doc Warns of 'Magical Thinking' on Health IT (The
Wall Street Journal - November 12, 2009)
Medical,
Nursing Schools Need to Work Together (Healthcare
Finance News - November 11, 2009)
More Industry News
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AAMC News and Updates
Call for Proposals: Comparative Effectiveness Research
in Health Care
The AAMC publication, Academic Medicine, seek articles
from authors who will examine the implications of CER
for academic health centers (AHCs) and how the academic
medicine community should be contributing to CER. To
see specific paper topics and how to submit an application
refer to the Academic
Medicine Call for Proposals.
Dr. Kirch Calls on Academic Medicine to Accept "The
Innovation Imperative"
As the debate on health care reform legislation continues
to move forward in Congress, AAMC President and CEO
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D., today urged leaders of the nation's
medical schools and teaching hospitals to be "the standard
bearers" for innovation in health care delivery.
Video:
President's Address Webcast
AAMC Briefs Capitol Hill on Healthcare Innovation
Zones
The AAMC and the Congressional
Academic Medicine Caucus (CAMC) co-hosted the session, "Accelerating
Healthcare Delivery System Reform through Healthcare
Innovation Zones," the first event for the
new caucus.
AAMC To Honor National Award Recipients
The AAMC will award national recognition to nine
individuals and one medical school for their outstanding
contributions to academic medicine.
Academic Medicine - November 2009
The November
issue of Academic Medicine is available online.
Articles include commentary on 'The
Relationship Status of Digital Media and Professionalism' and essays in response to the journal's 2009 Question
of the Year, "How should academic medicine contribute
to peace-building efforts around the world?"
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