Selecting venues for AMIA events and conferences: guiding ethical principles

Abstract A discussion and debate on the American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA) Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Working Group listserv in 2021 raised important issues related to a forthcoming conference in Texas. Texas had recently enacted a restrictive abortion law and restricted...

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Published in:Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2022-07, Vol.29 (8), p.1319-1322
Main Authors: Lehmann, Christoph U, Fultz Hollis, Kate, Petersen, Carolyn, DeMuro, Paul R, Subbian, Vignesh, Koppel, Ross, Solomonides, Anthony E, Berner, Eta S, Pan, Eric C, Adler-Milstein, Julia, Goodman, Kenneth W
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Language:English
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AMIA Position Paper
Medical Informatics
Texas
United States
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Summary:Abstract A discussion and debate on the American Medical Informatics Association’s (AMIA) Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Working Group listserv in 2021 raised important issues related to a forthcoming conference in Texas. Texas had recently enacted a restrictive abortion law and restricted voting rights. Several AMIA members advocated for a boycott of the state and the scheduled conference. The discussion led the AMIA Board of Directors to request that the organization’s Ethics Committee provide general guidance for principle-based venue selection. This document recommends overarching principles for the venue selection for future AMIA events and conferences. Discussions by the AMIA Board, the Ethics Committee, and the ELSI Working Group informed these recommendations, and this document on guiding principles was approved by the AMIA Board of Directors in April 2022.
ISSN:1527-974X
1067-5027
1527-974X
DOI:10.1093/jamia/ocac073