title: AMIA president's column: AMIA and HIT policy activities.
authors.affiliation: AMIA, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA. shortliffe@amia.org
authors.forename: Edward H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Shortliffe
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008119:Lobbying; D008490:Medical Informatics; D011050:Policy Making; D011640:Public Policy; D012958:Societies, Scientific; D014481:United States