Year: 2009
Resolution Number: 47
Action Taken: Approved as Amended
Status:
Author(s): P. Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: Michael L. Gambel, MD
On behalf of: International Medical Graduates Section
Committee: E (Science & Education Affairs)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to request formulation of guidelines for personal health records by the AMA; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to lobby with Congress to enact legislation for usage of personal health records. REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Committee felt the word “fair” was open to a wide range of interpretation and removed it from the second resolved.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to request formulation of guidelines for personal health records by the AMA; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to lobby with Congress to enact legislation for usage of personal health records. REFERENCE COMMITTEE RATIONALE: The Committee felt the word “fair” was open to a wide range of interpretation and removed it from the second resolved.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Regulation of Personal Health Records