AMIA urges NIH to employ FAIR data practices as it tackles data science strategy

Healthcare IT News: AMIA, the American Medical Informatics Association, is urging the National Institutes of Health to establish itself as a global leader in data science through dedicated stewardship and substantial financial support. AMIA members are experts in health and biomedical informatics.

In comments regarding NIH plans on data science, AMIA urged the NIH to commit to FAIR data principles and require the recipients of NIH grants to also adopt the principles as a condition of funding.

FAIR is an acronym for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.

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