Series 5: American Medical Informatics Association, 1988-1990

This series contains board meeting minutes and notes, and correspondence. Hinman served as chair of the By-Laws Committee and as a member of the board of directors.

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) was formed in 1990 by the merger of three organizations - the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI), the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI), and the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical... Care (SCAMC). AMIA is the official United States representative organization to the International Medical Informatics Association. Some of the primary activities of the association include the AMIA Annual Symposium, Medinfo, The AMIA Spring Congress, and The Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.