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ArticleJournal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA2025

Developing and sustaining inclusive language in biomedical informatics communications: an AMIA Board of Directors endorsed paper on the Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines.

Oliver Bear Don't Walk, Shefali Haldar, Duo Helen Wei, Hu Huang, Rebecca L Rivera, Jungwei W Fan, Vipina K Keloth, Tiffany I Leung, Pooja Desai, Diane M Korngiebel and 21 more

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. People and organizations: the human side of biomedical and health informatics.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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31 authors.

Oliver Bear Don't WalkDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, United States.
Shefali HaldarMerck & Co., Inc., Boston, MA 02115, United States.
Duo Helen WeiSchool of Business, Stockton University, Galloway, NJ 08205, United States.
Hu HuangAstellas Pharma Global Development, Inc., Northbrook, IL 60062, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4384-3804
Rebecca L RiveraDepartment of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
Jungwei W FanDepartment of Artificial Intelligence and Informatics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6349-3752
Vipina K KelothDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06510, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6919-1122
Tiffany I LeungJMIR Publications, Toronto, ON 1100, Canada.
Pooja DesaiDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4510-4896
Diane M KorngiebelDepartment of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, United States.
Lisa Grossman LiuDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1153-1590
Adrienne PichonDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9393-3410
Vignesh SubbianCollege of Engineering, Center for Biomedical Informatics & Biostatistics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9974-8382
Anthony Tony SolomonidesResearch Institute, Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL 60201, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-2117-2461
Laura K WileyDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-6681-9754
Omolola OgunyemiCenter for Biomedical Informatics, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90059, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1388-244X
Gretchen P JacksonIntuitive Surgical (Digital), Sunnyvale, CA 94086, United States.
Irene Dankwa-MullanMilken Institute School of Public Health, George, Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, United States.
Lisa G DirksInformation School, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, United States.
Avery Rose EverhartDepartment of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, Canada.
Andrea G ParkerSchool of Interactive Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, United States.
Bradley IottDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9784-0521
Clair KronkCenter for Applied Transgender Studies, Chicago, IL 60637, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8397-8810
Randi ForakerWashington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63130, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-9255-9394
Krista MartinAmerican Medical Informatics Association, Washington, DC 20814, United States.
Tara AnandDepartment of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2551-867X
Salvatore G VolpeSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, NY 11203, United States.
Nathan YungUniversity of California San Diego Health, San Diego, CA 92121, United States.
Rubina RizviDepartment of Surgery, Center for Learning Health Systems, University of Minnesota, MN 55455, United States.
Robert LuceroSchool of Nursing and Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States.
Tiffani J BrightDepartment of Computational Biomedicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, United States.

Funding

Training in Biomedical Informatics at Columbia UniversityT15LM007079 · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · 1992 to 2025
$8.3M
Collaboratively Identifying Population-Specific Social Determinants of Health for Indigenous Patients Living with HIV: From Patient Perspectives to the Electronic Health RecordK99LM014579 · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · 2025 to 2025
$88k
AHRQ HHS P30 HS029744NLM NIH HHS K99 LM014579NLM NIH HHS T15 LM007079
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesIn 2023, AMIA's Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines (the "Guidelines") were approved by the Board of Directors and made a publicly available resource. This work began in 2021 through AMIA's DEI Task Force and subsequent DEI Committee; many members provided input, feedback, and time to create the Guidelines. In this paper, the authors provide a transparent account of the origin, development, contents, and dissemination of the Guidelines and share plans for their future development and use. MATERIALS AND

methodsOur approach to drafting, refining, and distributing the Guidelines included consulting existing language guides, AMIA member reviews, external expert reviews, webinars, and workshops. Through an iterative approach to drafting and refining the Guidelines, the authors consulted relevant language guidelines and many experts throughout and beyond the AMIA community.

resultsThe Inclusive Language Context Guidelines were formally approved by the AMIA Board of Directors on February 15, 2023. The Guidelines included four principles to be considered in scientific communications: Plurality, Precision, Transparency, and Destigmatization. DISCUSSION: A moment of vulnerability where an AMIA member raised concerns about the use of harmful language during a presentation resulted in the creation of a principled approach to support inclusive language within biomedical and health informatics communications. We envision that the Guidelines will support health equity by challenging dominant public narratives around health, fostering stronger interdisciplinary collaboration and critical thinking about the impact of language, and creating a more welcoming environment for the broader AMIA community. This work could not have been completed without the support of many AMIA members and other researchers in biomedical and health informatics. The Guidelines are a living document that will continue to be updated with input and feedback from the AMIA community into the future.

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Guidelines as TopicLanguageMedical InformaticsHumansUnited Statesboard endorsedinclusive languageInclusive Language and Context Style Guidelinesscientific communication

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PMID40523007
PMCPMC12277697

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