Developing and sustaining inclusive language in biomedical informatics communications: an AMIA Board of Directors endorsed paper on the Inclusive Language and Context Style Guidelines
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.
Authors
- Tara V. Anand (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2551-867X)
- Adrienne Pichon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9393-3410)
- Krista Martin
- Omolola Ogunyemi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1388-244X)
- Anthony Solomonides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2117-2461)
- Andrea G. Parker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2362-7717)
- Laura K. Wiley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6681-9754)
- Rubina Rizvi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9432-3086)
- Diane M. Korngiebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5704-4416)
- Irene Dankwa‐Mullan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6792-3497)
- Shefali Haldar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-3012)
- Stella L. Volpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8593-320X)
- Clair Kronk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8397-8810)
- Randi E. Foraker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-9394)
- Tiffany I. Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6007-4023)
- Tiffani J Bright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0894-0107)
- Lisa G. Dirks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6768-6500)
- Jungwei Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6349-3752)
- Vignesh Subbian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9974-8382)
- Hu Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4384-3804)
- Avery Everhart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6146-0180)
- Gretchen Purcell Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3242-8058)
- Rebecca L. Rivera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9846-2569)
- Bradley Iott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9784-0521)
- Lisa Grossman Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1153-1590)
- Pooja Desai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4510-4896)
- Nathan Yung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9779-2302)
- Vipina K. Keloth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6919-1122)
- Robert Lucero (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8089-466X)
- Duo Wei
- Oliver Bear Don’t Walk
Institutions
- American Medical Informatics Association (US)
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
- Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) (US)
- Google (United States) (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Milken Institute (US)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (US)
- Regenstrief Institute (US)
- University of Arizona (US)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University (US)
- George Washington University (US)
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Stockton University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- UC San Diego Health System (US)
- University of Washington Medical Center (US)
- JMIR Publications (CA)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
- Intuitive Surgical (United States) (US)
- Astellas Pharma (United States) (US)
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- Columbia University (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocaf096
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Ethics in Clinical Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.76