NLM RFI Feedback

NOT-LM-25-002: Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments on the Future of the National Library of Medicine Biomedical and Data Science Extramural Research Programs

Due by Jul 14, 2025

Will have to read for relevance to SHIELD before we decide if we want to respond - If anyone has bandwidth, please make a note here:

May not have bandwidth, but overall sentiment is to try to submit something supporting standards, etc.

Consider a summary response that SHIELD supports continued Extramural Funding for:

1. Training programs in Health Informatics across a variety of clinical areas as shortages of informaticists in areas as the data and informatics needs continue to grow.

2. Research grants across informatics and data science areas especially as informatics uses (e.g, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning) expand.

   1. utilize machine learning applications to extract valuable clinical information from narrative pathology reports that could be used to better identify cancer-related trends, surveillance, diagnoses, and provide better clinical summaries for patients to understand.

3. Support for code system development either by NLM for SNOMED CT, RxNorm, LOINC etc. or in supporting other standards development organizations (e.g. Regenstrief, SNOMED International, etc)

4. Additional resources needed to create concepts for increased data, which is expanding for AI/ML needs.