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Eta S. Berner, EdD, FACMI, FIAHSI, died on December 11, 2023, only a month after interacting with many colleagues at the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium in New Orleans. As co-workers, collaborators, and friends we each have personal memories that we hold near and dear. With this editorial, we celebrate her professional contributions. Dr Berner was an author of 20 papers published in Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA),1–20 the most recent in the February 2024 issue. Her 1994 New England Journal of Medicine paper on evaluation of diagnostic decision support systems set the standard for rigorous evaluation of such systems.21 Several of her early JAMIA papers reflected her expertise in decision support,1,4,5 while others represented Dr Berner’s commitment to competency-based informatics education through her own work11,12 as well as her substantial contributions to efforts within AMIA.14 A third area of important contribution published in JAMIA was in the area of professional ethics for the field.8,13,16,17 In addition to her authorship contributions, Dr Berner served multiple terms on the JAMIA Editorial Board providing thoughtful peer-reviews on hundreds of manuscripts.

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