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NIST has a diverse portfolio of activities supporting our nation's health IT effort. With NIST's extensive experience and broad array of expertise both in its laboratories and in successful collaborations with the private sector and other government agencies, NIST is actively pursuing the standards and measurement research necessary to achieving the goal of improving healthcare delivery through information technology.

News

• The NCCoE released the second draft of the NIST Cybersecurity Practice Guide, SP 1800-30, Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem, on May 6^th, 2021. The public is encouraged to review the draft and provide feedback for possible incorporation into the final version before the public comment period closes on June 7^th, 2021.  

• NIST Software Tool Improves Your Doctor’s Vaccination Advice (12/2020)

• Blog:  Developing an Exposure Notification System to Blunt the Spread of COVID-19 and Future Pandemics (11/2020)

• NIST and OSTP Launch Effort to Improve Search Engines for COVID-19 Research (4/2020)

• See the ITL video on Electronic Health Records (EHRs).
• See the article in the November 2012 issue of IEEE Computer Society "Testing the Nation's Healthcare Information Infrastructure: NIST Perspective".
• See the article in InformationWeek Healthcare on, "Medical Devices Neglected in EHR Chase: Report."

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