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Information Technology

Health IT

Projects/Programs

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Emerging Technologies in Healthcare

Ongoing
It is hard to imagine a world now without sophisticated medical devices, efficient electronic data transfer of real-time health information and high-tech operating rooms – health IT solutions that are improving outcomes and transforming healthcare delivery. Over the past several decades, NIST has

Health Information Technology Usability

Completed
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act provides financial incentives and other support to drive the adoption and meaningful use of EHRs. A recent report funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), however, identified key shortcomings

Health IT at NIST - Program Overview

Ongoing
As health IT has become a top priority around the nation, it is clear that standards and interoperability are key to the fulfillment of the goals of health IT: Higher quality and more efficient care. Seamless, secure, and private movement of data between healthcare providers and consumers without

Human Factor Guidelines and Accessibility

Ongoing
With the aging of America, increasing prevalence of chronic disease and growing immigrant and minority populations in the U.S., there is the real potential for both unintentional traditional and digital health-care disparities. Health information technology (HIT) holds significant potential to
A researcher interacting with a 3D computational body model using the ITL Immersive visualization platform

Internet-of-Things in Healthcare (IoT-Health)

Ongoing
From smart wearables, implants and ingestible electronics to remote physiological monitoring, the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology has numerous applications in healthcare. IoT-Health has the potential to create a pervasive environment for monitoring patient health and safety as well as improving
Picture of prototype ultrasonic wearable device for proximity detection

Proximity Detection for Electronic Contact Tracing

Completed
We are developing performance metrics for not just ranging, but also for detecting close contacts, which in the context of COVID-19 is the situation where two people are less than six feet apart with no obstacles between them. Obviously, the duration of a close contact is important, as it affects

Safety-Related Usability Framework

Ongoing
NIST, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) are collaborating on a multi-year research program aimed at building a principled framework for measuring the usability of health IT systems. The ultimate

Security - Health Information Technology

Ongoing
Specifically in the area of health IT, NIST researchers are: Leveraging security automation principles and specifications to develop baseline security configuration checklists and toolkits to aid organizations in implementing the HIPAA Security Rule standards and implementation specifications

Standards & Testing - Healthcare

Ongoing
Please continue to the Healthcare - Standards & Testing page. The site will provide information about the key health IT testing initiatives underway. It provides an overview of the Health IT Standards Testing Infrastructure as well as educational material on conformance testing, access to Meaningful