This post is part of the MACRA Monday series of blog posts where we dive into the details of the MACRA Quality Payment Program (QPP) and related topics. EHR...
Tag - NIST
In the past, medical devices lived in a separate world from standard health IT infrastructure, typically housed in a completely separate department. But today...
Hold onto your hats, folks. The ONC has taken an official interest in blockchain technology, a move which suggests that it’s becoming a more mainstream...
As useful as networked medical devices are, it’s become increasingly apparent that they pose major security risks. Not only could intruders manipulate...
Note: Previous versions referred to Rand Paul as the author of the first congressional rider. That was in error. The first rider was authored by then...
One comment on my latest post, NIST Dissects Workflow: Is Anyone Biting?, deserves a more than casual reply. Here’s the comment from Jacob Reider (Note: Dr...
Psst. Hey, Buddy, wanna see an EHR, visit’s workflow? Here it is, thanks to the National Institutes of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) new report, NISTIR...
Here are a few resources that I use to solve a variety of design, project management and other problems. Some, such as NIST’s protocols, are directly EHR...
With the news of third-party health IT testing body The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®) announcing its new...
The American Hospital Association has sent a letter to the National Institute of Standards and Technology asking the organization to make sure that its...