Testing the Nation’s Healthcare Information Infrastructure: NIST Perspective
Testing the Nation’s Healthcare Information Infrastructure: NIST Perspective
A part of the effort in the US to reign in healthcare expenses, a major effort has been initiated to move to Electronic Health Records (EHRs), from the previous paper-based records. Various government agencies have been charged with supporting this effort. This article reports on work underway at the Information Technology Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to develop test methods, protocols and specifications for EHR interoperability.
