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High-Level Requirements

The testing infrastructure is intended to centralize health IT testing resources to provide the U.S. healthcare IT industry and the Federal...

Stakeholders

Key industry stakeholders include: Health Information Technology Developers Health Information Technology Systems Vendors Standards...

Healthcare IT Contacts

General Inquiries For general inquires on any of the website topics, please contact: Rob Snelick National Institute of Standards and...

ONC Certification - Test Methods for Health Information Technology

NIST and Certification | ONC HIT Certification Program | ONC 2015 Edition Test Method | NIST Tools for ONC HIT Certification Testing |...

Health IT Standards Reports

Listed are the final reports produced for NIST in accordance with awarded contracts to study the standards used in Stage One Meaningful Use...

Testing Environments

The testing infrastructure is intended to support multiple testing environments including instance testing, isolated system testing, and...

Tools Portal

HL7 v2 HL7 v3 CDA/CCDA ISO/IEEE XD* NCPDP Document Sharing Medical Devices ePrescribing Lab Public Health Patient Identification Meaningful...

Health IT Testing Infrastructure

NIST develops and maintains a health IT testing infrastructure that provides a scalable, multi-partner, automated, remote capability for...

Baldrige Program Director Describes Collaboration and Aim for New Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

July 12, 2016

The Baldrige Program is partnering with the Applied Cybersecurity Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop a Baldrige...

Toward Real-Time Measurements for Real-Time Decision Making

July 12, 2016

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) stream out of power plants, seep out of landfills, flow from vehicle traffic and rise from commercial buildings and homes. Emissions of...

NIST Leads Federal Effort to Save Lives and Property from Windstorms

July 12, 2016

Congress recently designated the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to be the lead agency for the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program...

Redefining the Kilogram: Vacuum Cover

Put a Lid on It To eliminate the effects of air buoyancy, watt balance measurements must be made in vacuum. In this video, researchers use a...

SSD Resources

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What SED Does

Our Mission The Statistical Engineering Division, part of NIST's Information Technology Laboratory, seeks to contribute to research in...

OWM Programs/Groups

The NIST Office of Weights and Measures (OWM) is comprised of four (4) program areas that work together to ensure: National uniformity in...

Resources for Weights and Measures

NIST OWM is pleased to provide our customers and stakeholders with directories of state officials and metrology laboratories together with...

Impacts & Recommendations

Since 1969, NIST has investigated about 40 earthquakes, hurricanes, building and construction failures, tornadoes, and fires—all with the...

Energy and Electron Transport, Dynamics and Dissipation at The Nanoscale

Mon, Jul 18 2016

Modern nanofabrication and single molecule techniques have opened the door for an unparallel scientific field with

U.S. Commerce Department Awards Small Businesses $3.3 Million for Innovation Research

July 6, 2016

The U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced that 19 small businesses will receive nearly $3.3 million...

A 3D topographic surface map of the base of a fired 9 mm bullet.

NIST 3D Ballistics Research Database Goes Live

July 7, 2016

It's a staple of the TV-crime drama: a ballistics expert tries to match two bullets using a microscope with a split-screen display. One bullet was recovered...

Joint OSAC FSSB and NIST Statement on ASTM E2329-14

July 5, 2016

On Jan. 11, 2016, the OSAC Forensic Science Standards Board (FSSB) voted to elevate ASTM Standard E2329-14 "Standard Practice for Identification of Seized Drugs...

Alex Galli monitors a profilometer using quality control software he implemented and configured during his internship at the CNST.

CNST: From internship to job

July 1, 2016

A year ago, Alex Galli graduated from the University of Kansas with an interest in nanotechnology but no experience in the field. Now he's employed in a...

Measurement of Low Frequency Mutations in Circulating Tumor DNA (ctDNA) through Interlaboratory Testing

Cancer Biomarker Measurements and Collaborations

NIST develops cancer measurements by working with our stakeholders to deliver improved measurement methods, data, test materials, interlaboratory testing

Robotic Hand Technologies and Performance Benchmarking

Sun, Aug 21 2016

Published in 2013, the U.S Robotics Roadmap highlights robotic hands and tactile sensing as important enablers for

Lightweight Cryptography Workshop 2016

Mon, Oct 17 - Tue, Oct 18 2016

In 2013, NIST initiated the lightweight cryptography project to study the performance of the current NIST-approved

NIST Launches Competition for Manufacturing Centers in 11 States

June 30, 2016

As part of a multiyear effort to refresh its Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) centers across the country, the U.S. Commerce Department's...

CNST: Lights, camera, action .... award!

June 29, 2016

Leniart and her crew, including a student reporter, visited the CNST last year, donning bunny suits to film process engineer Gerard Henein in the clean room...

National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995

PUBLIC LAW 104-113 NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER AND ADVANCEMENT ACT OF 1995 Including Amendment by Public LAW 107-107, section 1115 on...

Colorado County Adopts NIST Community Resilience Guidelines

June 29, 2016

The Boulder County Collaborative, a partnership of Boulder County, Colorado, communities formed in response to the catastrophic floods that struck the region in...

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