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IHE Device Connectathon

Information Sheet

Tool NameIHE Device Connect-a-thon (DEV/PCD)
DescriptionThe NIST DEV/PCD Tool Suite is a dedicated validation infrastructure designed to test how medical devices (like infusion pumps, ventilators, and vital sign monitors) communicate with enterprise systems like Electronic Health Records (EHR) and clinical dashboards. NIST collaborates directly with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprises PCD (Patient Care Device) to ensure that the complex telemetry data generated at the patient's bedside safely translates into structurally sound, semantically correct HL7 v2 messages.
DispositionTransition to IHE (In discussion)
AccessTBD
TimelineTBD
New Tool URL 
New Website 
User ActionsNot Applicable
Data TransferNot Applicable

Contact

NIST will continue to host this legacy information site for the foreseeable future to guide users through the transition. For specific questions regarding the sunset timelines, technical architecture, or data migration steps, please contact:

Robert Snelick -- robert.snelick [at] nist.gov (robert[dot]snelick[at]nist[dot]gov) or r.snelick [at] prometheuscomputing.com (r[dot]snelick[at]prometheuscomputing[dot]com)

Created June 15, 2026
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