NIST Releases Guide to Pediatric EHRs
June 28, 2012
National Institute of Standards and Technology has released "A Human Factors Guide to Enhance EHR Usability of Critical User Interactions when Supporting Pediatric Patient Care" to address the lag of electronic health record adoption by pediatric care providers. NIST developed the guide because pediatric patients have unique characteristics that translate to higher complexity for providing care with paper-based charts and EHRs. See http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=911520
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