The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will host an event, “Creating Usable Electronic Health Records: A User-Centered Design Best Practices Workshop,” on May 22 at the agency’s Gaithersburg, Md., campus.
Sessions will offer technical guidance on the NIST Guide to the Processes Approach for Improving the Usability of Electronic Health Records (NIST Internal Report 7741), the Customized Common Industry Format Template for Electronic Health Record Usability Testing (NISTIR 7742) and Technical Evaluation, Testing and Validation of the Usability of Electronic Health Records (NISTIR 7804) and also provide an update on ongoing research and development efforts for health IT usability at NIST.
