A large and compelling body of evidence suggests that social circumstances—including income, education, food, housing, neighborhood conditions, and social connections—strongly influence health.

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will produce a report to update the standards for systematic reviews as defined in the 2011 report Finding What ...

Healthcare institutions are urged to adopt common industry standards to ensure interoperability of healthcare information infrastructures, both legacy and emerging. By adopting common standards such ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services last week announced a pair of initiatives to kick-start development of a standardized electronic medical records system that could be used nationwide.

Standards are a funny thing. In this era of insurance industry innovation, Insurtech startups, and rapid agile software development and distribution, many people blanch at the constriction that ...

In a hype-driven world where tech bros have the ear of Presidents, insiders explain why standards and commonsense are now more important, not less. In healthcare more than any other sector. In my ...

Any project, supported or not by a committee, that is currently being worked on or is considered active, and will have an end date. An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, ...