MD PnP collaborated with DocBox, Inc. on a technology demonstration in the ONC area of the Interoperability Showcase atHIMSS, New Orleans. Click here for a description of the demonstration, with photos and videos.

Researchers from MD PnP and DocBox, Inc. held a workshop at the Society for Technology in Anesthesia Annual Meeting entitled A New, Open, Interoperable Medical Device Clinical Research Platform where participants learned how to implement the prototype software platform.

HHS releases Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements. 
In this Final Rule, HHS reasserted the use of accurate time and date stamping of EHR data:
(g) “Synchronized clocks. The date and time recorded utilize a system clock that has been synchronized following (RFC 1305) Network TimeProtocol, (incorporated by reference in § 170.299) or (RFC 5905) Network Time Protocol Version 4, (incorporated by reference in § 170.299).”
For convenience, we compiled several of the 45 CFR 170 references to synchronized clocks in this document.

VA endorses MD FIRE as part of Medical Device Interoperability Program (MDIP)

Dr. Goldman presents at AAMI Clinical Engineering Symposium: Clinical Engineering and Healthcare Technology Management’s Impact on Clinical Outcomes (presented by ACCE), “Physician’s Perspective on Past, Present, and Future CE/HTM Impact from Vision to Implementation“