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Interference Mitigation for Body Area Networks

September 12, 2011
Author(s)
Wen-Bin Yang, Kamran Sayrafian
Due to ultra-low power communication, BAN is most likely a victim system. Interference from other BANs or other coexisting wireless communication systems may be significant. Power control is usually inefficient and may even cause more interference in an

Cost-Efficient Routing with Controlled Node Mobility in Sensor Networks

September 1, 2011
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian
In this paper, an energy-efficient strategy is proposed for tracking a moving target in a mobile sensor network. The energy expenditure of the sensors in the network is assumed to be due to communication, sensing and movement. First, the target area is

NIST NCPDP Analysis - Suitability Assessment

August 31, 2011
Author(s)
Frank McKinney
This document completes the review of the NCPDP SCRIPT standard by reporting on several aspects related to its suitability as a standard to support Meaningful Use, including: completeness, correctness and internal consistency of the standard, ease of

Testability Report for SCRIPT

August 31, 2011
Author(s)
Ioana Singureanu
This document summarizes the major testability issues raised by the NCPDP SCRIPT Implementation Guide Version 10.6. The ELR Implementation Guide is intended as a means of testing and certifying Electronic Health System (EHRS) for Meaningful Use.

Messaging Work Bench Instructions

July 1, 2011
Author(s)
Ioana Singureanu
Documentation on using the Messaging Workbench (MWB) tool to edit the profile created for the NCPDP SCRIPT Implementation Guide: Version 10.6 NEWRX New Prescription and RXHRES Prescription History Response message structures.

Healthcare Information Technology Standards: General Suitability Analysis

May 31, 2011
Author(s)
Liora Alschuler
The methodology described in this document was produced and developed by Lantana Consulting Group for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). It is part of a series of suitability analsyses on four healthcare standards performed under

Templated CDA:Key Concept for Interoperability

May 31, 2011
Author(s)
Liora Alschuler
This document supplements information about “templated CDA” in the context of the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) Standards Analysis Project carried out by Lantana Consulting Group for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

Usability and Accessibility in Consumer Health Informatics: Current Trends and Future Challenges

May 16, 2011
Author(s)
Larry Goldberg, Bettijoyce B. Lide, Svetlana Z. Lowry, Holly Massett, Whitney Quesenbery, Ben Schneiderman
People arrive at health applications with expectations from the rest of their lives and those expectations are rapidly rising. Beyond basic access to their own health records and to their healthcare providers, consumers expect their health information to

Encryption Basics

May 2, 2011
Author(s)
Kevin M. Stine, Quynh H. Dang
Healthcare and health information technology professionals are entrusted with patient data which, because of its personal nature, requires protection to ensure its confidentiality. To provide this protection, these professionals frequently look to commonly

The Lung Image Database Consortium (LIDC) and Image Database Resource Initiative (IDRI): A Completed Reference Database of Lung Nodules on CT Scans

January 28, 2011
Author(s)
Charles D. Fenimore, Samuel Armato, Denise Aberle, Matthew Brown, Claudia Henschke, Michael McNitt-Gray, Heber MacMahon, Geoffrey McLennan, Charles R. Meyer, Anthony P. Reeves, David F. Yankelevitz
The development of computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) methods for lung nodule detection, classification, and quantitative assessment can be facilitated through a well-characterized repository of computed tomography scans. The Lung Image Database Consortium
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