Mainstays of biomedical research, permanent lines of cloned cells are used to study the biology of health and disease and to test prospective medical therapies. Yet, all too often, these apparent pillars of bioscience and biotechnology crumble because they are crafted from faulty starting materials: misidentified or cross-contaminated cell lines. Writing in the June 2016 issue of PLOS Biology, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) call for "community action" to assemble a "comprehensive toolkit for assuring the quality of cell lines," employed at the start of every study.
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NIST Drafts Critical Infrastructure Security Standards
Anthony Brino | Government Health IT | July 3, 2013
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is circulating a draft of voluntary standards it’s developing for critical infrastrastructure IT security. Read More »
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NIST Funds Secure Online Healthcare Transactions Pilot
Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | September 21, 2012
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded $9 million in grants to five collaborative groups, including one for healthcare exchange, to demonstrate how online transactions can be secure and private as part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace. Read More »
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NIST Hands Off NSTIC To Private Sector
Molly Bernhart Walker | FierceGovernmentIT | August 21, 2012
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, or NSTIC, steering group met for the first time Aug. 15 and 16, marking the official formation of the group and a major milestone in NSTIC implementation. Read More »
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NIST Issues Call For Developing -- And Using -- Consensus Standards To Ensure The Quality Of Cell Lines
Press Release |
National Institute Of Standards And Technology (NIST) |
June 14, 2016
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NIST Proposes New Set Of Guidelines For ‘Building Trustworthy Resilient Systems’
Ravi Mandalia | Techie News | May 14, 2014
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a draft set of new guidelines aimed at developing and improving security of critical systems and software.
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NIST Seeks Vendors' EHRs to Study Usability
Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | February 15, 2012
The National Institute of Standards and Technology needs the help of vendors to supply their existing electronic health records so the agency can conduct research on the systems to develop procedures for measuring and evaluating their usability. NIST wants to come up with performance-oriented user interface design guidelines for EHRs as a framework for assessing the usability of EHRs, acco Read More »
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NIST Soliciting Bids for Solutions to Steamline Patient Access to Health Information
Mike Garcia | NSTIC Notes | March 31, 2016
Today I’m thrilled to introduce our second solicitation for pilot funding of 2016, which focuses on streamlining the way that patients and providers access health information from different organizations online. We’re looking for a project that will pilot solutions to access health information that are privacy-enhancing, secure and resilient, interoperable, and cost-effective and easy-to-use. For this funding opportunity, we’re looking to solve this problem through deployment of federated identity credentials in healthcare.
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NIST to Release New Guidance for Strengthening Hospital Cybersecurity
Bill Siwicki | Healthcare Finance News | April 18, 2016
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is poised to deliver new cybersecurty guidance, according to NIST fellow Ronald Ross. NIST offers a security framework that was developed for the federal government that helps organizations understand, select and implement security controls. Ross likened the NIST framework, developed for the federal government under the Federal Information Security Modernization Act, to a very large catalog of privacy and security controls to safeguard the enterprise form hostile cyberattacks...
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NIST Updates Smart Grid Security Framework
Staff | Federal News Radio | March 8, 2012
Upgrading the country's electrical infrastructure to a modern "Smart Grid" is a pressing cybersecurity issue, many experts argue. It's also the goal of a new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology setting out a finalized framework for a revamped power grid as well as its interoperability standards. Read More »
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NIST's Dream: Integrating Security Into Design
Sean Lyngaas | FCW | May 14, 2014
The National Institute of Standards and Technology hopes its new guidelines for IT security will beget a systems engineering process in which security is intrinsic to product design rather than an afterthought. The guidelines, posted May 12, offer best practices for information systems security based on international engineering standards...
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Obama Administration Announces Key Actions to Accelerate Precision Medicine Initiative
Press Release |
The White House |
February 25, 2016
A year ago the President announced the launch of the Precision Medicine Initiative to accelerate a new era of medicine that delivers the right treatment at the right time to the right person, taking into account individuals’ health history, genes, environments, and lifestyles. Precision medicine is already transforming the way diseases like cancer and mental health conditions are treated. Molecular testing for cancer patients lets physicians and patients select treatments that improve chances of survival and reduce adverse effects...
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ONC Blockchain Challenge and the Birth of the Cryptocitizen for Healthcare
Peter B. Nichol | CIO | August 16, 2016
Who spends the time to write a 10-page proposal paper that is going to a government agency? Everyone knows that even if the paper is read nothing will happen, right? We as a society have to believe in something, and if we are going to invest time, working towards improving the health of a nation is a noble first step. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in partnership with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), launched a request for papers called the ONC Blockchain Challenge...
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ONC Delays Permanent EHR Certifiers' Program
Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | November 2, 2011
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT will delay the launch of the permanent program for certification of electronic health records (EHRs) until mid-2012 to coincide with the anticipated final rule for stage 2 of meaningful use and standards and certification criteria. Read More »
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PrecisionFDA: A Community Approach For Submitting & Evaluating Diagnostic Tests
By Angela Anderson | August 12, 2015
DNAnexus has been awarded a research and development contract by the FDA’s Office of Health Informatics to build precisionFDA, an open source platform for community sharing of genomic information. precisionFDA is a new approach for evaluating bioinformatics workflows, and is an integral part of FDA’s work in better understanding diagnostic tests that incorporate next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies. As a component of the White House’s Precision Medicine Initiative, precisionFDA’s streamlined approach to evaluating NGS-based diagnostics and creation of reference datasets will build a community around best-practices resources and democratize the submission process to the FDA.
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Q&A: The Philosophical Shift True Security Requires
Tom Sullivan, | Government Health IT | August 28, 2014
...[Cris] Ewell spoke with Executive Editor Tom Sullivan about AOB, what he considers the three types of adversaries to guard against, and the need for balancing both risk and federal regulations...
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