Services
Certifications
- 8(a) SDB
- 8(m) EDWOSB
- DBE, MBE, EDGE
Clients
Standards Development & Testing
We are experts in consensus-based healthcare IT standards development, testing, integration, adoption, and change management. 1st American offers multi-disciplinary teams that have global-class capabilities in Health Level 7® , Meaningful Use of HIT, and in clinical nomenclatures including SNOMED-CT® and LOINC®.
Our team of experts have served - and continue to serve - on leadership roles with many of these following agencies and professional organizations: HL7, ANSI, HITSP, NCPDP, ISO, TC215, HIMSS, ONCIT, NHIN, AHRQ, USHIK , SNOMED, HHS, etc.
We are the only firm that has won seven out of eight contracts from National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for standards related support for:
- HL7 v3 CCD (Continuity of Care Document)
- HL7 v2 Lab
- NCPDP e-Prescribing (National Council for Prescription Drug Program)
- QRDA (Quality Reporting Data Architecture)
- Bio-Surveillance
Client Highlight
We assist NIST with the definition and analysis of national priority standard needs in the healthcare community which supports "Meaningful Use" criteria as defined by the Office of National Coordinator for Healthcare Information Technology (ONCHIT). Our work helps further clinical information exchange among providers, consumers, public health professionals and other stakeholders; ultimately improving care coordination, reducing cost, and improving clinical outcomes.