At a time when we are constantly being told to value the new and the different, it may come as a surprise to learn that the standard, the shared and the common can be strong drivers of transformation.

All businesses want to boost productivity and efficiency while reducing errors and accidents, but this is especially important for small businesses operating with tighter budgets and smaller staffs.

As the drive for value-based care continues, hospitals and health systems are looking for proven best practices to improve clinical outcomes, enhance safety and control costs. Whatever the goal, the ...

Paul Murphy opined recently on the relative merits of standards versus standardization. To paraphrase, standards are good because multiple products do things in the same general way, thus making them ...

In 1996, the first USB design (USB 1.0) hit the market, and it eventually became the industry standard - albeit with a few notable exceptions. This launch was the culmination of a collaboration ...

After a decade of consultation and debate, on June 7, the European Union approved a directive requiring virtually all electronic devices sold in the EU be equipped by 2024 with a USB-C charging port; ...

Analysis of hospitals' machine-readable files finds inconsistencies in what and how price information is reported. Much has been made about the widespread noncompliance to the hospital price ...

Getting a number of vendors to talk to each other, let alone align, is no easy feat. Adding academics and researchers does not necessarily make things easier. Now try adding to the mix a fragmented ...