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IEEE Develops 10 Communication Standards for Personal Telehealth Devices

January 12, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS

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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) is developing 10 telehealth device standards for controlling information exchange to and from personal telehealth devices and cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances and other compute engines.

These standards, a part of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)/IEEE 11073 family of health informatic standards, will provide clear definitions of what is needed to implement common communication features for personal telehealth devices.

The new standards will define a common core of communication functionality for these devices and specify the use of term codes, formats and behaviors in a telehealth environment to favor plug-and-play interoperability.

According to IEEE, this effort will foster market growth for these devices and help people manage their health information.

The new telehealth standards projects are:

IEEE P11073-00103 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Technical Report Overview, which will describe the landscape of transport-independent applications and information profiles for personal telehealth devices. These profiles will define data exchange, data representation and terminology for communication between personal telehealth devices and compute engines.
IEEE P11073-10400 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Device Specialization Common Framework, which will establish a normative framework of communication between personal telehealth devices and compute engines. It will include common ways of receiving information and managing devices and allow vendors to access non-standard features.
IEEE P11073-10404 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Device Specialization Pulse Oximeter, which will define communications between personal telehealth pulse oximeters and compute engines.
IEEE P11073-10406 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Device Specialization Heart Rate Monitor, which will define communications between personal telehealth heart rate monitor devices (those based on either electrical activity or pulse) and compute engines.
IEEE P11073-10407 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Device Specialization Blood Pressure Monitor, which will define communication between personal telehealth blood pressure monitors and compute engines.
IEEE P11073-10408 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Device Specialization Thermometer, which will define communications between personal telehealth thermometers and compute engines.
IEEE P11073-10415 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Device Specialization Weighing Scale, which will define communications between personal telehealth weighing scales and compute engines.
IEEE P11073-10417 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Device Specialization Glucose Meter, which will establish a normative definition of communication between personal telehealth glucose meters and compute engines.
IEEE P11073-20401 - Health Informatics Point-of-Care Medical Device Communication Application Profile Common Networking Infrastructure, which will focus on the use of Internet protocols and encompass various networking technologies for medical device communication. According to IEEE, it will enumerate the mechanisms needed for real-time, plug-and-play interoperability and define comprehensive protocols and services for medical devices in networked operating contexts.
IEEE P11073-20601 - Health Informatics Personal Health Device Communication Application Profile Optimized Exchange Protocol, which will define a common framework for creating an abstract model of personal health data available in transport-independent transfer syntax. Such syntax will provide logical connections between systems and presentation capabilities in communication tasks.

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According to IEEE, this body of standards will serve a wide range of audiences including medical device and system developers, those who deploy and manage healthcare systems and who regulate their use, personal telehealth device and compute engine vendors and institutions that use data from these devices.

Source: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE).