IEEE updates its suite of interoperability standards
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) has issued two new interoperability standards and revised another. Additions to the New York City-based association’s family of 11073 standards, the three standards are intended to help expand the market for medical equipment that has device-to-device communications capabilities.
The new IEEE 11073-00103—“Guide for Health Informatics: Personal Health Device Communication: Overview”—defines profiles for interoperable communications among various telehealth devices. IEEE 11073-10103 conveys its gist in its title, “Standard for Health Informatics: Point-of-Care Medical Device Communication: Nomenclature: Implantable Device, Cardiac.”
The revised standard, IEEE 11073-10417, supports plug-and-play interoperability among telehealth-capable glucose meters.
IEEE also announced that it has in the works standards-development projects aimed at expanding support for communications among four categories of plug-and-play, interoperable medical devices: insulin pumps, respiration rate monitors, pulse oximeters and cardiovascular activity monitors.
The new IEEE 11073-00103—“Guide for Health Informatics: Personal Health Device Communication: Overview”—defines profiles for interoperable communications among various telehealth devices. IEEE 11073-10103 conveys its gist in its title, “Standard for Health Informatics: Point-of-Care Medical Device Communication: Nomenclature: Implantable Device, Cardiac.”
The revised standard, IEEE 11073-10417, supports plug-and-play interoperability among telehealth-capable glucose meters.
IEEE also announced that it has in the works standards-development projects aimed at expanding support for communications among four categories of plug-and-play, interoperable medical devices: insulin pumps, respiration rate monitors, pulse oximeters and cardiovascular activity monitors.
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