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IEEE
OKAYS FOUR POINT-OF-CARE MEDICAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION STANDARDS
Contact:
Karen McCabe, IEEE Senior Marketing Manager
+1 732 562 3824, k.mccabe@ieee.org
PISCATAWAY,
N.J., USA, 6 JULY 2004 The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA)
has approved four standards in the IEEE 1073™ family involving
communications for point-of-care medical devices. The new standards
provide a data dictionary and a domain information model for medical
device communications, message syntax and encoding for device
profiles, and a protocol for short-range infrared communication
with medical devices.
IEEE 1073.1.1.1™,
"Standard for Health Informatics, Point-of-Care Medical Device
Communication: Nomenclature," creates a data dictionary for
present and future medical device data communications. It standardizes
the language used and defines unique terms and concepts needed
for point-of-care medical device data communication, especially
for acute-care and patient vital signs.
IEEE 1073.1.2.1™,
"Standard for Health Informatics, Point-of-Care Medical Device
Communication: Domain Information Model," defines a general,
object-oriented model that structures information and identifies
services for point-of-care medical device communications. It too
focuses primarily on acute care devices and the communication
of patient vital signs information.
IEEE 1073.2.1.1™,
"Standard for Health Informatics, Point-of-Care Medical Device
Communication: Application Profiles, Base Standard", defines
a base message syntax and data encoding for medical device application
profiles. The definitions it offers augment and in some cases
optimize related
industry standards, especially ISO Systems Management standards.
This standard
deals with upper-layer services and protocols. It provides the
basis for translating abstract message definitions, as defined
in the IEEE 1073.1.x set of standards, into an encoded data stream
to be communicated between systems. Its common set of definitions
for application profiles allows plug-and-play interoperability
between medical devices
and with patient care information systems.
IEEE 1073.3.3.3™,
"Standard for Health Informatics, Point-of-Care Medical Device
Communication: Transport Profile, IrDA Based, Infrared Wireless,"
provides for connection-oriented communication services and protocols
consistent with IrDA specifications. This involves a short-range
infrared physical layer for mobile and portable point-of-care
medical devices that require intermittent point-and-shoot connectivity
to a data repository, typically over a hospital network. This
standard is a companion to
IEEE 1073.3.2™, which specifies cable-connected physical
layers.
These projects
are sponsored by the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology
Society.
About the
IEEE Standards Association
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body, develops consensus standards through an open process that
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IEEE Std 1073,
1073.1.1.1, 1073.1.2.1and 1073.3.3.3 are trademarks of the IEEE.
All other names or product names are the trademarks, service marks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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