This recommended practice defines a common, interoperable location service layer for IEEE 1847-based Location Services for Healthcare (LS-H). The document specifies the functional behaviors, interface structures, and associated data models by which LS-H positioning engines provide subject-location and related information to location-enabled applications. The scope includes support for multiple positioning technologies and positioning infrastructures, while remaining technology-agnostic. The recommended practice focuses on the location service software layer and its interfaces, and does not prescribe requirements for locatables, positioning infrastructure, or application user interfaces.
- Standard Committee
- EMB/Stds Com - Standards Committee
- Status
- Active PAR
- PAR Approval
- 2026-09-25
Working Group Details
- Society
- IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- Standard Committee
- EMB/Stds Com - Standards Committee
- Working Group
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LS - Location Services
- IEEE Program Manager
- Christian Orlando
Contact Christian Orlando - Working Group Chair
- Ryan Knight
Other Activities From This Working Group
Current projects that have been authorized by the IEEE SA Standards Board to develop a standard.
P1847.3
Recommended Practice for Bluetooth Low Energy for Location Services for Healthcare
This recommended practice provides guidance for the lifecycle management of Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) positioning technology for use within healthcare environments, including planning, configuration, deployment, and reuse. The document specifies recommended practices for BLE beacon configuration and infrastructure design intended to support consistent and scalable implementations that can be reused across multiple location-related applications. The scope is limited to BLE-specific considerations within the IEEE 1847-based Location Services for Healthcare (LS-H) framework and does not redefine the BLE protocol. This recommended practice is intended to be used as a guide for planning BLE configurations and deployments and is built upon the IEEE SA recommended practice of a common framework for LS-H.
Standards approved by the IEEE SA Standards Board that are within the 10-year lifecycle.
1847-2024
IEEE Recommended Practice for Common Framework of Location Services for Healthcare
A common framework of Location Services for Healthcare (LS-H) is contained in this recommended practice. The framework includes LS-H conceptual information model and LS-H common terminology.
1847.1-2024
IEEE Recommended Practice for Location Accuracy User Acceptance Testing of Location Services for Healthcare
A testing methodology and metrics for locating accuracy of location services for healthcare is provided in this standard.
These standards have been replaced with a revised version of the standard, or by a compilation of the original active standard and all its existing amendments, corrigenda, and errata.
1847-2019
IEEE Recommended Practice for Common Framework of Location Services for Healthcare
A common framework of Location Services for Healthcare (LS-H) is contained in this recommended practice. The framework includes LS-H conceptual information model and LS-H common terminology.
These standards have been removed from active status through a ballot where the standard is made inactive as a consensus decision of a balloting group.
No Inactive-Withdrawn Standards
These standards are removed from active status through an administrative process for standards that have not undergone a revision process within 10 years.
No Inactive-Reserved Standards