Interoperability
ISO/IEEE 11073
ISO/IEEE 11073 — Health informatics — Point-of-care medical device communication
Scope
The 11073 family standardizes how medical devices describe themselves and their measurements. -10101 is the nomenclature (a controlled vocabulary of what a value means), and -10201/-20601 govern device communication. It is the vendor-neutral vocabulary that lets a Philips monitor and a Dräger ventilator report a heart rate the same way to an EHR.
Where it applies in the room
- Semantic identifiers for device measurements
- Device-EHR integration via middleware gateways
Source & further reading
- · IEEE 11073 standards family — IEEE catalog
- · ISO/IEEE 11073-10101:2020 — ISO
Also known as
- ISO/IEEE 11073-10101
- ISO/IEEE 11073
- IEEE 11073
- 11073-10101
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