DIN EN ISO 11073-20601:2011-07

The ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards enables data transfer between medical devices and computer systems. It allows for automated, detailed recording of personal vital data and functional parameters by using monitoring and therapy devices - for example, in an intensive care unit or in the operating theatre, but also in the domestic and private environment. The primary objectives are: - provision of "plug-and-play" functionality and interoperability with personal medical devices for real-time applications which are connected to patients or which are person-related. - simplification of the efficient exchange of measured vital data, relevant contextual information, and operational data of the medical devices used. "Real-time" means that data from several different medical devices, if appropriate, are recorded exactly on time and plotted or processed in fractions of seconds. "Plug-and-play" means that users only have to establish the communication link to a device. Its recognition, configuration of communication parameters and application, if applicable, and finally, the beginning of the data transfer are automatically achieved by the system, that means, without human intervention. Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for health-related device communication, this standard specifies a common framework for making an abstract model of personal health data available in transport-independent transfer syntax required to establish logical connections between systems and to provide presentation capabilities and services needed to perform communication tasks. The protocol is optimized to personal health usage requirements and leverages commonly used methods and tools wherever possible. This standard addresses the need for an openly defined, independent standard for converting the information profile into an interoperable transmission format so the information can be exchanged to and from personal telehealth devices and compute engines (such as cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances, and set top boxes). Interoperability is the key to growing the potential market for these devices and to enabling people to be better informed participants in the management of their health. The Committee responsible for this standard is NA 063-07-02 AA "Interoperabilität" ("Interoperability") at DIN.