ISO/IEEE 11073-10101:2020

ISO/IEEE
INTERNATIONAL
11073-10101
STANDARD
Second edition
2020-08
Health informatics — Device
interoperability —
Part 10101:
Point-of-care medical device
communication — Nomenclature
Informatique de santé — Interopérabilité des dispositifs —
Partie 10101: Communication entre dispositifs médicaux sur le site
des soins — Nomenclature
Reference number
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IEEE Std 11073-10101™-2019
(Revision of
ISO/IEEE 11073-10101:2004)
Health informatics—Point-of-care medical device communication
Part 10101: Nomenclature
Developed by the
IEEE 11073™ Standards Committee
of the
IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
Approved 13 June 2019
IEEE SA Standards Board
Abstract: Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for point-of-care (POC)
and personal health devices (PHD) medical device communication (MDC), this standard provides
the nomenclature that supports both the domain information model and service model
components of the standards family, as well as the semantic content exchanged with medical
devices. The nomenclature is specialized for patient vital signs information representation and
medical device informatics, with major areas including concepts for electrocardiograph (ECG),
haemodynamics, respiration, blood gas, urine, fluid-related metrics, and neurology, as well as
specialized units of measurement, general device events, alarms, and body sites. The standard
defines both the architecture and major components of the nomenclature, along with extensive
definitions for each conceptual area.
Keywords: codes, IEEE 11073-10101™, IHE PCD-01, independent living, information model,
medical device communication, nomenclature, ontology, patient, personal health devices, PHD,
POC, point-of-care, semantics, service model, terminology
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