title: Standard-compliant real-time transmission of ECGs: harmonization of ISO/IEEE 11073-PHD and SCP-ECG.
abstract: Ambient assisted living and integrated care in an aging society is based on the vision of the lifelong Electronic Health Record calling for HealthCare Information Systems and medical device interoperability. For medical devices this aim can be achieved by the consistent implementation of harmonized international interoperability standards. The ISO/IEEE 11073 (x73) family of standards is a reference standard for medical device interoperability. In its Personal Health Device (PHD) version several devices have been included, but an ECG device specialization is not yet available. On the other hand, the SCP-ECG standard for short-term diagnostic ECGs (EN1064) has been recently approved as an international standard ISO/IEEE 11073-91064:2009. In this paper, the relationships between a proposed x73-PHD model for an ECG device and the fields of the SCP-ECG standard are investigated. A proof-of-concept implementation of the proposed x73-PHD ECG model is also presented, identifying open issues to be addressed by standards development for the wider interoperability adoption of x73-PHD standards.
authors: Communications Technologies Group (GTC), Aragón Institute for Engineering Research (I3A). University of Zaragoza. María de Luna, 1. 50018 Zaragoza. Spain. jtrigo@unizar.es
authors: Jesús D
authors: JD
authors: Trigo
authors: Franco
authors: F
authors: Chiarugi
authors: Alvaro
authors: A
authors: Alesanco
authors: Miguel
authors: M
authors: Martínez-Espronceda
authors: Catherine E
authors: CE
authors: Chronaki
authors: Javier
authors: J
authors: Escayola
authors: Ignacio
authors: I
authors: Martínez
authors: José
authors: J
authors: García
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000379:methods*; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D018511:Systems Integration