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Description / Abstract:
The scope of this standard is to establish a normative
definition of communication between personal telehealth peak flow
monitoring devices (agents) and managers (e.g., cell phones,
personal computers, personal health appliances, and set top boxes)
in a manner that enables plug-and-play interoperability. It
leverages work done in other ISO/IEEE 11073 standards including
existing terminology, information profiles, application profile
standards, and transport standards. It specifies the use of
specific term codes, formats, and behaviors in telehealth
environments restricting optionality in base frameworks in favor of
interoperability. This standard defines a common core of
functionality of a peak-flow monitoring device. The use case is
restricted to personal respiratory monitoring and therefore does
not include hospital-based spirometry. Continuous and high-acuity
monitoring (e.g., for emergency response) are outside the scope of
the use case.
In the context of personal health devices, a peak flow meter is
a device is used to measure the respiratory function of those
managing respiratory conditions such as asthma and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. The ability to identify declining
respiratory status prior to the need for acute intervention
improves the quality of life for the individual while reducing the
overall costs of care. Respiratory status data are collected by a
personal respiratory monitoring device and forwarded to a central
data repository for review and action by a health care provider.
The data are episodic in nature and are forwarded at designated
intervals or when the person is symptomatic.
This standard provides the data modeling and its transport shim
layer according to IEEE Std 11073- 20601TM-2008 and does
not specify the measurement method.
Purpose
This standard addresses a need for an openly defined,
independent standard for controlling information exchange to and
from personal health devices (agents) and managers (e.g. cell
phones, personal computers, personal health appliances, set top
boxes). Interoperability is key to growing the potential market for
these devices and enabling people to be better informed
participants in the management of their health