Formulation, publication, and implementation of guidelines, rules, methods, procedures and specifications for common and repeateds use, aimed at achieving optimum degree of order or uniformity in given context, discipline, or field; standards are most frequently developed on international level; there exist national standardization bodies cooperating with international bodies; standards can be either legally binding or de facto standards followed by informal convention or voluntary standards (recommendations).
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Interoperability of Medical Devices and Information Systems
Lenka Lhotska (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic), Miroslav Bursa (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic), Michal Huptych (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic), Vaclav Chudacek (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic), and Jan Havlik (Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic)
Copyright: © 2013
|Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3986-7.ch039
Abstract
Information and communication technologies have already become an inseparable part of healthcare sector activities. In the chapter, the authors discuss the issues of standardization and interoperability that are crucial for correct interconnection of medical and other devices and information systems. Their previous work in the area has led to the conclusion that successful integration of partial solutions is strongly dependent on the issue of interoperability of medical devices and information systems. It comprises problems of standardization of data acquisition, communication, processing, and storage, and the connected problem: correct data mapping between different ICT applications. They present several examples of partial solutions of communication and data format definition in dedicated areas.