scope:

Within the context of the ISO/IEEE 11073™ family of standards for device communication, this standard establishes a normative defi nition of communication between personal telehealth urine analyzer devices and managers (e.g., cell phones, personal computers, personal health appliances, set-top boxes) in a manner that enables plug-and-play interoperability. It leverages appropriate portions of existing standards including ISO/ IEEE 11073 terminology, information models, application profi le standards, and transport standards. It specifi es the use of specifi c term codes, formats, and behaviors in telehealth environments restricting optionality in base frameworks in favor of interoperability. This standard defi nes a common core of communication functionality for personal telehealth urine analyzers.

Purpose

This standard addresses a need for an openly defi ned, independent standard for controlling information exchange to and from personal health devices and compute engines (e.g., 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.