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Foreword

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non‐governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work. ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization.

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The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote.

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Amendment 1 to ISO/IEEE 11073‐10101:2004/Amd 1:2017 was prepared by the 11073 Committee of the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society of the IEEE (as IEEE 11073‐10101:2004). It was adopted by Technical Committee ISO/TC 215, Health informatics, in parallel with its approval by the ISO/IEC national bodies, under the "fast‐track procedure" defined in the Partner Standards Development Organization cooperation agreement between ISO and IEEE. IEEE is responsible for the maintenance of this document with participation and input from ISO/IEC national bodies.