Concepts Issues and Standards. Standards for Medical Hardware Software and Information Exchange: IEEE P1157 Medical Data Interchange (MEDIX) Committee Overview and Status Report

摘要

Working under the auspices of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (IEEE EMBS), the IEEE P1157 Medical Data Interchange (MEDIX) Committee has been chartered with developing international standards for communication of medical information between heterogeneous healthcare information systems. The IEEE P1157 Standards are based upon, and will conform to, the International Standards Organization (ISO) Reference Model for Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)[1].The IEEE P1157 Committee has adopted a phased approach and is working towards balloting the initial standards, which apply to communications between a patient care system (PCS) and selected ancillaries in the medical center setting.A parallel, longer range effort, focused on developing a reference model for electronic exchange of the medical record structure, content, and related medical knowledge, is in progress.