ISO IEEE 11073-10417-2017 PDF

Full title and description

ISO/IEEE 11073-10417:2017 — Health informatics — Personal health device communication — Part 10417: Device specialization — Glucose meter. This third‑edition standard defines a normative communication and information model to enable interoperable, plug‑and‑play exchange of blood‑glucose measurement data between personal glucose meters and compute engines (e.g., smartphones, PCs, gateways) in telehealth and personal‑health environments.

Abstract

Within the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of personal‑health device standards, ISO/IEEE 11073‑10417:2017 specifies the device specialization for glucose meters: terminology and term codes, domain information and data models, message and attribute formats, event/record behaviors, and constrained optionality to promote cross‑vendor interoperability for telehealth and personal‑health use cases. The standard describes how glucose meters communicate with compute engines and leverages application profile and transport parts of the 11073 family.

General information

• Status: Published (International Standard, confirmed).
• Publication date: April 2017 (edition 3, 2017‑04).
• Publisher: Joint ISO/IEEE publication (ISO in cooperation with the IEEE Standards Association / IEEE 11073 family).
• ICS / categories: 35.240.80 — IT applications in health care technology.
• Edition / version: Edition 3 (2017).
• Number of pages: 62 pages (ISO edition metadata).

Scope

The standard establishes a normative definition of device‑to‑compute‑engine communication for personal telehealth glucose meters. It restricts optionality in base frameworks where necessary to ensure deterministic behavior, prescribes term codes and data formats from the 11073 terminology set, and aligns with relevant application‑profile and transport parts of the 11073 family so glucose meters can interoperate with mobile apps, gateways, and health platforms.

Key topics and requirements

• Domain information model for glucose meters: objects, attributes and measurement records required for glucose readings and associated metadata (sample type, units, timestamps, user annotations).
• Terminology and mandated term codes from the 11073 nomenclature to ensure consistent semantics across vendors.
• Message and reporting behavior (measurement reports, event reporting, stored record retrieval) with constrained optionality to improve interoperability.
• Integration requirements with 11073 application profiles and transport layers (so devices can work with existing personal‑health ecosystems and gateways).
• Mapping and ecosystem considerations (example: Bluetooth SIG assigned GATT identifiers reference 11073 device specializations including the Glucose Meter profile).

Typical use and users

Primary users include glucose‑meter manufacturers, embedded/firmware engineers, personal‑health device integrators, mobile app and gateway developers, clinical IT teams integrating patient‑generated glucose data into EHRs, and regulatory/compliance specialists evaluating device communication conformance. The standard is used to implement interoperable device communication for home‑use and point‑of‑care glucose monitoring, remote diabetes management, and data aggregation for telehealth platforms.

Related standards

ISO/IEEE 11073‑10417 is part of the broader ISO/IEEE 11073 family for personal health device communication (which includes core domain models, application profiles and other device specializations such as weight scales, oximeters, thermometers, INR monitors, etc.). Implementers commonly reference core transport/profile parts of 11073 (for example the domain information model and transport/application profile parts) when integrating glucose‑meter behavior.

Keywords

glucose meter; blood glucose; personal health device communication; device specialization; ISO/IEEE 11073; telemetry; telehealth; interoperability; term codes; application profile.

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO/IEEE 11073‑10417:2017 is the ISO/IEEE device‑specialization standard that defines the information models, message formats and required behaviors to enable interoperable communication between personal glucose meters and compute engines.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers terminology and term codes, the glucose‑meter domain information model (objects and attributes), expected message/reporting behaviors, data formats and constrained optionality to promote cross‑vendor interoperability, and how the specialization fits with application and transport parts of the 11073 family.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Device manufacturers, firmware and software developers for personal health devices, integrators building gateways or mobile apps, clinical informatics engineers, and organizations implementing remote diabetes management and telehealth solutions.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: The ISO/IEEE 11073‑10417:2017 edition is the ISO‑published third edition (April 2017). Separately, IEEE published a revision (IEEE 11073‑10417) in 2023; implementers should check whether they need to track the IEEE 2023 updates or wait for any formal ISO adoption of those revisions for an “ISO/IEEE” joint edition. In other words, 2017 is the ISO edition; IEEE has a later 2023 IEEE edition that revises the device specialization.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — it is one part of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family of standards for personal health device communication, which includes domain models, nomenclature and many other device‑specialization parts (e.g., weight scale, thermometer, pulse oximeter, INR monitor) and relies on core transport/application profiles within the family.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: Glucose meter, personal health device, device specialization, ISO/IEEE 11073, interoperability, telehealth, term codes, application profile.