ISO IEEE 11073-20702-2018 PDF

Full title and description

ISO/IEEE 11073-20702:2018 — Health informatics — Point-of-care medical device communication — Part 20702: Medical devices communication profile for web services. This part of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family defines a profile that adapts Web Service specifications to the safety and functional requirements of point-of-care (PoC) medical devices, enabling discovery, messaging and safe operation of distributed medical devices and medical IT systems.

Abstract

Within the ISO/IEEE 11073 family for PoC medical device communication, this standard specifies a communication protocol for distributed PoC medical devices and medical IT systems that need to exchange data or safely control networked PoC devices by profiling Web Service specifications (Devices Profile for Web Services and related WS-* technologies). It includes additional Web Service specifications and medical-specific extensions/restrictions needed for safety and interoperability in clinical environments.

General information

• Status: Published / Confirmed (International Standard).
• Publication date: 2018-09 (Edition 1, published 2018; validated/confirmed in subsequent ISO review).
• Publisher: International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published as an ISO/IEEE joint standard; originally prepared and approved by the IEEE 11073 committee.
• ICS / categories: 35.240.80 — IT applications in health care technology.
• Edition / version: Edition 1 (2018).
• Number of pages: 47 (ISO published PDF). Note: some publisher copies/prints reference slightly different pagination (IEEE print variants).

Scope

This standard defines a Medical Devices Communication Profile for Web Services (often abbreviated MDPWS) that profiles and constrains Web Services technologies (for example DPWS and related WS-* specifications) to meet the safety, discovery, messaging, efficient encoding and control needs of point-of-care medical devices in distributed systems. It covers participant discovery, service description, message exchange formats and suggested encodings/optimizations for device-to-system and device-to-device communication in clinical environments.

Key topics and requirements

• Medical adaptation of Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) — restrictions and extensions to DPWS to meet medical safety requirements.
• Discovery and dynamic participant registration (WS-Discovery and related mechanisms) for PoC devices.
• Message formats and efficient encodings (e.g., Efficient XML Interchange / EXI) to reduce bandwidth and processing overhead in clinical networks.
• Bindings and transport mapping for Web Service messaging suitable for medical device operations, including timing and QoS considerations.
• Security, safety and risk-awareness: profiles and constraints intended to reduce hazards when devices are discovered, controlled or exchanged data in clinical settings.
• Interoperability requirements so PoC devices and medical IT systems can interoperate in distributed architectures used in hospitals and other care settings.

Typical use and users

Primary users include medical device manufacturers implementing networked PoC devices, medical software and integration platform vendors, hospital biomedical/clinical engineers and systems integrators, healthcare IT architects, and standards developers. Use cases include device discovery and annotation, event/measurement streaming, remote device control (with safety constraints), and integration of device data into electronic health records or monitoring systems.

Related standards

ISO/IEEE 11073-20702 is part of the ISO/IEEE 11073 family (Service-Oriented Device Connectivity / SDC work). Closely related parts and references include ISO/IEEE 11073-20701 (Service-oriented medical device exchange architecture and protocol binding), IEEE 11073 base parts that define the overall participant/discovery/communication model, and underlying Web Services and OASIS DPWS and WS-* specifications. The standard was produced by IEEE 11073 and adopted via the ISO/IEEE fast-track process.

Keywords

medical device communication, point-of-care, PoC, MDPWS, DPWS, Web Services, EXI, SOAP, WS-Discovery, service-oriented, interoperability, ISO/IEEE 11073, device profile, safety, efficient XML

FAQ

Q: What is this standard?

A: ISO/IEEE 11073-20702:2018 defines a Medical Devices Communication Profile for Web Services (MDPWS) — a profile that adapts Web Services specifications for safe, discoverable and efficient communication among point-of-care medical devices and medical IT systems.

Q: What does it cover?

A: It covers profiling of Web Services (DPWS and related WS-* technologies) for discovery, messaging, encoding and safe control of distributed PoC medical devices, specifying constraints, extensions and recommended encodings to achieve interoperability and reduce clinical risk.

Q: Who typically uses it?

A: Device manufacturers, healthcare integration vendors, hospital biomedical engineers, system integrators, and standards/interop test groups use this standard when implementing or validating web-service–based medical device connectivity.

Q: Is it current or superseded?

A: The ISO entry shows this edition published in September 2018 and confirmed in ISO review; it is the accepted ISO/IEEE 11073-20702:2018 edition. Implementers should check national/regional catalogues or IEEE/ISO pages for any later amendments or newer versions before deployment.

Q: Is it part of a series?

A: Yes — it is one part of the ISO/IEEE 11073 series addressing point-of-care medical device communication (the SDC family). Related parts include 20701 (service-oriented architecture and protocol binding) and other 11073 parts that define models, semantics and bindings used across the family.

Q: What are the key keywords?

A: MDPWS, DPWS, EXI, SOAP, WS-Discovery, point-of-care, medical device communication, interoperability, ISO/IEEE 11073.