Developing Interoperability Standards

for Personal Health Devices

Daidi Zhong, Chongqing University

Michael J. Kirwan, DSheet Ltd.

Xiaolian Duan, Chongqing Academy of Science & Technology

Geneva, 24th Nov, 2013

Mission Statement

Personal Health Devices• Form Consensus

• Developing Standards

• Build Interoperability

• Global Deployment

• Empower Consumer

Computing Engines

IEEE 11073-

Personal Health Device (PHD) WG

� 319 members

� 206 organizations

� Weekly conference calls

� Face to face meetings 3 times per year

� International

involvement in

the Work Group� 52.9 % North America

� 25.8 % Europe

� 21.3 % Far East

4

-00103 Overview

Serial IrDA Bluetooth USB ZigBee Layers 1-4

Layers 5-7

OSI

IEEE 11073-PHD Stack

Communication Protocols

NFC

-20601 Optimized Exchange Protocol

-10404Pulse

Oximeter

-10407Blood

Pressure

-10408Thermo-meter

-10415WeighingScale

-10417Glucose

-10441Cardio

-10442Strength

-10471ActivityData

…

Device Specializations

ISO

TC215

IEEE

11073-PHD

CEN

FDA

…

Continua

…

Adoption Path

IEEE 11073-xxxxx ISO/IEEE 11073-xxxxx

MoU

ISO Pub

ISO Approve

ISO Submitted

IEEE Pub

RevCom

Balloting

Drafting

NesCom

Progress of PHD Standards

Approved and published international standards

Approved and published IEEE stds

Drafts underway

Continua Health Alliance (2006-)

� Continua is a not-for-profit (U.S. - 501c6) association focused

on the development of interoperability standards for personal

connected health devices.

� Continua also works as a trade association to enable adoption

and knowledge sharing within providers, policy/regulatory

bodies, payers, vendors and consumers.

� 240 member organizations

PHRPHRPHRPHREHREHREHREHRNFC

HealthReportingNetwork

(HRN)Interface

Personal Device(PAN/LAN/TAN)

Weight Scale

Pulse Oximeter

Independent

Living Activity

Cardio / Strength

Adherence

Monitor

Glucose Meter

Pulse /

Blood Pressure

Thermometer

Peak Flow

DeviceConnectivity

WideArea

Network

(WAN) Interface

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Water

Gas

Temperature

Fall

Continua Health Alliance

E2E Architecture

Low Energy

HRN Device

WAN

Device

Application

Hosting

Device

Transport Adaption

Contact Information

Daidi Zhong

daidi.zhong@ieee.org

Michael J. Kirwan

mkirwan@continuaalliance.org

Web Address

http://standards.ieee.org/develop/wg/PHD.html

http://www.continuaalliance.org/

http://www.bluetooth.com

Step by Step� Membership: PHD WG, IEEE-SA, IEEE

� Engagement (use case, tiger team)

� Draft the (Project Authorization Request) PAR

� PAR Submission (NesCom) -- 3~4 opportunities per year

� Draft the standard

� Forming the Ballot Group -- ≥30 days

� MEC Review -- 30 days

� Initial Ballot -- ≥30 days

� Recirculations (0 .... *) -- ≥10 days

� RevCom Submission -- 3~4 submission deadlines per year

� RevCom Approval

� IEEE editorial process -- 2 – 3 months

� Published

� Total: 16 – 24 months (typical)